Patent ID: 7748061

Claim:
A sleep sofa which comprises: a main frame for positioning on a flooring surface, a seat unit which includes a seat frame and a seat cushion, the seat frame being pivotally connected along a front side thereof to a fixed pivot on said main frame and liftable to horizontal from a sitting state wherein it slopes downwardly from said front side relative to horizontal, a back unit which includes a back frame and a back cushion, and a support linkage assembly which is connected to said main frame and to said back frame and operable to move said back unit between a sitting position above said seat unit and a bed position in front of said seat unit, said support linkage assembly moving said back unit in an arc over said seat unit to the front of the seat unit, where it can be manually rotated to become part of a bedding surface with the seat cushion, said support linkage assembly simultaneously lifting said seat unit about said fixed pivot on said main frame to generally horizontal when said back unit moves from a sitting state to a bed state.