Furniture for converting a chair or settee into a lounge

• US 4,345,793 A
• Filed: 05/12/1980
• Issued: 08/24/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/1980
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Henry J. Duda
• Original Assignee: Henry J. Duda
• Inventors: Duda, Henry J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mackey, Robert
• Application Number:
  US06/149,030
• Time in Patent Office: 834 Days
• Field of Search: 297/31, 297/226, 297/438, 297/441
• US Class Current: 297/423.4
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/52 of detachable type

Abstract

An add-on piece of furniture for converting a chair or settee into a chaise lounge. The add-on furniture includes a generally rectangular frame with a forward pivotally mounted leg assembly. At the rear end of the rectangular frame is a pair of spaced apart hooks resiliently connected to the frame and in position to hook onto an associated chair or settee converting same into a chaise lounge.

Claims

1. Furniture for converting a chair or settee into a lounge, said furniture comprising a generally rectangular frame, a leg assembly pivotally mounted to one end of said rectangular frame movable between a storage position wherein said leg assembly is adjacent said rectangular frame and substantially parallel thereto and a support position wherein said leg assembly extends away from and is supportive of said rectangular frame, a rod positioned parallel and adjacent to the other end of said frame and resiliently mounted thereto, spaced apart hooks each having one end thereof mounted on said rod and the other end thereof extending outwardly and away from the other end of said rectangular frame for removable connection to the associated chair or settee, said hooks each having an arcuate portion thereof passing underneath the associated rectangular frame and over and around said rod and in use pass over the associated chair or settee frame member and extend downwardly therebeyond and fabric connected to said one end of said rectangular frame passing over and around the other end of said frame for connection to said rod, whereby to maintain tension on said rod to maintain said rod in place when said furniture is connected to a chair or settee.

2. The furniture of claim 1, wherein the other end of said rectangular frame has spaced apart apertures therein and the free ends of said rod are mounted in said apertures and maintained therein by spring action of said rod.

3. The furniture of claim 1, wherein said rod is resiliently mounted in two spaced apart apertures in the other end of said frame, the free ends of said rod forming an angle of about 5°

with the axis of the other end of said frame.

4. The furniture of claim 1, wherein said fabric is mounted by coil springs to said one end of said rectangular frame and wrapped around said rod to provide resilient mounting of said fabric to said frame.

5. The furniture of claim 4, wherein a sleeve is formed at the end of said fabric wrapped around said rod and said rod fits within said sleeve.

6. The furniture of claim 4, wherein said one end of each of said hooks is wrapped around said rod near the fabric edges.