Patent ID: 7168111

Claim:
A combination jackknife bed and couch for a mobile motor vehicle, the vehicle having a sleeper compartment with a mounting floor, comprising: a support base; a sofa backrest and seat engaged to said support base; said sofa backrest and said seat being hinged together through a hinge allowing said backrest and seat to be moved in a jackknife fashion relative to each other to enter either a couch or bed mode depending on a desired mode; said seat slideable along said support base; said seat containing a seat cushion as well as a rigid seat frame; said backrest containing a seat cushion as well as a rigid backrest frame; a mattress having a surface area roughly equal to the sum of the upper faces of said backrest and said seat when said jackknife bed and couch is in a bed mode; said mattress covering both said backrest and said seat providing the user with a seamless sleeping surface; an elastomeric cover rolled up under tension and mounted at a top of said backrest; said elastomeric roll for covering a portion of said mattress sleeping surface and holding bedding materials in place against said mattress, allowing said mattress to be folded against said backrest; said elastomeric cover unrollable via a rigid pole running a width of said combination bed and couch and said rigid pole being is attached to an exposed end of the fabric of said elastomeric roll; said rigid pole hookable into a first hinging mechanism at the midpoint of said support base allowing said elastomeric cover to apply tension to against a seat cushion of said back rest and further allowing any bedding to be held in place when said backrest and said seat are jackknifed into a couch mode.