Convertible furniture
AssigneeBeconpatch Limited
InventorJames F. McGivern
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Abstract
Furniture which is convertible so as to provide a table for playing snooker or the like or alternatively a bed, comprises two parts each of box-like construction and of like rectangular planform. One part has an upper surface in the form of a snooker table while the other part has upstanding side and endwalls which retain a mattress and bedding thereon. The part in use stands on top of the part not in use to conserve space in the home.
Claims3
Convertible furniture comprising two parts, a first part having a top surface adapted for the playing of snooker or the like game thereon, and a second part being adapted to receive a mattress thereon, said two parts being adapted to be interchangeably located one above the other;
- each part being of like rectangular planform, having a respective lower surface and four corners thereof, and comprising a leg adjacent each corner of said respective lower surface;
- wherein each leg of said second part is mounted so as to be pivotal between an operative position in which said leg supports said second part and an inoperative position in which it lies substantially parallel with said lower surface of said second part.
Convertible furniture comprising two parts, a first part having a top surface with six apertures connected to the interior thereof and adapted for the playing of snooker pool, said first part being of rectangular box-like construction with a leg depending from each of the four corners thereof, a second part being adapted to receive a mattress thereon and of substantially identical rectangular box-like construction to said first part, said second part having four corners, and a leg adjacent each said corner mounted to pivot from an operative position in which the leg supports said second part to an inoperative position in which the said leg lies substantially parallel with said box-like second part, said first part when supported on its legs and resting on said second part supported on its legs in operative position being at normal snooker pool playing height and said second part when supported on said first part with the legs of said second part pivoted to inoperative position being at normal mattress height.
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