Unitary furniture element
First Claim
1. A unitary furniture element comprising a segmented cushion member of uniform thickness having in plan view a rectangular shape with a length of twice its width, with a center line of the cushion member dividing same into two square portions in plan view, the cushion member being segmented into four isosceles right triangular sections arranged such that the two sections bounding the center line coextensively abut along their corresponding legs and the two sections in each square portion coextensively abut one another along their hypotenuses such that the respective lines of abutment of the sections in the square portions intersect at right angles, the sections being hingedly joined such that on one rectangular face of the cushion member the two sections bounding the center line are hingedly joined in the plane of the one rectangular face and on the other rectangular face, the two sections in each square portion are hingedly joined in the plane of the other rectangular face, whereby the segmented cushion member may be pivotally folded at its hinged joints to assume multiple furniture configurations.
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Abstract
A cushion member of uniform thickness having a rectangular shape in plan view, with a center line of the cushion member dividing same into two plan view square portions. The cushion member is segmented into four isosceles right triangular sections arranged such that the two sections bounding the center line coextensively abut along their corresponding legs and the two sections in each square portion coextensively abut one another along their hypotenuses, with the respective lines of abutment of the sections in the square portions intersecting at right angles. The segments are hingedly joined together. On one rectangular face of the cushion member the two sections bounding the center line are hingedly joined in the plane of the one rectangular face. On the other rectangular face, the two sections in each square portion are hingedly joined in the plane of the other rectangular face. Such construction permits the segmented cushion member to be pivotally folded at its hinged joints and thereby to assume multiple furniture configurations.
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- 1. A unitary furniture element comprising a segmented cushion member of uniform thickness having in plan view a rectangular shape with a length of twice its width, with a center line of the cushion member dividing same into two square portions in plan view, the cushion member being segmented into four isosceles right triangular sections arranged such that the two sections bounding the center line coextensively abut along their corresponding legs and the two sections in each square portion coextensively abut one another along their hypotenuses such that the respective lines of abutment of the sections in the square portions intersect at right angles, the sections being hingedly joined such that on one rectangular face of the cushion member the two sections bounding the center line are hingedly joined in the plane of the one rectangular face and on the other rectangular face, the two sections in each square portion are hingedly joined in the plane of the other rectangular face, whereby the segmented cushion member may be pivotally folded at its hinged joints to assume multiple furniture configurations.
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