Seating-and sleeping furniture

Claim 1

A convertible seat and bed furniture unit comprising two telescope-like parts displaceable relative to each other, and constituting a carriage, a framework, said carriage movably mounted in said framework, the latter defining a rear portion, and defining a forward opening, said carriage mounted in said framework capable of being rolled-out in a forward direction away from said rear portion through said forward opening for converting said furniture unit into a bed and said carriage mounted in said fRamework capable of being rolled-in, in a rearward direction towards said rear portion through said forward opening for converting said furniture unit into a seat, a back cushion pivotally mounted on said framework adjacent said rear portion so as to be pivoted between a substantially rearward upwardly swung vertical position of said back cushion and a substantially forward downwardly swung horizontal position of said back cushion, said cushion constituting a backrest for a seat in said rearward upwardly swung position, and constituting a wedge cushion for a bed in said forward downwardly swung position, two additional cushions disposed on said carriage, said two additional cushions comprising an uppermost cushion being disposed on top of a lowermost cushion in said seat and during said rolling out, and gripping under, in the seat position, said back cushion swung rearward upwardly as a back rest, said carriage capable of being positioned in a partially rolled out position relative to said framework and constituting a single bed position in which position, a forward bottom edge of said back cushion maintained in the rearward upwardly swung vertical position and a rear edge of said additional cushions being disposed vertically on one other, and said carriage having a double-bed position in a maximum rolled out position relative to said framework, and in the double bed position said two additional cushions being positionable one behind the other, and capable of being laid down forward of said back cushion, the latter in said double-bed position being swingable forward downwardly as a wedge cushion with the formation of a double laying face, said telescopic parts including an inside disposed of said telescopic-like parts defining a bedding chamber, having a first engagement face for said uppermost of said two additional cushions positionable thereon in said double bed position, as well as for said wedge cushion when in said double-bed position, and said inside disposed part being supported on the floor, said telescopic parts including an outside disposed part being supported on the floor on a front part thereof, and forming a second engagement face for a lowermost of said two additional cushions, a cover receiving a wire insert to form an upper closure for said bedding chamber, being swingably mounted in a frame, said frame being swingably mounted on said inner part of said carriage and being equipped with slide pin means, said framework including obliquely rearwardly disposed groove means for releasably securing said slide pin means, roller means formed on a rear part of said outer disposed part of said carriage, and side parts of said frame being formed as slide faces for said roller means.