Patent ID: 7341306

Claim:
A seat assembly made up of both fixed and positionable components and adapted in a first position to provide in a back-to-back relation respective forward and rearward direction facing seats, and in a second position to provide a substantially horizontal lounge which includes a sitting surface portion of said rearward direction facing seat, said assembly comprising: (a) a fixed component providing: (i) said forward direction facing seat; (ii) a back rest portion of said rearward direction facing seat; and (iii) a hollow base structure operative to support said forward direction facing seat and said back rest portion of said rearward direction facing seat; and (b) a moveable component providing: (i) a lounge; (ii) a support structure on which said lounge rests; and (iii) means adapting said lounge and support structure to be stored within said hollow base structure and when so stored to utilize an outer portion of said lounge as a sitting surface for said rearward direction facing seat and when withdrawn from said hollow base structure to utilize said outer portion as part of said lounge.