La-Z-Boy inc is an American based furniture manufacturer that was founded in 1927 by two cousins, Edward M Knabusch and Edwin J Shoemaker. The cousins are famed for inventing the very first reclining sofa in 1928. This was a folding wood-slat chair fo use on American porches which followed the contour of a person's body, both sitting and leaning back. The pair used orange crates to mock-up and refine their idea and ultimately together invented the reclining mechanism that would sweep the world off its feet.
