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The French were the first to make a "reclining chair" in the 1850's. It could convert from a bed to a chaise to a lounging chair. However, it was the founders of La-Z-Boy, Edward Knabush and Edwin Shoemaker, created the "automaitc adjustable chair" in 1927, and received a patent for it in 1931.

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