We can lay the blame for the recliner at the footrest of Edward Knabusch and Edwin Shoemaker. The Eds began as Kna-Shoe making furniture, but soon changed their name to Floral City Furniture Co. In 1927, they had the best idea of their careers, a chair the new powered Comfort Recliner and Comfort Theatre chair’s chaise-style ottoman and independent back move to where you feel the most relaxed, without clicking or ratcheting. Even in the open position, the chair has an elegant, stainless-steel footrest A Slate article on the "secret" history of the Herman Miller Aeron chair -- ubiquitous in offices -- reveals that it originated as a reclining chair for the elderly as an ergonomic chair for high-tech office workers in the free-spending dot-com In something that I'm not entirely convinced is an unrelated incident, one of the legs broke on the recliner in my writing office/fortress requires use of a second chair or nearby box to double as a footstool (because a footrest at a 35-degree incline The iPad chair has a striking resemblance to the Star Trek Fleet Officer command center on the Enterprise. Except the iPad chair has an iPad instead of Sulu or Ohura to carry out commands. A motor reclines the seat (yes!) and raises the foot rest With uChair, the user can simply sit back, adjust the If the chair is too comfortable, sedentary types may just choose to lie there indefinitely browsing the Internet, and that's definitely not recommended. The uChair also features a footrest, complete .
You purchase a desk chair and get a recliner for free. Or vice versa? Josh features a retractable footrest and backrest adjustment from 90 degrees upright to 170 degrees reclined. The seat height and headrest are both adjustable and the swivel base is The five-chair lineup, called the Comfort Recliner collection, features hi-leg models with a hidden locking mechanism that prevents the chair from gliding when the footrest is open. Dominique Godbout, vice president of marketing, said the company developed “Sarah, Sarah,” sung Jefferson Starship back in 1986, “no time is a good time for goodbyes…” But, when the Sarah reclining chair was mothballed So they built the Sarah chair, which had a footrest that folded under the seat to leave the No, we unconventional types do our best thinking in repose, preferably reclining in a plush lounger. And finally, there’s a chair for the languid workaholic flips down like a foldout bed to form a footrest. But don’t mistake its comfiness as .