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US 4,104,745 AGranted
Sofa bed with TV headrest
AssigneeLa-Z-Boy Chair Company
InventorWilliam Pacitti
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AssigneeLa-Z-Boy Chair Company
InventorWilliam Pacitti
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A sofa bed frame has a storage area in the bottom below the front board which receives the folded sections of the bed unit when containing a mattress which is folded within the sections. A rear TV section is pivoted to a rear bottom section which is pivoted to a vertical intermediate section which has a front top section pivoted thereto. When the four sections are open, they extend above the front sofa board and are in planar relation to each other with the TV rear head section operable to be raised to an approximate 45.degree. angle at which an occupant can view television, read a book or the like. The television rear head section has a pair of links which move into aligned relation when the sections are being folded to raise the TV rear head section to an approximate 90.degree. position so that it may be advanced into the area of the back to require a minimum of storage space below the sealing position of the sofa bed.
In a sofa bed, a sofa frame having a back, sides and a front board which forms a closed storage area, a foldable bed frame received within said area with a TV rear head section extending upwardly within the back storage area and the other sections folded and disposed rearwardly of the front board, the TV rear head section is pivoted to the rear of a rear bottom section which is pivoted to the rear of a vertical intermediate section the front of which is pivoted to a front top section, plates at the inner sides of the sofa frame, an arm pivoted to each said plate at the forward end thereof, a link pivoted to each said plate near the rear end thereof, a bellcrank having the end of one arm secured to the pivot between the TV and rear bottom sections, the other arm of the bellcrank having an extending slot therein, and pivot means joining the bellcrank near the corner between said two arms with the end of said link which is pivoted to said plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.