Certain Powered Rocker-Recliner and Glider-Recliner Mechanisms and Seating Units Containing Same

Ultra-Mek, Incorporated, Leggett & Platt, Incorporated, and L&P Property Management Company filed a Section 337 complaint targeting imported powered rocker-recliner and glider-recliner mechanisms and seating units containing those mechanisms; the asserted patents are not identified in the provided Federal Register notice. Complainants seek a limited exclusion order, cease and desist orders, and bonding during the Presidential review period. The complaint concerns powered motion furniture mechanisms used in recliners and seating units, a consumer-furniture market involving imported components and finished seating products. The Commission is soliciting public-interest comments on potential effects on U.S. consumers, competitive conditions, domestic production of like or directly competitive articles, and whether alternative U.S. supply can replace excluded products within a commercially reasonable time. complainant: Ultra-Mek, Incorporated; Leggett & Platt, Incorporated; and L&P Property Management Company proposed respondents: Jiangsu Carya Smart Home Hardware Co., Ltd.; Living Style Group Ltd.; True Innovations & Design (USA) LLC; Living Style (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.; Living Style (Vietnam) Ltd.; Henglin Home Furnishings Co., Ltd.; Nanjing Hengning Home Furnishings Co., Ltd.; Zhejiang Hengjian Home Furnishing Co. Ltd.; Colamy, Inc.; Aurora Maison, Inc.; and Aerisnexus Innovations, Inc. products targeted: certain powered rocker-recliner and glider-recliner mechanisms and seating units containing same asserted patents: not identified in the provided Federal Register notice text relief sought: limited exclusion order, cease and desist orders, and bond during the 60-day Presidential review period