Patent ID: 7451504

Claim:
A sofa sleeper mechanism, comprising: a head section having a head end and an opposing end, said head end having an uppermost edge; a main middle section pivotally coupled with said opposing end of said head section; a secondary middle section pivotally coupled with said main middle section; and a foot section having a foot end and an opposing end, said opposing end of said foot section pivotally coupled with said secondary middle section, wherein the sofa sleeper mechanism is movable from a stowed position with said foot section, main middle section, and secondary middle section folded in a generally U-shaped orientation that is configured to be contained within a sofa sleeper, to an extended position with said head, main middle, secondary middle, and foot sections orientated generally in a linear plane, wherein, in said stowed position, said folded foot section has an upper surface defining a plane, and wherein, in said stowed position, said uppermost edge of said head end does not extend substantially above said plane defined by said upper surface of said folded foot section.