Patent ID: 8276984

Claim:
A furniture assembly reconfigurable between a first position and a second position comprising: a seat assembly comprising first and second seat portions, the seat assembly defining a seat surface and comprising a first plurality of legs extending from a first side of the seat assembly, a second plurality of legs extending from a second side of the seat assembly, and first and second connectors; a first back portion having a first support surface, a first back leg portion, and third, fourth, fifth, and sixth connectors; and a second back portion having a second support surface, a second back leg portion, and seventh, eighth, and ninth connectors; whereby the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth connectors may be disconnected to allow the seat assembly, the first back portion, and the second back portion to be detached from each other; in the first position, the first connector engages the fourth connector to detachably attach the first back portion to the seat assembly, and the fifth connector engages the eighth connector and the sixth connector engages the ninth connector to detachably attach the second back portion to the first back portion such that the first and second support surfaces are not aligned with the seat surface, the first back leg portion is arranged under the seat surface of the seat assembly such that the first back leg portion does not support the furniture assembly, the second back leg portion is arranged under the seat surface of the seat assembly such that the second back leg portion does not support the furniture assembly, and the furniture assembly is supported in the first position by the first and second pluralities of legs extending from the seat assembly; and in the second position, the first connector engages the third connector to detachably attach the first back portion to the seat assembly, and the second connector engages the seventh connector to detachably attach the second back portion to the seat assembly such that the first and second support surfaces are substantially aligned with the seat surface, and the furniture assembly is supported by the first and second pluralities of legs extending from the seat portion and the first and second back leg portions.