Sofa / dining set

摘要

The invention is an article of furniture that can be used as either a sofa or a dining table with chairs. When in sofa configuration the furnishing contains a row of individual seating units resting in a frame. The frame provides the arms and back of the sofa. To change to dining configuration each seating unit is separated from the frame and raised to a higher seat elevation and shorter seat depth by lifting the seat top up and pulling the seat back forward. The sofa frame becomes a dining table by tilting it forward 90 degrees, rotating the arms 180 degrees, and unfolding the table flap.

主权项

1. A multi-function furniture item configurable as either a sofa or a dining table with separate chairs comprising:
A plurality of individual seating units and a frame Wherein said seating units are each comprised of a storage box base over which a variable height horizontal seating surface telescopes up and down. When in sofa configuration the seating surface is low and when in dining chair configuration the seating surface is higher. Wherein a back support is attached to said seating surface by means of a pivot or hinge and can be held in either a forward upright position when the seating unit is in the dining chair configuration or in a rearward inclined position when the seating unit is in the sofa configuration. Wherein the seat height of each seating unit is determined by a plurality of standoffs Which can be engaged or disengaged by pivoting said back support forward or rearward. These standoffs also lock the back support forward and upright or rearward and inclined. Wherein when in sofa configuration the seating units are placed in a row, side by side, within the frame which is comprised of: Two boxes which form the sofa arms when in sofa configuration and which when tilted forward ninety degrees said boxes also form the table legs when in dining table configuration. The frame is also comprised of two rectangular panels that are joined to each other with hinges. In sofa configuration said panels are folded together face to face in a vertical plane and form the back of the sofa against which the backs of the seating units rest. The sofa arm boxes are joined to the inner one of these panels by pivots which hold the outer face of the sofa arm boxes flush with the vertical ends of both panels. In dining table configuration the sofa arm boxes and the attached panels are tilted forward ninety degrees and the sofa arm boxes are pivoted one hundred and eighty degrees in the horizontal plane to be positioned as table legs which are recessed from all edges of the table top. The table top is formed when the outer sofa back panel is unfolded from the inner sofa back panel. Both panels in dining table configuration are coplanar and horizontal.