Recliner

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A recliner is an armchair that reclines when the sitter lowers the chair's back and raises its front. It has a backrest that can be tilted back, causing a footrest to extend from the front.

[edit] History

  • 1928 Cousins Edward Knabusch and Edwin Shoemaker create the first recliner in Monroe, Michigan.

They started the Floral City Furniture Company.

  • 1931 Knabusch and Shoemaker received a patent for the first automatic recliner. Changed Floral City Furniture Company the now famous La-Z-Boy
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