Sofa with shipping and use configuration

摘要

A ready to assemble or knockdown sofa having a back rest that can be reconfigured between a use configuration in which the sofa has a conventional L-shaped cross-section and a shipping or storage configuration in which the sofa is arranged in a more efficiently stacked rectangular cross-section. The rectangular cross-section allows the sofa to be more efficiently stacked with other sofas during shipping or storage. The back rest has an upper back rest portion and a lower back rest portion in which the upper back rest portion can be rotated forward toward the front of the sofa and downwardly into a nesting region against the top of the seat base to provide a more efficient shape.

主权项

1. A boxed knock down sofa in a shipping configuration and having a use configuration, the boxed knock down sofa comprising:
a box; a seat base in the box, the seat base having a rectangular foot print, a top side, a bottom side, a front side, a back side, a left side and a right side, the seat base defining an open interior space;a plurality of seat cushions in the box and sized for the top side of the seat base;a pair of arm rests in the box, the pair of arm rests removably attachable on the left side and right side of the seat base;a seat back rest portion permanently attached to and extending upwardly at the back side of the seat base, the seat back rest portion having an upper back portion and a lower back portion hinged together, and the upper back portion is folded forwardly and laying on a front surface of the lower back portion whereby, the upper back portion is rotatable upwardly, when removed from the box, to the use configuration whereby a front surface of the upper back portion is positioned above and is aligned with the front surface of the lower back portion, in a shipping configuration; anda plurality of back cushions in the box, whereby when the sofa is in the use configuration, the plurality of back cushions are positioned upright and forward of and covering the front side of the lower back portion and the front side of the upper back portion.