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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7962975 | Mechanism for mounting a foldable-bed unit in an article of furniture A mechanism for mounting a foldable-bed unit in an article of furniture is described. A pair of mounting plates each including a first and second bracket is mounted on opposite ends of a cavity in the article of furniture. The brackets include a U-shaped slot config... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7168111 | Jacknife bed and couch for mobile vehicle A combination jackknife bed and couch for a mobile vehicle. The jackknife bed and couch allows drivers to wake up and fold their sheets and pillow away from a seamless sleeping surface without the need to remove the sheets, blankets, pillows or other bedding materia... | 01/30/2007 |
| 5528777 | Sofa sleeper deck with transverse slats An improved sofa sleeper deck includes a number of pivotal transverse slats secured to a foldable frame. Each slat is pivotally coupled to a linkage so that the slats can pivot between vertical and horizontal orientations in the extended bed configuration... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5038422 | Support structure for sofa beds, with pull-out, raisable auxiliary bed Support structure for sofa beds, with pull-out, raisable auxiliary bed, which comprises an upper frame carrying support means for a mattress and connected, by means of rods linked as a parallelogram, to two lower bars transverse to the larger dimension of... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4625346 | Three portion seat-bed for recreational vehicles A seat bed for a recreational vehicle has a seat portion, an inner back portion, and an outer back portion supported by a linkage structure on a base structure. The linkage structure provides for movement of the seat bed from a seat position to a bed posi... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4612677 | Convertible sofa mechanism An improved three-section convertible sofa mechanism for installation in a convertible sofa. The mechanism has three sections which unfold from a sofa configuration into a bed configuration. The conversion is assisted by a motor-operated pair of bellows w... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4575883 | Convertible sofabed with improved user comfort A convertible sofabed which can be used as a bed in its extended condition and as a sofa in its collapsed condition includes a frame which has a lower frame portion, an upper frame portion, and two upright frame portions as seen in the collapsed condition... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4541133 | Sofa bed A sofa bed has a stationary framework and a foldable bed frame connected to and foldable into the framework, the foldable frame having an outer section connected to and pivotal relative to a body section, the outer section overlying the body section in th... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4509216 | Sofa bed mechanism In a sofa bed mechanism which includes a foldable bed frame, a support member on which the bed frame is movably supported, a linkage assembly operable to govern movement of the bed frame and a control member for guiding movement of the mechanism into and ... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4435860 | Spring suspension for sofa-bed The bed frame of a sofa-bed is resiliently supported within the sofa frame by spring suspension assemblies on each side of the frame. Each spring suspension assembly includes a first mounting bracket attached to the sofa frame, a second mounting bracket a... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4176414 | Sofa-sleeper An improved sofa-sleeper structure having a foldable bed frame, the bed frame including a cloth front deck and a cloth rear deck. The cloth decks are fixed one to the other, e.g., by stitching, at their adjoining edges, and are attached by tension springs... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4068328 | Convertible furniture The following specification discloses a chesterfield that is convertible into a double bed without a requirement for changing any part of the chesterfield frame and which has the normal seat depth for sitting comfort. The bed is stored beneath the seat cu... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4045829 | Sofa bed assembly A furniture assembly movable between a sitting configuration and a bed configuration including a support frame, a foldable bed frame supported by the support frame and movable between a folded and an unfolded position, the bed frame including an inner fra... | 09/06/1977 |
| 3952344 | Pull-out folding sofa beds This bed comprises a front forwardly extending foot section having rearwardly extending side arms. Said side arms have similar, symmetrically disposed, horizontal offset portions raised above the horizontal plane of the bed mattress supporting fabric of t... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3934281 | Mattress compression linkage for convertible sofa-bed In a convertible sofa-bed in which a mattress is folded over upon itself, a bed-folding linkage is provided which compresses the mattress with great leverage, thus providing means for facilitating the opening and closing of the sofa-bed, even when using r... | 01/27/1976 |
