US Patent 10470581 Convertible furniture item

A convertible furniture item, configured to be transformed from a chair to a sofa, and vice-versa is provided. The furniture has a main supporting body and a first and a second supplementary body, each of which are rotatably connected to the main supporting body so that they can rotate at an angle (α) of 180 degrees with respect to such supporting body. The arrangement is such that the furniture item can assume a chair configuration and a sofa configuration.