Multifunctional furniture assembly

• US 6,135,545 A
• Filed: 06/03/1999
• Issued: 10/24/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chin-Hsi Liao
• Original Assignee: Chin-Hsi Liao
• Inventors: Liao, Chin-Hsi
• Primary Examiner(s): Brown, Peter R.
• Application Number:
  US09/325,052
• Time in Patent Office: 509 Days
• Field of Search: 297/118, 297/124, 297/233, 297/354.13, 297/236, 5/18.1, 5/37.1, 5/39
• US Class Current: 297/124
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 17/17 with coupled movement of back-rest and seat
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 17/32 Changing a single bed into a double bed by extending, pivoting, or tilting a previously hidden second mattress or other bed part
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 19/04 Extensible bedsteads, e.g. with adjustment of length, width, height for children's beds A47D7/00

Abstract

A furniture assembly includes four furniture units that can be assembled to form a bed, a table, or a chair. First and second furniture units are mounted juxtaposed to other yet allowing sliding movement relative to each other. Third and fourth furniture units are mounted juxtaposed to each other and behind the first and second furniture units, respectively. The third and fourth furniture units are also slidable relative to each other. The third and fourth furniture units may be pivoted relative to the first and second furniture units and then positioned to form a length-adjustable chair.

Claims

1. A furniture assembly comprising:

a first furniture unit including;

a first side base with a first upper peg and a first lower peg formed on an inner side thereof,

a supporting member spaced from the first side base, and

a plurality of spaced first plates connected between the supporting member and a part of the side base;

a second furniture unit mounted juxtaposed to the first furniture unit and including;

two spaced second side bases each having a second upper peg and a second lower peg on an inner side thereof,

a plurality of spaced second plates connected between a part of the side base and a part of the side base;

a third furniture unit mounted behind the first furniture unit and including;

a first adjusting member including a first slot therein for slidingly receiving the first upper peg of the first furniture unit, said first adjusting member further including a first notch in an end face of the other part thereof for disengagably receiving with the first lower peg of the first furniture unit;

a second supporting member spaced from the first adjusting member, and

a plurality of spaced third plates connected between the second supporting member and a part of the first adjusting member, said third plates and said first plates being alternately disposed to allow relative sliding movements therebetween along a length direction, thereby allowing the first furniture unit and the second furniture unit to be movable between an extended status and a fully aligned status; and

a fourth furniture unit mounted juxtaposed to the third furniture unit and behind the second furniture unit, the fourth furniture unit including;

two spaced second adjusting members each including a slot therein for slidingly receiving an associated said second upper peg of the second furniture unit, each said second adjusting member further including a second notch in an end face of a part thereof for disengagably receiving an associated said second lower peg of the second furniture unit, and

a plurality of spaced fourth plates connected between the other part of one of the second adjusting members and the other part of the other second adjusting member, said third plates and said first plates being alternately disposed to allow relative sliding movements therebetween along a length direction, thereby allowing the first furniture unit and the second furniture unit to be movable between an extended status and a fully aligned status.

2. The furniture assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the furniture assembly forms a table when the first notch of the first adjusting member of the third furniture unit disengages from the first lower peg of the first furniture unit and when the first furniture unit and the third furniture unit as well as the second furniture unit and the fourth furniture unit are in their fully aligned status.

3. The furniture assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the furniture assembly forms a bed when the notch of the first adjusting member of the third furniture unit disengages from the first lower peg of the first furniture unit and when the first furniture unit and the third furniture unit as well as the second furniture unit and the fourth furniture unit are in their extended status.

4. The furniture assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the furniture assembly forms a chair when the second notch in each said second adjusting member of the fourth furniture unit engages with the associated second lower peg of the second furniture unit.

5. A furniture assembly comprising:

a first furniture unit including;

a first side base with a first upper peg and a first lower peg formed on an inner side thereof,

a supporting member spaced from the first side base, and

a plurality of spaced first plates connected between the supporting member and a part of the side base, each said first plate including a first groove track in a first lateral side thereof and a first rib on a second lateral side thereof;

a second furniture unit mounted juxtaposed to the first furniture unit and including;

two spaced second side bases each having a second upper peg and a second lower peg on an inner side thereof,

a plurality of spaced second plates connected between a part of the side base and a part of the side base, each said second plate having a second track groove in a first lateral side thereof and a second rib on a second lateral side thereof;

a third furniture unit mounted behind the first furniture unit and including;

a first adjusting member including a first slot therein for slidingly receiving the first upper peg of the first furniture unit, said first adjusting member further including a first notch in an end face of the other part thereof for disengagably receiving with the first lower peg of the first furniture unit;

a second supporting member spaced from the first adjusting member, and

a plurality of spaced third plates connected between the second supporting member and a part of the first adjusting member, each said third plate having a third groove in a first lateral side thereof for slidingly engaging with an associated said first rib of the first furniture unit, each said third plate further having a third rib on a second lateral side thereof for slidingly engaging with an associated said first groove track of the first furniture unit; and

a fourth furniture unit mounted juxtaposed to the third furniture unit and behind the second furniture unit, the fourth furniture unit including;

two spaced second adjusting members each including a slot therein for slidingly receiving an associated said second upper peg of the second furniture unit, each said second adjusting member further including a second notch in an end face of a part thereof for disengagably receiving an associated said second lower peg of the second furniture unit, and

a plurality of spaced fourth plates connected between the other part of one of the second adjusting members and the other part of the other second adjusting member, each said fourth plate having a fourth track groove in a first lateral side thereof for slidingly engaging with an associated said second rib of the second furniture unit, each said fourth plate further including a fourth rib on a second lateral side thereof for slidingly engaging with an associated said second groove track of the second furniture unit.