Convertible seat/bed having noncoplanar bed base sections
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Aug 23, 2016
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Dec 4, 2014
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May 29, 2014
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May 29, 2013
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Abstract
A convertible seating unit has noncoplanar sleeper-base sections. A mid-seat deck is highest, a back deck slightly lower and a seat deck considerably lower. The relative heights of the decks and corresponding thicknesses of their respective cushions provide a sleeping support surface for comfortably supporting a person's mass. With the unit in the sleeping configuration, the mid-seat deck is highest and its cushion thinnest (relative to those of the seat deck and back decks), and the seat deck is lowest and its cushion thickest.
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Patent Owner(s)
Patent Owner | Address | |
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FLEXSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC | 3400 JACKSON ST DUBUQUE IA 52004 |
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Thurow, Jerry | Dubuque, US | 5 | 23 |
# of filed Patents : 5 Total Citations : 23 |
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