U.S. patent application number 12/274259 was filed with the patent office on 2010-05-20 for inflatable sofa set.
Invention is credited to Martin LIN.
Application Number | 20100123340 12/274259 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 46025267 |
Filed Date | 2010-05-20 |
United States Patent
Application |
20100123340 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
LIN; Martin |
May 20, 2010 |
Inflatable sofa set
Abstract
An inflatable sofa set comprises a receiving body, a pump and at
least one airbag which is received in the receiving body. The
airbag is connected to the pump. When in use, the user drives the
pump to inflate the airbag into a sofa for the user to sit on, or
to deflate the airbag for storage. Thereby, the sofa set is simple
and is convenient for storage.
Inventors: |
LIN; Martin; (Taichung City,
TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Dr. BANGER SHIA;Patent Office of Bang Shia
102 Lindencrest Ct.
Sugar Land
TX
77479-5201
US
|
Family ID: |
46025267 |
Appl. No.: |
12/274259 |
Filed: |
November 19, 2008 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
297/217.4 ;
297/217.3 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47C 7/72 20130101; A47C
7/727 20180801; A47C 4/52 20130101; A47C 4/54 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
297/217.4 ;
297/217.3 |
International
Class: |
A47C 4/54 20060101
A47C004/54; A47C 7/72 20060101 A47C007/72 |
Claims
1. An inflatable sofa set comprising: a receiving body having a
receiving space; a pump being received in the receiving space of
the receiving body and provided with a power supply device, an
outer surface of the receiving body being provided with a control
knob for connecting to the pump and controlling the pump to perform
inflation and deflation operations; and an airbag being connected
to the pump and received in the receiving space of the receiving
body, the pump being used to inflate and deflate the airbag, after
being inflated, the airbag becomes a sofa.
2. The inflatable sofa set as claimed in claim 1, wherein the
airbag is connected to the pump by a connecting portion, the
receiving space of the receiving body is defined with an opening,
the receiving body further comprises a cover for covering the
opening, both lateral edges of the opening of the receiving body
are defined with a concave portion, respectively, and after being
inflated, the connecting portion is extended out of the concave
portions.
3. The inflatable sofa set as claimed in claim 1, wherein an
indicating lamp is provided on the outer surface of the receiving
body and connected to the pump for emitting warning light and
cutting off power supply when the pump is overloaded, so as to stop
the inflation and deflation operations.
4. The inflatable sofa set as claimed in claim 1, wherein the power
supply device of the pump is of direct current (DC) or alternating
current (AC).
5. The inflatable sofa set as claimed in claim 1, wherein a
chessboard is provided on an outer surface of the cover of the
receiving body and is selected from the group consisting of Caissa
Chess, Chinese chess and five chess.
6. An inflatable sofa set comprising: a receiving body having a
receiving space; at least one pump being received in the receiving
space of the receiving body and provided with a power supply
device, an outer surface of the receiving body being provided with
two control knobs for connecting to the pump and controlling the
pump to perform inflation and deflation operations, separately; and
two airbags being connected to the pump and received in the
receiving space of the receiving body, the control knobs being used
to control the pump to inflate and deflate the airbags,
respectively, after being inflated, the airbags become two
sofas.
7. The inflatable sofa set as claimed in claim 6, wherein each
airbag is connected to the pump by a connecting portion, the
receiving space of the receiving body is defined with an opening,
the receiving body further comprises a cover for covering the
opening, both lateral edges of the opening of the receiving body
are defined with a concave portion, respectively, and after being
inflated, the connecting portions are extended out of the concave
portions.
8. The inflatable sofa set as claimed in claim 6, wherein an
indicating lamp is provided on the outer surface of the receiving
body and connected to the pump for emitting warning light and
cutting off power supply when the pump is overloaded, so as to stop
the inflation and deflation operations.
9. The inflatable sofa set as claimed in claim 6, wherein the power
supply device of the pump is of direct current (DC) or alternating
current (AC).
10. The inflatable sofa set as claimed in claim 6, wherein a
chessboard is provided on an outer surface of the cover of the
receiving body and is selected from the group consisting of Caissa
Chess, Chinese chess and five chess.
11. The inflatable sofa set as claimed in claim 6, wherein a
plurality of wheels is provided at a lower portion of the receiving
body.
12. The inflatable sofa set as claimed in claim 6, wherein an audio
device is provided on the outer surface of the receiving body and
comprises an audio input portion and an audio output portion.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a sofa, and more
particularly to a collapsible and inflatable three-in-one sofa set
which comprises a receiving body for receiving the sofa after the
sofa is deflated.
[0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art
[0004] Home is a place for people to rest and relax after a whole
day work, and various kinds of furniture play an important role at
home. For example, comfortable furniture can make you more
comfortable, or even can help you remove the whole day's tiredness,
for instance, sitting or lying on a sofa can help relieve fatigue.
However, such a sofa occupies a large space and cannot be easily
moved and is not easy for storage due to its large size and weight.
Therefore, inflatable sofas appeared in the market but they are all
not ideal because some air inflation apparatuses must be outwardly
connected but are not of built-in type, or even worse, some
inflatable sofas are not collapsible. Therefore, although such an
inflatable sofa can be deflated after use, it will become irregular
in shape after being folded, so it is untidy. Moreover, if put the
deflated sofa in the cabinet or store room, it will probably be
difficult to find it out when want to use it.
[0005] It is therefore tried by the inventor to develop a simply
structured inflatable sofa set which can be quickly inflated or
deflated and comprises a receiving body which not only can be used
to receive the deflated sofa but also can be used as a table, a tea
table, a chair, or a game chessboard.
[0006] The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate
the afore-described disadvantages.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0007] The primary objective of the present invention is to provide
an inflatable sofa set which is simply structured and convenient
for storage since it comprises a receiving body for receiving
sofas, and is provided with a plurality of wheels at a lower
portion of the receiving body for conveniently transporting the
sofa set for use indoors and/or outdoors.
[0008] To achieve the objective of the present invention, the
inflatable sofa set comprises a receiving body, a pump and at least
one airbag. The receiving body is provided with a receiving space
for receiving the airbag and the pump. The pump is connected to the
airbag for inflating it into a sofa. When not in use, the sofa can
be deflated by the pump and then received in the receiving space of
the receiving body, so it looks tidy and neat and occupies less
space. In addition, the receiving body can also be used as a table,
so that the sofa set of the present invention is convenient for
storage and versatile.
[0009] The present invention will become more obvious from the
following description when taken in connection with the
accompanying drawings, which show, for purpose of illustrations
only, the preferred embodiments in accordance with the present
invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0010] FIG. 1 shows that an inflatable sofa set in accordance with
the present invention is received in a receiving body;
[0011] FIG. 2 is an illustrative view showing that the inflatable
sofa set in accordance with the present invention is being
inflated;
[0012] FIG. 3 is another illustrative view showing that the
inflatable sofa set in accordance with the present invention is
inflated into shape;
[0013] FIG. 4 is an illustrative view in accordance with the
present invention showing an inflatable sofa assemble with a DC
power supply;
[0014] FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the inflatable sofa set in
accordance with the present invention; and
[0015] FIG. 6 is another perspective view of the inflatable sofa
set in accordance with the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0016] Referring to FIGS. 1-4, an inflatable sofa set in accordance
with the present invention comprises a receiving body 10, a pump 20
and two airbags 30.
[0017] The receiving body 10 is provided with a receiving space 11
and a cover 12. The receiving space 11 is defined with an opening
111, and the cover 12 covers the opening 111. Both lateral edges of
the opening 111 of the receiving body 10 are defined with a concave
portion 13, respectively.
[0018] The pump 20 is received in the receiving space 11 of the
receiving body 10 and is provided with a power supply device 21.
The pump 20 is connected to two control knobs 22 and an indicating
lamp 23 which are located on an outer surface of the receiving body
10. The control knobs 22 can control the pump 20 to perform
inflation or deflation operations, separately or synchronously. The
indicating lamp 23 can emit warning light and cut off the power
supply when the pump 20 is overloaded, so as to stop the inflation
or deflation operation. Each airbag 30 is connected to the pump 20
by a connecting portion 31 and is received in the receiving space
11 of the receiving body 10. The pump 20 can inflate or deflate the
airbags 30, separately or synchronously. After being inflated, each
airbag 30 becomes a sofa 300.
[0019] When the airbags 31 are received in the receiving body 10,
the receiving body 10 can be used as a table, a tea table, a chair,
or a game chessboard.
[0020] To use the sofa, the user can open the cover 12 to take the
airbags 30 out of the receiving body 10 via the opening 111, and
then turn the control knobs 22 to an inflation mode so as to make
the pump 20 inflate the airbags 30 into the sofa 300.
[0021] The pump 20 is connected to the indicating lamp 23, so that
when the pump 20 is overloaded due to the sofas 300 are
over-inflated (or are inflated for too long), the indicating lamp
23 will emit warning light and cut off the power supply, so as to
stop the inflation or deflation operation. When the airbags 30 are
inflated into the sofas 300, since the airbags 30 are connected to
the pump 20 by the connecting portions 31, the connecting portions
31 will be extended out of the concave portions 13 and the cover 12
can also cover the receiving body 10 after the airbags 30 are
inflated into the sofas 300. At this time, the receiving body 10 is
located between the sofas 300 and can be used as the tea table. In
addition, the power supply device 21 of the pump 20 can be an
alternating current (AC) plug or a direct current (DC) battery.
[0022] Furthermore, the present invention includes but not limited
to two airbags 30, it may also include one, or more than two
airbags 30.
[0023] Moreover, an outer surface of the cover 12 of the receiving
body 10 can be provided with different kinds of chessboards, such
as, Chinese chess, Caissa Chess, five chess and so on, and the
cover 12 can be used as a chessboard after the receiving body 10 is
closed. Thereby, the additional function of the receiving body 10
is improved, and the economic benefits and recreational benefits of
the inflatable sofa set are relatively increased.
[0024] Referring to FIG. 4 again, at a lower portion of the
receiving body 10 is provided a plurality of wheels 40 for
conveniently transporting the sofa set for use indoors and/or
outdoors.
[0025] Referring to FIG. 5, the outer surface of the receiving body
10 is provided with an audio device 50 having an audio input
portion 51 for connecting to a MP3 or a notebook and an audio
output portion 52 for playing sound effects, so as to further
increase the additional function and value of the sofa set.
[0026] While we have shown and described various embodiments in
accordance with the present invention, it should be clear to those
skilled in the art that further embodiments may be made without
departing from the scope of the present invention.
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