US Patent 8196236 Convertible furniture assembly, related frame assembly and associated methods

A convertible furniture assembly has a frame assembly including a base and a platform disposed over the base, the platform including a bottom platform portion slidably mounted to the base and a top platform portion pivotally connected to the platform and slidably guided by the guide plates, the platform being moveable between a seat position and a bed position. A pad assembly includes a bottom pad portion secured to the bottom platform portion and having a angled rear edge, and a top pad portion secured to the top platform portion and having an angled lower edge complementary with the angled rear edge. In the seat position, the angled lower edge of the extends over the bottom pad portion forward of the angled rear edge, and, in the bed position, the angled lower edge overlaps the angled rear edge.