Patent ID: 8025332
Filing Date: 2011-09-27
Classification: A47B,A47C

Abstract:
1. An item of transformable furniture, comprising: a supporting construction, comprising three interconnected folding elements, formed as frames and interconnected by couples of hinge joints, where one of the couples of hinge joints can slide with respect to one of the folding elements, with the first and second of the three interconnected folding elements being U-shaped tubular frames, each of which has a middle part and two legs, the respective middle parts defining a first and a second axis and the legs thereof joined together by the couple of sliding hinge joints; a first and a second plate, the first plate linked to the first of the folding elements along the first axis and the second plate linked to the second of the folding elements along the second axis; and a hinge joint that foldably and independently from the folding elements connects the respective plates along a hinge axis, such that, in a first position, the first and second plate are arranged as a seat and a back, and, in a second position, the first and second plate are arranged as a front panel and a worktop, the first and second positions achieved by rotation about the respective axes.