Collapsible mobile furniture frame
AssigneeBetter Off Clever LLC
InventorDustin Monahan
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Abstract
A collapsible mobile furniture frame is provided that includes a center frame, a left frame and a right frame. The left and right frames each include a seat base and a seat back. The left and right seat backs are pivotally connected to the left and right seat bases, respectively, such that the left and right seat backs are capable of pivoting downwardly to a collapsed position against the left seat base. Likewise, the right seat back is pivotally connected to the right seat base by right back hinges such that the right back is capable of pivoting downwardly about the right back hinges to a collapsed position against the right seat base. The left and right frames are pivotally connected to the center seat base such that they are capable of pivoting upwardly to a collapsed position against the center seat base.
Claims11
A furniture frame comprising:
- a center frame including a center seat base and a center seat back, said center seat back being rigidly fixed to said center seat base;
- a left frame located laterally adjacent to said center frame and including a left seat base and a left seat back, said left seat back being pivotally connected to said left seat base by at least one left back hinge such that said left seat back is capable of pivoting downwardly about said at least one left back hinge to a collapsed position against said left seat base, and said left seat base being pivotally connected to said center seat base by at least one left central hinge such that said left frame is capable of pivoting upwardly about said at least one left central hinge to a collapsed position against said center seat base;
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- a right frame located laterally adjacent to said center frame opposite said left frame and including a right seat base and a right seat back, said right seat back being pivotally connected to said right seat base by at least one right back hinge such that said right back is capable of pivoting downwardly about said at least one right back hinge to a collapsed position against said right seat base, and said right seat base being pivotally connected to said center seat base by at least one right central hinge such that said right frame is capable of pivoting upwardly about said at least one right central hinge to a collapsed position against said center seat base.
A method of collapsing a furniture frame having a center frame, a left frame and a right frame, the center frame being located between the left frame and the right frame and including a center seat base and a center seat back, the center seat back being rigidly fixed to said center seat base, the left frame being pivotally connected to the center frame by at least one left central hinge and including a left seat base and a left seat back that is pivotally connected to the left seat base by at least one left back hinge, and the right frame being pivotally connected to the center frame by at least one right central hinge and including a right seat base and a right seat back that is pivotally connected to the right seat base by at least one right back hinge, the method comprising the steps of:
- pivoting the left seat back downwardly toward the left seat base to a collapsed position such that the left seat back is against the left seat base;
- pivoting the right seat back downwardly toward the right seat base to a collapsed position such that the right seat back is against the right seat base;
- pivoting the left frame upwardly in a clockwise motion toward the center frame to a collapsed position such that the left seat back is substantially adjacent to the center seat base and the left seat base is positioned perpendicular to the center seat base;
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- pivoting the right frame upwardly in a counterclockwise motion toward the center frame to a collapsed position such that the right seat back is substantially adjacent to the center seat base and the right seat base is positioned perpendicular to the center seat base.
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