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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360261 | Sofa A sofa has a first frame fixed to first and second side members and a mattress with a first section secured to the first frame and a second section located over the first section by a hinge to define a seat that is rotated about the hinge to define a first sleeping ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7207076 | Folding bunk bed The folding bunk beds of this invention fold between a horizontal sleep position and a vertical storage position. The various embodiments, both manually operated and power operated, of the folding bunk beds use vertically shifting pivot points to accommodate larger ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7188806 | Aircraft passenger accommodation unit with deployable bed A passenger accommodation unit with deployable bed, including a passenger seat and a passenger bed positioned relative to the seat and adapted for movement between a stowed position wherein the bed is upright and adjacent to the seat, and a deployed position wherein... | 03/13/2007 |
| 6663173 | Arrangement at airplane seats An arrangement pertaining to aircraft seats (1) includes a seat cushion (2) and a backrest (3), with a number of aircraft seats (1A-D) juxtaposed. The seat cushions (2) of the juxtaposed aircraft seats (1A-D) can be raised or lowered to form a long, gener... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6648407 | Device for converting seats into sleeper berths, seat designed for said device and transport means equipped therewith A system converting seats into couches, characterized in that it comprises--with at least one set of seats (1, 2) comprising at least one base (d) and one backrest (f) connected by a linkage (e) allowing to move said seat into the seating mode, the base a... | 11/18/2003 |
| 5868460 | Convertible chair installation for or in vehicles In the so-called `ski-coaches` special chairs are used, the back rests of which can be swung up to form an upper row of bed elements. Mostly, particularly the back rests are of such a special design that in fact the chairs are unusable as normal coach cha... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5358306 | Convertible chair installation for or in vehicles In the so-called `ski-coaches` special chairs are used, the back rests of which can be swung up to form an upper row of bed elements, while the seat portions are completed with filling-in-elements so as to form a lower row of bed elements. Mostly, particu... | 10/25/1994 |
| 4922561 | Convertible sofa-bed A sofa which is selectively convertible into a double bed or a double bunk consists of a base (10) and a back (11) which constitutes the sofa back, part of the double bed and the upper bunk according to the mode of the sofa. The back (11) and base (10) ar... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4735456 | Device with at least two seats arranged one behind the other Two seats (1a, 1b) are mounted on carrier components (15, 16) in such a way that by means of a swinging movement they can be brought from a seating position one behind the other to a lying position one above the other. Synchronously with the swinging move... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4440439 | Convertible seats for transport A chair, suitable for aircraft or other transport, which is convertible into a berth, comprising in combination (a) a seat base, (b) a back rest, movably mounted on the rear portion of the base so as to be capable of being reclined from the erect, sitting posi... | 04/03/1984 |
