Patent ID: 7051386

Claim:
A multi-position sleeping structure comprising: a sheet material envelope defining a cavity with an opening; an inflatable mattress received and substantially enclosed within the cavity of the sheet material envelope, the mattress being inflatable between an inflated in-use condition and a deflated storage condition; and a cover portion which, in conjunction with a top surface of the envelope, defines a sleeping area in which a person can lie and be supported by the mattress, the cover portion being movable between a first position to substantially enclose the person within the sleeping area and a second position to allow the person to get into or out of the sleeping area of the sleeping structure, wherein the mattress has a plurality of transversely extending hinges that separate the mattress into a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, the hinges allowing the mattress to be moved between at least (a) a substantially horizontal sleeping position and (b) a seating position in which the second portion is folded upwardly with respect to the third portion that remains substantially horizontal, and the first portion is folded downwardly with respect to the second portion such that the first portion is substantially adjacent to the second portion so that the third portion defines a seat base and the first and second portions define a seat back, wherein the sheet material envelope has a retaining pouch on a bottom side thereof that is positioned to receive the first portion of the mattress when in the seating position so as to retain the mattress in the seating position, and wherein the retaining pouch is suitably sized and positioned to receive the mattress and sheet material envelope therein for storage purposes when the mattress is in the deflated storage condition.