Patent ID: 8438676

Claim:
A seating unit containing a foldable bed, comprising: a seating unit frame having a pair of opposed arms; a housing including a storage cavity, the housing fixed to the arms of the seating unit frame; a seat section; an intermediate section; a head section; a mechanism having pivotally interconnected links, the mechanism interconnecting the base with the head, intermediate and seat sections; wherein the mechanism controls the movement of the head, intermediate and seat sections between a folded position, in which the head, intermediate and seat sections are positioned in vertically stacked relationship, with the head section below the intermediate section and the seat section above the intermediate section, the head and intermediate sections being positioned in the cavity of the housing, and the head and intermediate sections being generally horizontally disposed and the seat section having a pitch angle and resting on the front and rear walls of the housing, and an unfolded position, in which the head, intermediate and seat sections are horizontally disposed and serially aligned to form a sleeping surface; a backrest; and a backrest raising mechanism attached to the backrest and to the frame, the backrest raising mechanism configured to move the backrest between a lowered position, in which the backrest is generally upright and disposed above a rear portion of the seat, and a raised position, in which a lower portion of the backrest is positioned forwardly and upwardly from its location in the lowered position.