PIECE OF SEATING FURNITURE, AND FITTING THEREFOR
1. Piece of seating furniture, and fitting therefor. 2.1. The prior art discloses a piece of seating furniture (10), in particular in the manner of an armchair or of a sofa, having a seat surface (14') and a legrest (18), which can be displaced between a stowage position, in which the legrest (18) is arranged beneath the seat surface (14'), as seen in the vertical direction (6) of the piece of furniture, and a use position, in which the legrest (18) is arranged in front of the seat surface (14'), as seen in the longitudinal direction (4) of the piece of furniture. Provision is made for the legrest (18) to be designed such that it can be changed in length by way of two mutually displaceable fitting portions (30, 40) of the legrest (18), and for the two fitting portions (30, 40) of the legrest to be capable of being activated by force by a spring portion (53a; 54a; 55a; 56a; 57a; 58a) of a spring device (50), said spring portion acting between a first force-introduction point (33; 34; 35; 36; 37; 38) on a first of the two fitting portions (30) and a second force-introduction point (43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48) on a second of the two fitting portions (40). 2.2. It is proposed to improve such a piece of seating furniture in that the two force-introduction points (33; 34; 35; 36; 37; 38; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48) are offset in relation to one another in a transverse direction (2) of the piece of furniture, and therefore the spring portion (53a; 54a; 55a; 56a; 57a; 58a) assumes a diagonal direction of extent, and/or in that the spring portion (53a; 55a; 56a; 57a; 58a) is designed in the form of an elastomer spring portion. 2.3. Use for achieving a cost-effective, reliable and easy-to-install changeable-length legrest and, in particular, a comparatively wide legrest.