Patent ID: 6637812
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
An upholstered foldable furniture system for mounting on a substantially horizontal surface, said furniture system having a first assembled configuration for seating; and a second unassembled configuration for storage and shipping, comprising:a horizontal seat support frame having front and rear support frame members, and spaced left and right side support frame members, said seat support frame supporting a a seat support unit; a back member, having left and right back side support members and a bottom back member, said bottom back member being rotatably secured to said rear support frame member, said back member being rotatable between a position substantially parallel to said horizontal seat support frame and an angle of not less than 90Â° with respect to said horizontal seat support frame; left and right arm members, each of said left and right arm members having a rear arm frame, and a lower arm frame, said left and right lower arm frames being secured to said left and right side support frame members respectively for rotation of said arm members through 180Â° from the first configuration for seating to the second configuration for storage and shipping; and left and right latch assemblies, each of said left and right latch assemblies having a first part and a second part, the first part of said left latch assembly being attached to one of said left arm member and said left back side support member, and the second part of said left latch assembly being attached to the other of said left arm member and said left back side support member; and the first part of said right latch assembly being attached to one of said right arm member and said right side back side support member, and the second part of said right latch assembly being attached to the other of said right arm member and said right back side support member, whereby when the furniture system is in the first assembled configuration for seating, said back member is in a substantially vertical position making an angle of not less than 90Â° with respect to the seat support frame, said left and right arm members are in substantially vertically upward positions, and the first and second parts of said left and right latch assemblies are latched, and when the furniture system is in the second configuration for storage and shipping said back member is in a substantially horizontal position, and said first and second parts of said left and right latch assemblies are unlatched.