Patent attributes
Dual-modal-shaping capability is added as a new feature in bed lounges of the type having a fabric slip-cover enclosing foam padding on a main structure formed from plastic sheet material. User adjustment is provided for back tilt, head-rest tilt and height, arm-rest spacing, and back support location. Modal transition is provided by an internal mechanism that interlinks the two arm-rests via a weighted lock-pin that locks the arm-rests in place for normal use but that can be disengaged by merely inverting the bed lounge so the lock-pin drops out from the linkage gravitationally, thus allowing the arm-rests to be folded out to convert to an overall flat modal-shape that can be conveniently stored, e.g. under a bed or hanging in a closet. For re-deployment, when the bed lounge is manually placed in its normal modal-shape in an upright position, as the arm-rests are moved together to their normal spacing, the weighted lock-pin automatically drops back down into place so as to again lock and retain the bed lounge in its chair-like normal modal-shape.
