Convertible seat/bed having noncoplanar bed base sections
AssigneeFlexsteel Industries, Inc.
InventorJerry Thurow
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Abstract
A convertible seating unit has noncoplanar sleeper-base sections. A mid-seat deck is highest, a back deck slightly lower and a seat deck considerably lower. The relative heights of the decks and corresponding thicknesses of their respective cushions provide a sleeping support surface for comfortably supporting a person's mass. With the unit in the sleeping configuration, the mid-seat deck is highest and its cushion thinnest (relative to those of the seat deck and back decks), and the seat deck is lowest and its cushion thickest.
Claims16
A seating unit convertible between a seating configuration and a sleeping configuration, the seating unit comprising:
- a base configured to rest on an underlying surface;
- a back frame pivotally connected to the base;
- a back deck connected to the back frame;
- a mid-frame pivotally connected to the base;
- a mid-deck connected to the mid-frame;
- a seat frame pivotally connected to the mid-frame;
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- a seat deck connected to the seat frame,
- wherein, in the sleeping configuration the mid-deck lies within a first horizontal plane, the back deck lies within a second horizontal plane, and the seat deck lies within a third horizontal plane, and wherein the first horizontal plane is at a first elevation, the second horizontal plane is at a second elevation which is lower than the first elevation, and the third horizontal plane is at a third elevation which is lower than the second elevation.
A seating unit convertible between a seating configuration and a sleeping configuration, the seating unit comprising, in the sleeping configuration:
- a horizontal mid-deck lying within a first horizontal plane;
- a horizontal back deck lying within a second horizontal plane;
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- a horizontal seat deck lying within a third horizontal plane, and
- wherein the first horizontal plane is at a first elevation, the second horizontal plane is at a second elevation which is lower than the first elevation, and the third horizontal plane is at a third elevation which is lower than the second elevation.
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