A47C 17/213
The surface, when used for lying down, consisting of one side of
Official title: the surface, when used for lying down, consisting of one side of the seat frame and the back-rest frame
A47C17/213 (The surface, when used for lying down, consisting of one side of) appears on 13 US grants and 10 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47C- Granted patents
- 13
- Published applications
- 10
- Assignees
- 8
- Inventors
- 24
- Latest grant
- 14 Apr 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Sofa bed system14 Apr 2026US 12,599,243 B2A&C Future, Inc.
- Sleep apparatus30 Aug 2022US 11,426,005 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Seat moveable between a seat configuration and a bed configuration14 Dec 2021US 11,197,554 B2
- Sofa bed14 Sep 2021US 11,116,321 B2Winnebago Industries, Inc.
- Convertible-couch with concealed convenience features27 Jul 2021US 11,071,391 B2Textron Innovations Inc.
- Sofa bed system2 Oct 2025US 2025/0302204 A1A&C Future, Inc.
- Sleep apparatus26 Aug 2021US 2021/0259428 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- A seat moveable between a seat configuration and a bed configuration29 Oct 2020US 2020/0337467 A1
- Convertible-couch with concealed convenience features4 Apr 2019US 2019/0099005 A1Textron Aviation Inc.
- Sofa bed3 May 2018US 2018/0116410 A1Winnebago Industries, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Seating unit convertible to bed25US 7,549,182 B2Ultra-Mek, Inc. · 2009
- Foldable articulated sofa bed17US 8,893,323 B2American Leather Operations, LLC · 2014
- Foldable articulated sofa bed8US 9,668,585 B2American Leather Operations, LLC · 2017
- Divan-bed4US 4,480,344 A1984
- Chair or sofa convertible into a bed3US 4,239,281 ALukas Beddy di Luca Sebastiano & C.S.a.s. · 1980