Convertible furniture system

A convertible furniture system operable to extend and retract between a bench configuration and a flat bed configuration, said convertible furniture system comprising:

• a back frame pivotably coupled between a pair of opposing upright walls of a living space, said back frame having longer proximal and distal edges extending between the upright walls and shorter side ends that are adjacent to respective ones of the upright walls;
• a bottom frame pivotably coupled to said back frame at a hinge, said bottom frame having longer proximal and distal edges extending between the upright walls and shorter side ends that are adjacent to respective ones of the upright walls;
• said back frame and said bottom frame define a convertible frame assembly that is pivotable about said hinge and repositionable between a bench configuration in which said back frame is upright relative to the upright walls of the living space, and a flat configuration in which said back frame is parallel to said bottom frame and a position of said bottom frame is superjacent to a position of said bottom frame in said bench configuration;
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• an actuator configured to urge said distal edge of said back frame forward and/or upward during extension of said frame assembly and configured to perform at least one chosen from (i) provide a damping action proximate said distal edge of said back frame as it moves downward and/or rearward during retraction of said frame assembly, and (ii) control the movement of said distal edge of said back frame as said distal edge moves downward or rearward during retraction of said frame assembly.

A convertible furniture system that is convertible between a bench and a flat bed, said convertible furniture system comprising:

• a convertible frame assembly comprising:
• a back frame moveable between an upright orientation and a horizontal orientation;
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• a bottom frame pivotably coupled to said back frame at a hinge;
• wherein said frame assembly is selectively operable to extend and retract between a bench configuration in which said back frame is in said upright orientation and a bed configuration in which said back frame is in said flat orientation and said bottom frame is in a horizontal orientation and parallel to said back frame;
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• a frame assembly support system coupled to at least one upright wall, said frame assembly comprising:
• a conversion track operable to support a portion of said back frame at each of said bench configuration and said bed configuration, and to movably support said back frame such that said back frame is moveable between said bench configuration and said bed configuration;
• a back frame support defining an upper-rear portion of said frame assembly support system and configured to pivotably support an upper portion of said back frame at each of said bench configuration and said bed configuration, and to pivotably support said back frame as it moves between said bench configuration and said bed configuration, wherein said back frame support is spaced apart from said hinge of said frame assembly;
• a bottom frame bench support configured to selectively retain a portion of said bottom frame in said bench configuration;
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• a bottom frame bed support configured to selectively retain a portion of said bottom frame in said flat, bed configuration.