Patent ID: 7309101

Claim:
A folding ottoman which is convertible to a chair, comprising: a pair of arm panels spaced from one another, each of said pair of arm panels having a slot formed therein; a frame extending between said pair of arm panels; a pull-out drawer having a storage space at the interior thereof in which articles can be stored, said pull-out drawer located below said frame and between said pair of arm panels; a flip-up back rest pivotally connected to said arm panels so as to rotate from a closed horizontal position lying atop said frame at which to establish said ottoman to an open vertical position standing upwardly from said frame at which to establish said chair; and first and second pairs of pivot pins extending between said flip-up back rest and each of said pair of arm panels for receipt through respective ones of said slots formed in said arm panels, said first and second pairs of pivot pins riding through said slots as said flip-up back rest is rotated between the closed horizontal position atop said frame to the open vertical position standing upwardly from said frame, one pivot pin from each of said first and second pairs of pivot pins riding to an end of said slots at which a stop is created to limit the rotation of said flip-up back rest to the open vertical position standing upwardly from said frame.