Modular furniture unit

A convertible sofa-bed unit comprising:

• a base for supporting a cushion thereupon;
• a plurality of side wall members and back wall members, each of the side wall members and back wall members comprising at least one tongue portion having a free end;
• wherein the base comprises a frame comprising an upright front wall, an upright rear wall and two interconnecting upright side walls, the rear and side walls each defining a plurality of slots therethrough, each of the plurality of slots being dimensioned to receive the free end of one of the at least one tongue portions to releasably secure the side wall members and back wall members to the base, wherein the walls are covered by a cover member defining a gap for providing access to insert the free ends of the at least one tongue portions into the plurality of slots to releasably secure the side wall members and back wall members to the base, the cover member comprising means for opening and closing the gap;
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• whereby the unit forms a sofa by releasably securing the side wall members and back wall members to the base through the insertion of the free ends of the at least one tongue portions into the plurality of slots, and wherein the unit forms a bed when the side wall members and back wall members are released from the base by removing the at least one tongue portions from the plurality of slots.

A modular furniture system capable of forming a plurality of different furniture unite, comprising:

• a base for supporting a cushion thereupon;
• a plurality of furniture modules, including back wall members, side wall members, armrest members, backrest members, footrest members, seat cushion extension members, base members, tables and combinations of back wall members, side wall members, armrest members, backrest members, footrest members, seat cushion extension members, base members and tables, each furniture module comprising a tongue portion having a free end;
• wherein the base comprises a frame, the frame comprises a plurality of interconnected upright walls, each wall defining a plurality of slots therethrough, each of the plurality of slots being dimensioned to receive the free end of the tongue portions to releasably secure the furniture modules to the base;
• wherein one or more of the furniture modules may be releasably secured to the base at a time, and wherein the furniture modules may be repositioned and releasably secured at a plurality of different locations on the base, and wherein the walls are covered by a cover member defining a gap therein for providing access to insert the free ends of the tongue portions into the plurality of slots to releasably secure the furniture modules to the base, the cover member comprising means for opening and sealing the gap.

A furniture unit comprising:

• a plurality of furniture modules selected from the group consisting of back wall members, side wall members, armrest members, backrest members, footrest members, seat cushion extension members, base members, tables and combinations of back wall members, side wall members, armrest members, backrest members, footrest members, seat cushion extension members, base members and tables, each of the furniture modules comprising two tongue portions, each of the tongue portions having a free end;
• a base for supporting a cushion thereupon, the base comprising a rectangular frame comprised of four interconnected upright walls, each wall defining a plurality of slots therethrough in a side by side linear arrangement, and wherein each of the linear arrangements are positioned at a common vertical position on the walls to create a linear arrangement of the plurality of slots extending substantially around the perimeter of the frame, each of the plurality of slots being dimensioned for insertion of one of the free ends of one of the tongue portions of one of the plurality of furniture modules to releasably secure a one of the furniture modules to the base,
• wherein the walls are covered by a cover member, the cover member defining a gap therein for providing access to insert the free ends of the tongue portions into the plurality of slots to releasably secure the furniture modules to the base, the cover member comprising means for opening and sealing the gap at selected locations;
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• wherein the plurality of slots and the tongue portions each have a downwardly angled orientation.