Folding bed chair with detachable cushions

Claim 1

An improvement in a folding bed chair having a pair of horizontally spaced vertically positioned arms and a movable support arranged for movement from a first position between said arms to a second position outwardly of said arms, three cushion assemblies and hinges securing said three cushion assemblies to one another in end to end relation, the improvement comprising means for holding said arms in spaced relation and partially supporting two of said three cushion assemblies when said cushion assemblies are in bed configuration and chair configuration, said means comprising a horizontally positioned U-shaped tubular member defining a pair of spaced parallel portions and a right angular joining base portion therebetween, said spaced parallel portions of said U-shaped tubular member being positioned alongside and attached to said spaced arms in oppositely disposed relation, fasteners incorporating hinges detachably engaged on said base portion of said U-shaped tubular member and on one of said two said cushion assemblies inwardly from the end thereof opposite the other one of said two cushion assemblies, said one of said two cushion assemblies and the third cushion assembly movably attached to said movable support and resting thereon, portions of said two cushion assemblies resting on said spaced parallel portions of said U-shaped tubular member when said movable support is in said second position outwardly of said arms and said two cushion assemblies resting on said base section of said U-shaped tubular member when said movable support is in said first position between said arms.