Centre-folding convertible furniture
CA 1075853 A · Owner: Gerth, William V. · Inventors: Gerth, William V.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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The following specification disclose a chesterfield that is convertible into a double bed without a requirement for changing any part of the chestrfield frame and which has the normal seat depth for sitting comfort. The bed is stored beneath the seat cushions and is foldable inwardly lengthwise of the chesterfield with part of the folded bed storable beneath the back rail or deck of the seat. The bed is folded lengthwise and consists of a pair of clam-shell appearing tube members pivotably attached to a pair of channel members with link fabric for holding a mattress stretched between the tubes and a mid- cross tube. The channels and tubes form a 'U' shape when folded down into the bottom of …
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Granted April 22, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 22, 1997.
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