Two cousins in Michigan built a folding wood porch chair in the 1920s.
Then somebody suggested upholstering it for indoor use.
A hundred years later, that single idea is a global company, and the brand name became the generic word for the category.
That is rare. Most companies that dominate a category did not invent it.
But here is the part that matters to you, and almost nobody talks about it.
The recliner quietly became one of the most important pieces of furniture in an aging household, and one version of it may be partly covered by Medicare.
Most people who qualify have never heard that.
Let me explain both halves. The business first, then the benefit.