Patent ID: 9119475
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
1. A convertible furniture frame assembly for a furniture piece, said assembly comprising: a base frame assembly having a main frame, a plurality of support members attached to said base frame assembly and disposed to maintain said convertible furniture frame assembly in an operative position, a plurality of outer rails each disposed in a spaced apart relation to said main frame, a cushion support assembly comprising a plurality of cushion supports movably interconnected to one another, wherein said cushion support assembly is disposable between an upright seated configuration and an extended horizontal configuration, a biasing assembly interconnected between said base frame assembly and said cushion support assembly to facilitate disposition of said cushion support assembly between said upright seated configuration and said extended horizontal configuration, said biasing assembly further comprises a biasing element having at least two terminal members, wherein at least one of said terminal members is fixedly secured to one of said plurality of cushion supports, and wherein at least one other of said terminal members is disposed in a sliding engagement with a portion of said base frame assembly.