Sofa bed assembly

Abstract

A furniture assembly movable between a sitting configuration and a bed configuration including a support frame, a foldable bed frame supported by the support frame and movable between a folded and an unfolded position, the bed frame including an inner frame member supported by the support frame and an outer frame member pivotally movable between an extended position wherein it is generally coplanar with respect to the inner frame member and a folded position wherein it is located above the inner frame member, the inner and outer frame members defining a space therebetween when in the folded position for containing bedding material; guide means, such as tracks or the like, interconnect the support frame and the bed frame for guiding the movement of the bed frame between a stored position within the support frame and a deployed position in which the bed frame may be moved to the unfolded position; the assembly further including a closure device, such as a pivoted arm, operative when the bed frame is in the folded position and is being moved from the deployed to the stored position for forcing the outer frame member to follow a predetermined route whereby the bedding material is compressed and is prevented from causing the outer frame member to interfere with the support frame during such movement.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.