Furniture objects

A furniture object configured to be coupled with a separate article of furniture to store a foldable bed, the furniture object comprising:

• a foldable support platform including proximate and distal support panels, the proximate support panel hingeably connected at a first edge of the proximate support panel to the distal support panel, the proximate support panel hingeably connected at a second edge of the proximate support panel to the separate article of furniture, the first and second edges of the proximate support panel being opposite edges of the proximate support panel, the foldable support platform configured to move between a folded position and a deployed position via a scissors-type motion, wherein
• in the folded position, the foldable support platform at least partially encloses a compartment that is at least partially enclosed by the separate article of furniture, such that a first surface of the distal support panel defines an outer surface of the separate article of furniture and a first surface of the proximate support panel defines a front inner surface of the compartment, and
• in the deployed position, the foldable support platform at least partially defines a sleeping platform configured to structurally support the foldable bed resting, in an unfolded configuration, on at least the first surfaces of the proximate and distal support panels, such that the first surfaces of the proximate and distal support panels are coplanar with each other and face upwards such that the coplanar first surfaces are collectively configured to directly contact an underside of the foldable bed resting on the sleeping platform in the unfolded configuration,
• wherein the distal support panel includes a set of rollers connected at a distal end of the distal support panel,
• wherein the set of rollers are configured to roll on a support surface such that the set of rollers at least partially structurally support the distal end of the distal support panel on the support surface during an entirety of movement of the foldable support platform between the folded position and at least a threshold partially-deployed position,
• wherein the foldable support platform is configured to, in response to being at the threshold partially-deployed position, move towards the deployed position such that one or more rollers of the set of rollers roll on the support surface while at least partially structurally supporting the distal end of the distal support panel on the support surface during at least a portion of the movement from the threshold partially-deployed position to the deployed position, based on hingeably connected proximate edges of the proximate and distal support panels moving downwards towards the support surface based on a weight of the proximate and distal support panels.

A method of operating a furniture object to deploy foldable support platform, the furniture object resting on a support surface, the furniture object including one or more fixed panels partially enclosing a compartment within an interior of the furniture object, the one or more fixed panels including a bottom panel, an upper surface of the bottom panel at least partially defining a bottom inner surface of the compartment, the furniture object further including the foldable support platform including proximate and distal support panels, the proximate support panel hingeably connected at a first edge of the proximate support panel to the distal support panel, the proximate support panel hingeably connected at a second edge of the proximate support panel to the one or more fixed panels, the first and second edges of the proximate support panel being opposite edges of the proximate support panel, the method comprising:

• applying a driver force on the distal support panel to cause a distal end of the distal support panel to move, in a first direction parallel to the support surface, away from a distal edge of the proximate support panel that is the second edge of the proximate support panel that is hingeably connected to the one or more fixed panels, to cause the foldable support platform to move from a folded position to a threshold partially-deployed position via a scissors-type motion,
• wherein the distal support panel includes a set of rollers connected at the distal end of the distal support panel,
• wherein the set of rollers are configured to roll on the support surface such that the set of rollers at least partially structurally support the distal end of the distal support panel on the support surface during an entirety of movement of the foldable support platform between the folded position and at least the threshold partially-deployed position,
• wherein, in response to the foldable support platform moving to the threshold partially-deployed position, hingeably connected proximate edges of the proximate and distal support panels are caused to move downwards towards the support surface based on a weight of the proximate and distal support panels, such that the foldable support platform moves from the threshold partially-deployed position to a fully deployed position via the scissors-type motion such that one or more rollers of the set of rollers roll on the support surface while at least partially structurally supporting the distal end of the distal support panel on the support surface during at least a portion of the movement from the threshold partially-deployed position to the fully deployed position to cause first surfaces of the proximate and distal support panels to be coplanar with each other and face upwards to at least partially define a sleeping platform configured to directly contact and structurally support a foldable bed resting, in an unfolded configuration, on at least the first surfaces of the proximate and distal support panels.