Convertible chair for either sitting or lying

Details Convertible chair for either sitting or lying Convertible chair for either sitting or lying

1988-01-11

1989-08-29

Grosz, Alexander

Beds

Sofa bed

Extension

5 14, 5 18R, A47C 1713, A47C 1704

Patent

active

048603937

ABSTRACT:
A piece of furniture convertible from a chair to a cot and vice versa comprising connected inner and outer carriages which can telescope out of a frame from a chair position within the frame to a cot position outside the frame and having a head cushion hinged to the inner carriage and guidingly received in a frame guide such that it is movable from a stowed position behind a fixed back cushion when the inner carriage is in the chair position to a cot position when the inner carriage is moved into the cot position thereof. The outer carriage has a cushion carrier frame carrying a fixed cushion and a folding cushion, which carrier frame is connected to the outer carriage by a lever system for adjusting the carrier frame from a lowered position when the carriages are in the chair position to a raised position when the carriages are moved into the cot position. A platform is hinged to the inner carriage at an end thereof close to the head cushion for receiving thereon the folding cushion in the cot position of the carriages, and movable supporting elements connected to the lever system being provided for moving the platform to an essentially horizontal position when the carriages are moved into the cot position, which elements are adapted to support the platform when the lever system is in a dead center or over-center position when the carrier frame is in the raised position.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4672696 (1987-06-01), Horenkamp

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