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US 8,782,825 B2Granted
Sliding and expanding sofa and seat frame
OwnerFausto Barbero Schimmelpfenginventor
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Abstract
An extendable system for sofas and armchairs uses a moveable seat and moveable head piece to travel along a curved head piece and stationary base. Frame members of the moveable seat and stationary base use a system of rails, ruler guides, notches and other wood components to facilitate the fluid movement and safe locking of the moving and stationary components.
Claims4
A sofa system, the system comprising:
- a) a moving head piece, having six sides, the sides including a top surface and an inner surface with the inner surface attached to two or more connection strips and with the connection strips connected to;
- b) a moving seat piece, the moving seat piece having six sides with a top edge side attached to the connection strips and with the moving seat piece having a bottom side having two or more voids and two or more pegs and the moving seat piece being connected to;
- c) a moving foot base having six sides with a bottom side containing two or more wheels partially contained within voids of the moving foot base;
- d) a stationary curved head piece comprising a sidewall with the sidewall comporting to a perpendicular curved section of the curved head piece and the stationary curved head piece connected to;
- e) a stationary base;
- f) wherein the moving foot base, moving seat piece and moving head piece travel along the stationary base and stationary curved head piece such that the moving head piece is in a vertical position when the moving foot base is placed adjacent to the stationary base;
- and wherein
- g) the moving head piece is in a horizontal position when the moving foot base is moved away from the stationary base such that a void is created between the moving head piece and the moving seat piece.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.