Who Invented The Reclining Chair?

Who Invented The Reclining Chair? A Business Is Born. In the late 1920s, American cousins Edward Knabush and Edwin Shoemaker filed a patent application that trademarked the design of a simple, reclining wooden bench that later became the traditional recliner. When was the first recliner chair invented? Yes, really. According to Apartment Therapy, the recliner