Patent ID: 7509696

Claim:
A system of accommodating a furniture user, comprising: an item of furniture having a seating surface adapted to support a user thereon, a lower surface located below the seating surface and adapted to face a floor on which the furniture is located, a vertical clearance defined between the lower surface and the floor, and a front located between the seating surface and the lower surface along a forward portion of the furniture; a support device having a retracted position located in the vertical clearance such that the support device is substantially concealed, and an extended position elevated above the retracted position adjacent the seating surface at the front of the furniture; the support device further comprising: a frame mounted to the lower surface of the furniture and a platform mounted to the frame, and the platform is horizontal at all times and throughout a range of movement between the retracted and extended positions; a leg movably mounted to each base pipe, each leg having a lower portion and an upper portion, such that the lower portions are slidably and telescopically mounted inside the base pipes for horizontal movement forward and rearward along the horizontal axes; and wherein the upper portions have upper ends that are pivotally mounted to a brace, each brace has a pair of pins that slide inside a pair of tracks mounted to an underside of the platform, and the tracks capture the pins to movement of the pins to lateral sliding.