Our reader’s chose recliners as their favorite place to nap, and we agree. In 1928, two cousins, Edward Knabusch and Edwin Shoemaker, created the first recliner in Monroe, Michigan. A recliner is an armchair that reclines when the occupant lowers the chair's back and raises its front. Three years latter they secured a patent for the first automatic recliner, and after an employee contest designed to pick a new company name, the Floral City Furniture Company was renamed as the now famous "La-Z-Boy". We purchased our recliner the day after the boys were born and use it daily to rock them to sleep. One problem with twins, as Carol illuistrates, is the difficultly exiting the chair with 50 lbs of sleeping boys holding you down.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Recliners Ideal for Naps
Our reader’s chose recliners as their favorite place to nap, and we agree. In 1928, two cousins, Edward Knabusch and Edwin Shoemaker, created the first recliner in Monroe, Michigan. A recliner is an armchair that reclines when the occupant lowers the chair's back and raises its front. Three years latter they secured a patent for the first automatic recliner, and after an employee contest designed to pick a new company name, the Floral City Furniture Company was renamed as the now famous "La-Z-Boy". We purchased our recliner the day after the boys were born and use it daily to rock them to sleep. One problem with twins, as Carol illuistrates, is the difficultly exiting the chair with 50 lbs of sleeping boys holding you down.
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