Patent ID: 6904628

Claim:
A sofa-bed, comprising: a frame with opposing arms; a backrest operatively connected with the frame such that the backrest can pivot and slide relative to the frame; a seat; a subseat hinged to the seat and pivotable relative thereto at a first pivot; a connecting member that pivotally interconnects the subseat and the backrest; pairs of center legs and end legs pivotally interconnected with, respectively, the subseat and seat; and a leg-folding mechanism pivotally interconnected with the center and end legs, wherein the frame, backrest, seat and subseat are configured such that the backrest, seat and subseat move between a folded position, in which the backrest is generally upright, the seat is generally horizontal, and the subseat is generally horizontal and positioned beneath the seat in a first inverted orientation, and an unfolded position, in which the backrest, subseat and seat are generally horizontal, and the subseat is positioned between the backrest and the seat in a second non-inverted orientation; wherein the leg-folding mechanism is configured to move the center and end legs from a generally horizontal folded position between the seat and subseat when the sofa-bed is in the folded position to a generally upright position beneath, respectively, the subseat and seat when the bed is in the unfolded position; wherein the leg-folding mechanism includes a center leg mechanism and an end leg mechanism; wherein the center leg is pivotally interconnected with the subseat at a second pivot, the second pivot being rearward of the first pivot when the sofa-bed is in the unfolded position; wherein the center leg mechanism includes a brace that is pivotally interconnected with the center leg and with the seat; and wherein the subseat and seat are interconnected via a hinge, and wherein the hinge includes a subseat plate fixed to the subseat, and wherein the center leg is pivotally interconnected to the subseat plate at the second pivot.