Convertible Multi-Functional Furniture

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-10-02
AK DESIGNS
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[0011]In some general-purpose configurations, the embodiments of the convertible furniture may have an appearance that disguises the alternate home-theater and other purposes of the furniture. Therefore, in those configurations, the appearance of the furniture may be well-suited for use in normal social uses of the general-purpose room. In those configurations, embodiments of the convertible furniture may be used in ways that a standard couch, standard chair, standard loveseat, standard table, and/or standard ottoman, etc. would be used. In home-theater or other configurations, the convertible furniture may be pr

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While some people are willing and able to convert a room in their houses into a dedicated home theater room, many, if not most, are unable, for financial or practical reasons, to dedicate a portion of their home to be a full-time home theater and nothing else.
While, in many cases, people are able to achieve high-quality video and audio presentation, the environment they achieve still fails to adequately mimic the movie theater environment.
Put simply, most homes using a general-purpose room as a home theater lack adequate accommodations so that more than one or two individuals can comfortably watch a movie at the same time.
This is problematic for home theater use because the placement of the other couches usually means that potential viewers are placed at poor locations/angles for viewing a displayed movie.
In many general-purpose rooms, moving one couch or chair in front of the other to provide a more theater-like experience during viewing of a movie is difficult or unacceptable: the couches/chairs may be heavy and difficult to move; additional furniture, such as coffee tables, etc. may be in the way; and, in many instances, those persons in the couch or chair in back may be unable to see over the couch or chair in front or the persons in it.
In other cases, some people simply do n

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[0140]In a first embodiment, shown in FIG. 77, the pull-out base 300 has a smooth bottom 306 designed to simply slide over the floor or other surface on which the convertible end table 296 is located. Such embodiments generally function well on carpet, although the material of the smooth bottom 306 may be specifically chosen to facilitate smooth sliding on a particular surface, or may alternatively be chosen to facilitate smooth sliding on a large variety of surfaces. In another embodiment, shown in FIG. 78, the pull-out base 300 may include casters 308 or wheels to facilitate pulling out and moving of the pull-out base 300. These embodiments are generally well suited for more varied floor surfaces.

[0141]Some home theater installations include gaming systems. One popular game series for use with such gaming systems is the Guitar Hero® series currently published by Activision Publishing Inc. of Santa Monica Calif. While this game series has proven very popular, it has a major disadva...

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Convertible, multi-functional furniture is disclosed that has at least a standard configuration and a converted configuration, the standard and converted configurations providing different uses for the convertible furniture.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60 / 891,941, filed Feb. 27, 2007, and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60 / 938,157, filed May 15, 2007.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates to multiple-use furniture, and it relates more particularly to furniture that converts from one configuration to at least one other configuration, where each configuration has a different function.[0004]2. Background and Related Art[0005]Home theaters are becoming increasingly popular for many people. Many people are desirous to improve their viewing experience when watching movies and other audiovisual programs in their homes. They want to have an experience similar to the experience they have in movie theaters, which are typically dedicated to a single purpose of providing an ideal environment for viewing Hollywood movies and the like. While some people are willing and able ...

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IPC IPC(8): A47B85/00A47C20/00A47C19/22A47D13/06A47C13/00
CPCA47B85/00A47C7/407A47C7/42A47C7/72A47C13/005A47C17/52A47C17/86A47C19/022A47C20/027A47D5/00A47D11/005A47D13/063A47C7/723A47C7/727
Inventor PRATT, MICHAEL J.BRADLEY, DAVID W.
Owner AK DESIGNS
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