Lightweight flip lounge

Abstract

A sofa-bed assembly in a recreational vehicle or van has a seat and a back. There is a storage space under the seat. The back can be moved in a simple roll-over action from an upright position at the rear of the seat to a horizontal, bed-forming position at the front edge of the seat. Two mounting brackets are fixed to the vehicle, one at each side of the seat. The back is connected to mounting brackets by two links on each side of the brackets and back to facilitate this action. The mounting brackets also serve to control the seat which is connected to the brackets by a pair of seat-connecting pivot links. The front ends of the pivot links are pinned to the rear ends of the mounting brackets, and the rear ends of the pivot links are pinned to the sides of the seat near the bottom rear of the seat so that, even though the back is in the bed-forming position juxtaposed with the front edge of the seat, the front edge of the seat can be lifted straight up and forward, and the rear edge of the seat rises and moves forward simultaneously, enabling further movement of the front edge upward and to the rear to place the seat in a vertical or rearwardly inclined, stable upright position, to facilitate access to the storage space without the use of props, straps, or other means to hold the seat up while accessing the space, and minimizing floor space required behind the assembly.

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