Patent ID: 7140052
Filing Date: 2006-11-28
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
1. A Combination bed and desk furniture item which can be transformed between a desk use position, comprising a bed stowed in a vertical non-use position, and a desk having a horizontal surface extending away from the bed, a bed use position in which the bed is horizontal and, the desk is stowed horizontally beneath the bed next to the floor, the bed pivotally connected to a fixed support, and a desk pivotally connected to the bed, the desk also being guided by connecting rods each having two spaced apart ends with one end pivotally connected to the desk and the other end pivotally connected to the fixed support, wherein the desk remains horizontal while moving between and when reaching the desk and bed use positions, this arrangement of said combination furniture item forming a parallelogram linkage, wherein the parallelogram comprises: a first substantially upright imaginary side formed by the fixed support; a rotatable second adjacent imaginary side formed by the bed, a third imaginary side, opposite to the first one, formed by the desk, which remains parallel to the first fixed side during the movement, a rotatable fourth side formed by the connecting rod linking a point on the desk forming the third imaginary and the furniture support.