Convertible chair-couch assembly

Claim 1

A CONVERTIBLE CHAIR-COUCH ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A MAIN HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED FRAME; A SLIDE MOUNTED ON AND SHIFTABLE LENGTHWISE RELATIVELY TO SAID MAIN FRAME, SAID SLIDE FRAME SHIFTABLE BETWEEN A POSITION SUBSTANTIALLY WITHIN THE CONFINES OF SAID MAIN FRAME OR IN A POSITION OUTSIDE THEREOF; RELEASABLE MEANS TO RETAIN SAID SLIDE FRAME WITHIN THE CONFINES OF SAID MAIN FRAME; A FIRST BACK FRAME PIVOTED TO SAID SLIDE FRAME AND ADAPTED TO BE DISPOSED ABOVE SAID MAIN FRAME IN ONE POSITION; A SECOND BACK FRAME HINGED AT ONE END TO THE UPPER END OF SAID FIRST BACK FRAME; AND LINKAGE MEANS CONNECTING THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID SECOND BACK FRAME TO AN END PORTION OF SAID SLIDE FRAME, SAID LINKAGE MEANS INCLUDING A PAIR OF SPACED LINK ARMS HAVING ONE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE END PORTIONS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE OTHER END OF SAID SECOND BACK FRAME, THE OTHER END OF EACH OF SAID LINK PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID SLIDE FRAME, THE ARRANGEMENT BEING SUCH THAT IN ONE POSITION SAID BACK FRAMES PROVIDE WITH SAID MAIN FRAME A PAIR OF CHAIRS IN BACK TO BACK RELATION AND IN ANOTHER POSITION WHEN SAID SLIDE FRAME IS EXTENDED PROVIDE WITH SAID MAIN FRAME A COUCH WITH SAID BACK FRAMES ROCKED TO A POSITION OF HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENT.