Abstract: A convertible lawn chair having a modular frame construction with each module formed from wire rod, rods on adjacent modules being interconnected by clamping members having a pair of rod receiving channels. The chair has a pair of nested U-shaped extendable members readily extendible from a retracted disposition beneath a seat support module. A cushion pad having a number of hinged folds is foldable into a cushion seat and back and can be unfolded into the chaise lounge position onto the extendible members. The hinge folds are provided by a covering over a number of separate cushion sections, the various sections providing substantially continuous surfaces in both the chair and lounge configurations.

Abstract: A unit of furniture readily convertible from a settee to a sleeper has a base member on which a seating member is normally disposed in overlying disposition and hingedly attached thereto by upholstery covering along a common edge thereof. The seating member has a pair of arm supports hingedly connected to the base member along the same edge. At least one back support is hingedly connected to the seating surface of the seating member for pivoting from a substantially upright disposition onto the seating surface. A bolster member is hingedly connected on the top of a rear cross member for pivoting into the space left vacant by the back support members when the latter have been pivoted onto the seating surface. When the back support members and bolster members are so pivoted into side-by-side disposition with the base member for use as a sleeper.

Abstract: Multi-shelf console furniture constructed having a pair of side frame support standards each being formed from a pair of laterally spaced wire frame members interconnected by a multiplicity of equally spaced U-shaped rungs, and shelving members of various configurations each having a rectangular frame with a rung connecting hook at each corner. The U-shaped rungs have the cross-piece of the "U" facing into the interior of the frame members and the hooks are positionable within the space defined by the U-shaped members and have a portion which rests on a leg of the member. Vertical stacking of the standard, and thus vertically built-up units, may be provided utilizing a ring coupling having a pair of spaced rectangular frames which grasp respective rungs of the upper and lower standards. Braces having rung gripping hooks may be utilized to increase the rigidity of the furniture units.

Abstract: A lawn umbrella having a shade of a rectangular configuration supported by four ribs, the free end of each rib being received in a pouch at a respective corner of the shade. The other ends of two of the ribs are pivotably connected to a collar slidable on the mast, the collar being lockable in operative position by a thumb screw. The other ends of the other ribs are pivotably connected to the top of the mast. A pair of struts are pivotably connected at one end to the second mentioned ribs and at the other end to a second slidable collar. Another pair of struts are pivotably connected at one end to the mast and at their other ends to the respective first mentioned ribs.

Abstract: A lawn umbrella having a substantially square shaped shade, the opposed corners of which are secured to respective first and second struts. A first of the struts has an outwardly bowed configuration to tense the shade and is positioned within a sleeve at the top of a rotatable mast. The second strut has an inwardly bowed configuration and is positioned within a slideway on the mast below the top. The inclination of the shade may be varied merely by moving the second strut within the slideway.