Multiple position combination chair-bed

Claim 1

IN A COMBINED CHAIR AND BED, A BASE COMPRISING A PAIR OF SEPARABLE SIDE SECTIONS, A BED FRAME MOUNTED ON SAID BASE FOR ANGULAR ADJUSTMENT ABOUT A FIXED AXIS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID BASE AND FRAME, SAID AXIS BEING OFFSET LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID FRAME FROM THE MIDDLE THEREOF, MEANS FOR ADJUSTING THE ANGULAR POSITION OF SAID FRAME COMPRISING A SHAFT EXTENDING CROSSWISE OF SAID BASE IN DOWNWARDLY SPACED RELATION TO SAID AXIS, FLEXIBLE MEMBERS EACH CONNECTED AT OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF WITH SAID FRAME AT LONGITUDINALLY SPACED POINTS LOCATED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID AXIS AND HAVING AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION WOUND AROUND SAID SHAFT AND OPERATING MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID SHAFT, AND MEANS FOR HOLDING SAID SIDE SECTIONS ASSEMBLED WITH SAID FRAME COMPRISING DETACHABLE STOP MEMBERS ON SAID SHAFT POSITIONED TO HOLD SAID SIDE SECTIONS AGAINST MOVEMENT AWAY FROM EACH OTHER, AND BRACING MEMBERS EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID SECTIONS AND DETACHABLY CONNECTED THEREWITH TO LIMIT MOVEMENT OF SAID SECTIONS TOWARD EACH OTHER.