US Patent Issued to L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT on March 24 for "Chair and mechanism with improved ottoman positioning" (Mississippi Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,230, issued on March 24, was assigned to L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY (Carthage, Mo.).

"Chair and mechanism with improved ottoman positioning" was invented by Michael Andrew Crum (Mantachie, Miss.), Gregory Mark Lawson (Tupelo, Miss.) and Cheston Brett Crawford (Randolph, Miss.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An all-linkage mechanism for a seating unit is provided that allows the ottoman to be extended between a closed position and an extended position, with the top face of the ottoman facing upwardly during the entire motion. The mechanism is motorized, and may be stopped in a position intermediate the closed and extended positio...