Patent ID: 7648197
Filing Date: 2010-01-19
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
1. A sofa convertible from a sofa mode to a bed mode comprising in the sofa mode: a seat, said seat defining a top surface and a rear edge, a back, said back defining a top surface, a bottom surface, a front edge and a rear edge, said back proximate said seat, a back support, said back support comprising a stationary shelf, said shelf positioned directly below said back, a tether, said tether joined at one end to said seat top surface and joined at the other end to said back bottom surface inwardly from the edges of said back bottom surface and said seat top surface, a pair of arms, said pair of arms affixed to said back support and positioned in opposing relation with said seat and back therebetween, said tether extending a sufficient length to allow said back to rest in a normal position on said seat in the sofa mode and to be inverted whereby said rear edge of said back contacts said rear edge of said seat and is tightly held in a level posture along the rear edge of said seat while said top surface of said back extends below said seat and is stabilized against said shelf in the bed mode.