Patent ID: 6836912
Filing Date: 2005-01-04
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
1. An article of furniture having a substantially planar frame capable of supporting a mattress, wherein the planar frame is made up of a first and a second sub-frame, the first sub-frame having a first and a second outer longitudinal tube, at least three first telescopic transverse members fixedly attached to the pair of outer longitudinal tubes, one end of each first telescopic transverse member being attached to the first outer longitudinal tube and the other end of each first telescopic transverse member being attached to the second outer longitudinal tube, the first sub-frame having attachment means for the attachment of at least a pair of legs and having socket means adapted to receive frame members which extend out of the plane of the first sub-frame, the second sub-frame having a first and a second inner longitudinal member, each being capable of telescoping within the said outer longitudinal tubes, and a plurality of second telescopic transverse members slidably attached to the pair of inner longitudinal members, one end of each second telescopic transverse member being attached to the first inner longitudinal tube and the other end of each second telescopic transverse member being attached to the second inner longitudinal tube, the second sub-frame also having attachment means for the attachment of at least a pair of legs and having socket means adapted to receive frame members which extend out of the plane of the second sub-frame, whereby in one embodiment the article of furniture can be configured as a bed, and in another embodiment can be configured as a chair.