Convertible furniture
AssigneeAmerican Leather Operations, LLC
InventorThomas A. Garland
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Abstract
Furniture that is convertible between a seat position and a bed position is described. The furniture includes a first bed section with a first platform supporting a first cushion, and a second bed section with a second platform, a second cushion, and a partition disposed between the second platform and the second cushion. The first platform is configured to pivot relative to the second platform. The first cushion is thicker than the second cushion. When the furniture is in the bed position, a top surface of the first cushion is substantially coplanar with a top surface of the second cushion and the partition is spaced from the second platform by a first distance. In the seat position of the furniture, the distance between the partition and the second platform is less than the first distance.
Claims20
Furniture convertible between a seat position and a bed position, the furniture comprising:
- a first section having a first platform supporting a first cushion, the first cushion having a first cushion thickness measured perpendicular to the first platform, the first section having a first section thickness measured from a top surface of the first cushion to the first platform substantially equal to the first cushion thickness;
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- a second section having a second platform, a second cushion, and a partition disposed between the second platform and the second cushion, the second cushion having a second cushion thickness measured perpendicular to the second platform, the second cushion thickness being less than the first cushion thickness, the second section having a second section thickness measured from a top surface of the second cushion to the second platform,
- wherein, in the bed position of the furniture, the top surface of the first cushion is substantially coplanar with the top surface of the second cushion and the first section thickness is substantially equal to the second section thickness, and
- wherein, in the seat position of the furniture, the first section and the second section are stacked relative to one another such that the first platform and the second platform are disposed between the top surface of the first cushion and the top surface of the second cushion, wherein, in the seat position, the second section thickness is less than the first section thickness.
Furniture convertible between a seat position and a bed position, the furniture comprising:
- a first section having a first cushion attached to a first platform, the first cushion having a first cushion thickness defined between a top surface of the first cushion and a bottom surface of the first cushion measured perpendicular to the first platform in the bed position, the first section having a first section thickness measured from the top surface of the first cushion to a top surface of the first platform, the first section thickness being substantially equal to the first cushion thickness;
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- a second section having a second cushion attached to a second platform, the second cushion having a second cushion thickness defined between a top surface of the second cushion and a bottom surface of the second cushion measured perpendicular to the second platform in the bed position, the second cushion thickness being less than the first cushion thickness, the second section having a second section thickness measured from the top surface of the second cushion to a top surface of the second platform,
- wherein, in the bed position of the furniture, the top surface of the first cushion is substantially coplanar with the top surface of the second cushion, the first platform is substantially coplanar with the second platform, and the first section thickness is substantially equal to the second section thickness, wherein, in the bed position of the furniture, a firmness of the first section is substantially equivalent to a firmness of the second section, and
- wherein, in the seat position of the furniture, the first section and the second section are stacked relative to one another.
A bed section for convertible furniture, the bed section having a bed position and a seat position, the bed section comprising:
- a platform;
- a partition supported on and parallel to the platform, wherein, in the bed position, the partition is disposed a first vertical distance from the platform measured in a direction perpendicular to the platform, wherein, in the seat position, the partition is disposed a second vertical distance from the platform measured in the direction perpendicular to the platform, the second vertical distance being at least 1 inch less than the first vertical distance;
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- a cushion attached to the partition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.