Patent ID: 8113606

Claim:
A furniture system, comprising: a frame having an upper portion and a lower portion; at least one upper article of furniture located in the upper portion of the frame; at least one lower article of furniture located in the lower portion of the frame and underneath the at least one upper article; a moving system attached to the frame and the at least one upper article for moving the at least one upper article vertically within the frame; and a sliding system attached the at least one lower article to the frame for moving the at least one lower article forward and backward, wherein: a forward movement of the at least one lower article enables the at least one upper article to move down from the upper portion to the lower portion of the frame and a rising movement of the at least one upper article from the lower portion to the upper portion of the frame enables the at least one lower portion to move backward, the upper portion of the frame is higher than 68 inches, the moving system comprises a lifting system having a pressing cylinder, a piston, and a base, and the lifting system is attached to a bottom of the at least one upper article.