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1. A folding furnishing apparatus comprising:
a plurality of first members; a plurality of second members that support the plurality of first members in a set-up configuration of the furnishing; a panel supported by the first and/or second members for supporting an occupant of the furnishing in a set-up configuration of the furnishing; a plurality of first joints that connect the plurality of second members to the plurality of first members, wherein the plurality of first joints in the set-up configuration of the furnishing define a plurality of mutually parallel axes about which the second members can be folded from the set-up configuration of the furnishing to a mutually nested configuration of the furnishing; and a plurality of second joints that connect the plurality of first members and that in the set-up configuration of the furnishing define a plurality of mutually skewed axes about which the furnishing cannot be folded, thus locking the first members in extended positions in the set-up configuration of the furnishing, wherein the plurality of second joints in the mutually nested configuration of the furnishing define a plurality of mutually parallel axes about which the first members can be folded from the mutually nested configuration of the furnishing to a collapsed configuration of the furnishing, in which the first members take folded positions. |
