Patents by Inventor Jose E. Vila

Jose E. Vila has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5794283
    Abstract: A convertible furniture that in one configuration is a bed and in another is a chair, coach or sofa, depending on its dimensions. Telescopically mounted housing members extend out a sufficient amount to define an upper surface over which cushions are positioned to provide a suitable horizontal resting surface. The upper surface is defined with hingedly mounted closure members that cover a storage cavities below. One of the closures at one end includes a frame with one of its sides being slidably mounted to the underside of the closure. The opposite side of the frame is hingedly mounted to the inner wall of the cavity of the largest housing member. The underside of the closure includes a stop member against which the sliding side of the frame engages when it reaches a predetermined position. Two cord or flexible elongated members are attached to the upper end of the frame so that a user by pulling it causes the collapse of the closure back to the horizontal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Inventors: Jose E. Vila, Elina M. Vila