Patent ID: 8505133
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
1. A piece of furniture comprising: a bed having a bed head end and a bed foot end, wherein, when a person lies in said bed, said person's head is at said head end and said person's feet are at said foot end and when a person sits up in said bed said person sits at said head end of said bed; a desk having a seat for a person to sit, a foot platform for said person's feet when said person is sitting in said seat, and a desk surface for supporting material while said person is sitting in said seat and performing work normally performed at a conventional desk; wherein a center of said piece of furniture is at half the distance from said head end to said foot end; wherein a central portion of said piece of furniture is a center one third of the piece of furniture between said head end and said foot end; wherein said desk is disposed above said bed with at least a portion of said foot platform above at least a portion of said bed foot end; wherein said foot platform extends from said foot end to less than said center; wherein said seat is higher than said foot platform and at least a portion of said seat is above said at least a portion of bed foot end; and wherein said desk surface is disposed higher than said seat and at least a portion of said desk surface is above said central portion of said bed, such that an unobstructed vertical space above said bed head end is greater than an unobstructed vertical space above said bed foot end.