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US 10,368,652 B2Granted
Apparatuses and methods for converting a seating device into a sleeping device
AssigneeDurfold Corporation
InventorJim H Warren
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure include methods, apparatuses, and systems for converting a seating device into a sleeping device. Embodiments include an apparatus including a convertible seating device and an adjustable storage device located beneath the convertible seating device. The convertible seating device may be converted into a sleeping device via at least one raising-lowering device pivotally connected to the seating device and storage device.
Claims6
An apparatus, comprising:
- a convertible seating device;
- and
- an adjustable storage device located beneath, and pivotally connected to, the convertible seating device,
- wherein the adjustable storage device may be adjusted via at least one raising-lowering device including a first spring apparatus pivotally connected to the seating device at a first end and to a first moment arm member at a second end, wherein the first moment arm member is fixedly connected to the storage device at an opposing end to the second end,
- wherein the at least one raising-lowering device is configured to adjust the storage device in at least one of a fully raised and fully lowered position.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a convertible seating device;
- and
- an adjustable storage device located beneath the convertible seating device,
- wherein the adjustable storage device may be adjusted via at least one raising-lowering device pivotally connected to the seating device and storage device,
- wherein the convertible seating device includes a leg structure, a seat back and seat base integrated with or attached to the leg structure, a base cushion mounted on the seat base, and at least one arm mounted on the leg structure at an end of the base cushion, and
- wherein the leg structure includes four C-shaped cantilever legs configured to support the seating device, wherein each cantilever leg includes at least a bottom beam portion sitting on a floor, an upper beam portion mounted to at least one of the seat base and the base cushion, and at least one upright beam connected between the bottom and upper beam portions.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a convertible seating device;
- and
- an adjustable storage device located beneath the convertible seating device,
- wherein the adjustable storage device may be adjusted via at least one raising-lowering device pivotally connected to the seating device and storage device,
- wherein the convertible seating device includes a leg structure, a seat back and seat base integrated with or attached to the leg structure, a base cushion mounted on the seat base, and at least one arm mounted on the leg structure at an end of the base cushion,
- wherein the adjustable storage device is a flat platform or rack pivotally connected to the leg structure at a proximate end of the leg structure adjacent to the seat back,
- wherein the at least one raising-lowering device is pivotally connected to the leg structure and storage device and configured to adjust the storage device in at least one of a fully raised and lowered position, and
- wherein the at least one raising-lowering device includes a first gas spring pivotally connected to a first moment arm member.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a convertible seating device;
- and
- an adjustable storage device located beneath the convertible seating device,
- wherein the adjustable storage device may be adjusted via at least one raising-lowering device pivotally connected to the seating device and storage device,
- wherein the convertible seating device includes a leg structure, a seat back and seat base integrated with or attached to the leg structure, a base cushion mounted on the seat base, and at least one arm mounted on the leg structure at an end of the base cushion,
- wherein the adjustable storage device is a flat platform or rack pivotally connected to the leg structure at a proximate end of the leg structure adjacent to the seat back,
- wherein the at least one raising-lowering device is pivotally connected to the leg structure and storage device and configured to adjust the storage device in at least one of a fully raised and lowered position,
- wherein the at least one raising-lowering device includes a first gas spring pivotally connected to a first moment arm member, and a second gas spring,
- wherein each of the first and second gas springs is pivotally connected to the leg structure at a first end and to the first and a second moment arm member, respectively, at a second end, wherein each of the first and second moment arm members is fixedly connected to the storage device at an opposing end to the second end.
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