Furniture bench with hidden pet ramp
OwnerJeffery J. Kacines, Jonathan S. Kacinesinventors
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Abstract
A piece of household furniture in the form of a bench seat that is equipped with a pet ramp. The pet ramp is stored under a cushion portion of the household furniture and hidden from view until deployed so that a pet can ascend the ramp to the cushion and therefrom to a bed. The pet ramp is slideable from the hidden position and extended from the side of the bench seat to form an incline. A pet can thus move from the floor to the cushion via the inclined ramp, and from the cushion to the bed. When the pet ramp is not in use and stowed to the hidden position, the bench seat appears as a typical piece of furniture.
Claims16
An item of household furniture, comprising:
- a bench seat that includes four legs and a cushion support supported by said legs;
- a cushion supported by said cushion support, said cushion for sitting on by a user thereof;
- a ramp that is constructed so as to be overall rigid, and said ramp is extendable from a hidden position under said cushion to a position extended from one side of said bench seat, said ramp having a top surface on which a pet can move;
- an edge of said ramp accessible for grasping to extend said ramp outwardly from under said cushion;
- said ramp is pivotally mounted at one side thereof to said bench seat so that when said ramp is pivoted until an opposite side of said ramp engages with a floor, said ramp provides an inclined surface;
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- whereby when said top surface of said ramp is hidden under said bench seat, said bench seat appears as conventional household furniture.
An item of household furniture, comprising:
- an upholstered seat covered with a fabric including one of cloth, vinyl or leather;
- a seat support constructed of wood for supporting an outer periphery of said upholstered seat, said wood seat support having four sides, each said seat support side stained with a suitable color to provide a household furniture appearance;
- four wooden legs supporting said wood seat support, said four wooden legs stained to match the stain of said wood seat support;
- a pet ramp constructed of wood and stained with said suitable color to match that of said wood seat support and said wood legs, said pet ramp slideable horizontally from a position under said upholstered seat and generally hidden from view, to a position extended from one side of said wood seat support;
- an edge of said pet ramp accessible for grasping to extend said pet ramp outwardly from under said upholstered seat;
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- said pet ramp pivotally mounted to said wood seat support so that the edge thereof can be pivoted downwardly and rest on a floor, whereby said pet ramp is inclined with respect to said wood seat support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.