Convertible bed with computer desk

A convertible furniture assembly comprising:

• a base assembly;
• an upper platform pivotally coupled to said base assembly for supporting a bedding component, said upper platform being moveable between a upright position and a lowered position;
• a lower platform coupled to said base assembly, said lower platform having a desk surface and a computer component cavity, said computer component cavity being sized to receive a computer monitor therein when said upper platform is in said lowered position;
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• an articulating monitor shelf pivotally coupled within said computer component cavity, said articulating monitor shelf having a horizontally disposed lower member, a horizontally disposed upper member supporting said computer monitor, and a pair of links pivotally interconnecting said lower member and said upper member to form a parallelogram, said articulating monitor shelf being positionable in a raised position and a stowed position.

A convertible furniture assembly for accommodating a computer, said computer having a computer monitor, computer keyboard, and a central processing unit, said convertible furniture assembly comprising:

• a base structure;
• a bed frame pivotally coupled to said base structure, said bed frame being moveable between a raised position and a sleeping position;
• a computer workstation pivotally coupled to said bed frame, said computer workstation having a desk surface and a computer component receptacle, said computer component receptacle being spaced below said desk surface, said computer component receptacle being sized to accommodate a computer keyboard and computer monitor therein when said bed frame is in said sleeping position;
• a support pivotally coupled between said base structure and said computer workstation, said bed frame, said computer workstation, said support and said base structure forming a parallelogram linkage for maintaining a horizontal orientation of said computer workstation between said raised position and said sleeping position of said bed frame;
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• a slidable monitor shelf mechanism movably coupled generally within said computer component receptacle and positionable in a raised position and a stowed position, said slidable monitor shelf mechanism having a support shelf supporting said computer monitor, a least a pair of guide members extending from said support shelf engaging respective tracks disposed within said computer component receptacle, and a power actuating mechanism operably driving said support shelf between said raised position and said stowed position.