Convertible lounge sofa and methods of use
OwnerRobert J. HENSHAWinventor
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Abstract
A convertible lounge sofa system for seating, lounging, and working having a sofa seat bottom having a dual armrest/headrest positioned on one end, sofa seat bottom is configurable thereto a side facing chaise lounge seat having a back support segment, a center segment, a seat pan segment, and a lower leg support segment, and a sofa seat back configured to be opened, with deployable working surface, a storage feature, a power/data feature, and a lighting feature, and, thus, functions to enable seating configurations that utilize reduced floor space with smaller foot prints, and enable multi-person seating as in 1-2 or more and then conversion into a single person lounge or work seating by rotating 90 degrees.
Claims23
A sofa, said sofa comprising:
- a sofa base;
- a sofa seat bottom supported by said sofa base, said sofa seat bottom having a dual use armrest/headrest positioned on one end;
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- a seat back console supported by said sofa base and positioned adjacent said sofa seat bottom, said seat back console having a first lower seat back segment and a second upper seat back segment configured to be opened, said seat back console having therein a deployable work surface,
- wherein said seat back console is configured to deploy said deployable work surface perpendicular to said seat back console in an open position.
A sofa convertible to a side facing sofa seat for use by a user to support a head, a torso, a buttocks, an upper leg, said sofa comprising:
- a sofa base;
- a sofa seat bottom supported by said sofa base, said sofa seat bottom having a dual use armrest/headrest positioned on one end, wherein said sofa seat bottom is segmented having a first sofa seat assembly to support the torso, a second sofa seat assembly to support the buttocks and the upper leg, convertible to the side facing sofa seat;
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- a seat back console supported by said sofa base and positioned adjacent said sofa seat bottom.
A method of converting a sofa to a side facing sofa seat for use by a user to support a head, a torso, a buttocks, an upper leg, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a sofa base, a sofa seat bottom supported by said sofa base, said sofa seat bottom having a dual use armrest/headrest positioned on one end, wherein said sofa seat bottom is segmented having a first sofa seat assembly to support the torso, a second sofa seat assembly to support the buttocks and the upper leg, said second sofa seat assembly is affixed to said sofa base, and said first sofa seat assembly is hinged to said second sofa seat assembly, a seat back console supported by said sofa base and positioned adjacent said sofa seat bottom;
- tilting said first sofa seat assembly to provide upright support for the torso;
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- wherein said sofa seat bottom is convertible to the side facing sofa seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.