Liftchairs are known by many different names but the most common are lift recliners, lift chairs, and chair lifts. Lift chairs are designed to assist elderly people, or others with conditions that effect mobility, to lift from a sitting position to a standing position. Lift chairs are identical to high quality traditional recliners but have a recline and lift mechanism that not only moves the chair up or down but reclines the back and, with some liftchair models, raises the foot rest. When you want to recline or get out of the chair, you simply push a button and the motor/motors move the chair into a standing position so you can simply walk out of the chair. Electric lift chairs are a great benefit to caregivers as they provide the lifting action required to move the patient from a sitting to standing position.

Lift chairs are classified by the positions they are able to achieve: 2 position , 3 position, and infinite positions. One of the common misconceptions about the different lift chair positions is that a 2 position lift chair, for example, can only achieve 2 positions: the upright and reclined positions. This is far from the truth. The 2 position classification means that the chair can recline to approximately a 45 degree angle, but it can also recline to any position up to that point. You aren't locked into only 2 positions. This is the same with a 3 position lift chair , which can recline to a nearly flat position as well as every position in-between. On 2- and 3-position lift chairs, the footrest and the backrest operate together. That is, as the back reclines the footrest comes up.

What can an infinite position lift chair do that a 3 position chair can't do? The infinite position lift chair can achieve a completely flat reclined position, and the back is independent of the foot rest. Also, infinite position chairs have two motors where 2- and 3-position chairs only have one. 2- and 3-position chairs only have one button on the control. So, if you recline backwards your foot rest will raise as well. The infinite position chair comes with two buttons on the control: one for the back and one for the foot rest. We offer Pride Lift Chairs, America's #1 selling lift chair line, and Golden Tech Lift Chairs the #2 lift chair manufacturer. Both manufacturers offer high-quality products at very competitive pricing.

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