Patent ID: 8296877
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
1. A futon frame, comprising: a first platform having a top rail, a bottom rail and side rails that define a first region in which first slats are provided; and a second platform having a top rail, a bottom rail and side rails that define a second region in which second slats are provided; wherein the first platform and the second platform are moveable between an assembled condition, in which the first and second platforms are coupled together, and an unassembled condition, wherein the first slats extend between the top rail and the bottom rail of the first platform in a first direction to define a first plane, wherein the second slats extend between the top rail and the bottom rail of the second platform in a second direction to define a second plane; wherein the bottom rail of the first platform is rotated 90° with respect to the top rail of the first platform such that the first slats are co-planar with the bottom rail of the first platform, wherein when stacked together in the unassembled condition, outer boundary surfaces of the four second rails of the second platform overlap outer boundary surfaces of the four first rails of the first platform so that the first platform fits entirely within a footprint defined by the second platform, with the first plane substantially parallel to the second plane, and wherein in the unassembled condition, an offset between the first and second slats, in a direction substantially parallel to the first and second planes and substantially perpendicular to the first and second directions, allows the first and second platforms to be stacked together so that the first slats do not contact the second slats.