Abstract: A wall-proximity reclining chair has body support members pivotally mounted by means of front and rear carrier links directly to a fixed base. The movable armrest assembly does not supply any load from the body support members. Each rear carrier link is pivotally suspended from an elevated rear point of the fixed base above a lower rear arm crossrail, thereby providing clearance for the lower rear arm crossrail to pass under it and also allowing the front and rear carrier links to be widely spread apart in a fore-aft direction, thus providing exceptional stability and smoothness of operation.

Abstract: This chair is a rester which can move from upright position to T.V. position and then to fully reclined position. It has a legrest which is projected when moving from upright position to T.V. position, and retracted when going from T.V. position back to upright position. It also has a headrest which normally lies inside the backrest of the chair, when the chair is in upright position, and which swings out and projects up above the backrest, when the chair moves from upright to T.V. position. The headrest is retracted downwardly and returns into the backrest when the chair is moved from T.V. position back to upright position.

Abstract: In this chair, the hardware has means to hold the seat against backward movement, while allowing movement of the seat up and down and forwardly. The headrest and legrest are projected when going from upright to T.V. position and the headrest and legrest remain in projected position when going from T.V. position to fully reclined position and from fully reclined position back to T.V. position; and they are retracted when going from T.V. position back to upright position.