| We all remember back twenty, thirty years ago of | | | | eliminates the “bar in the back” that so many |
| having to spend a night somewhere on a pull out sofa | | | | people have taken issue with over the years by |
| bed, sofa sleeper or davenport sofa bed. Thin | | | | creating a more streamlined platform for the mattress. |
| innerspring mattress, hard metal bars in your back and | | | | Speaking of mattresses, this new design also can be |
| generally not a very good night’s sleep. You’d | | | | used with modern high density foam mattresses and |
| be surprised by how many of these sofa sleepers still | | | | memory foam mattresses. These mattresses |
| exist today and see daily use. There are better | | | | promote a more comfortable sleep without the use of |
| sleepers out there however if you know where to | | | | older steel coil sleeper systems. |
| look. In this article we’ll talk about many of the new | | | | The Sizes: |
| innovations in comfort sleeper technology and how | | | | Sofa sleepers have always been traditionally offered |
| these translate into a better night’s sleep for you | | | | in full and queen sizes which provide adequate sleep |
| and those you know. | | | | space. However in the last 10 years many additional |
| The idea behind a sofa sleeper is quite simple. Allow a | | | | sizes are becoming more available to meet your |
| piece of furniture to exist as both a sitting piece and | | | | specific sleep requirements no matter what room |
| something that can fold out into a bed. Simple right? | | | | you’re placing your sleeper. King size sleepers |
| Sure, but just like anything there comes the good with | | | | offer the greatest sleep area as well as super queen |
| the bad and this is something that has been an issue | | | | size sleepers. If you’re looking for something for |
| for sofa beds for some time that needed someone to | | | | individual sleeping you can get twin and cot size |
| step up and find a solution. | | | | sleepers as well. One manufacturer, American |
| The Good: | | | | Leather® even offers their sleepers in real length |
| Sofa sleepers as a whole are a great idea. You are | | | | 80” long sleepers. Not like many other brands which |
| able to use space more efficiently by having a smaller | | | | are at the best 75” long. If you have tall guests |
| room accommodate one piece of furniture that can | | | | using your sleeper or if you are tall that added 5” |
| seat you and your guests and doubles as a bed. From | | | | can be the difference between a comfort sleeper or a |
| a space saving standpoint this is an important feature | | | | short sleeper. |
| especially in apartments, lofts and smaller rooms. | | | | Living with a sofa sleeper with an uncomfortable |
| Definitely a well thought out concept. | | | | mattress, several bars in your back and being too |
| The Bad: | | | | short doesn’t have to be the norm. Your sofa |
| Sofa beds have received a bad rap over the years | | | | sleeper also doesn’t have to use up all of your wall |
| due in part the poor design many manufacturers had | | | | space. You’ll find that today’s sleepers make |
| incorporated into the frame of the conversion | | | | better use of innovative designs such as the Tiffany |
| mechanism. Many would waste space by leaving large | | | | 24/7™ mechanism which provides easy operation |
| gaps from the sofa to the beginning of the mattress | | | | and is more contained and streamlined to hug the |
| support system not only at the head of the sleep | | | | inside of the sofa better when folded out. It’s |
| surface but on the sides as well. This wasted space | | | | design also eliminates the bar in your back and |
| translated into having to build larger frames around the | | | | provides an innovative support system for the |
| mechanism making the sofa sleepers quite wide and | | | | mattress. With the available upgrades in foam and |
| cumbersome. | | | | memory foam mattress options modern sleepers can |
| The Solution: | | | | provide more in the way of comfort that older smaller |
| Robert & Barbara Tiffany, furniture engineer and | | | | spring mattresses can’t. Real bed sizes are also |
| designer came up with an innovative mechanism for a | | | | now available which can be a huge plus for taller |
| new generation of sofa sleepers that they would | | | | individuals using the sleeper for a couple of nights or |
| come to call the Tiffany 24/7™ mechanism. They | | | | someone using their sleeper as a bed every night. |
| would incorporate this mechanism into the patented | | | | If you’re searching for a piece of furniture with a |
| Comfort Sleeper™ which would solve many of the | | | | dual function as both a place to sit and a place to |
| issues that had plagued conventional sofa sleepers. | | | | sleep the comfort sleeper is your best option. Modern |
| The mechanism allows for easy operation from sofa | | | | styling, design innovations and current mattress |
| to bed and is so self contained that it eliminates the | | | | technology will provide you with the comfort and |
| gap that normally exists on pull out models between | | | | relaxation that both you and your guests need and |
| the sleep surface and the sofa. The mechanism also | | | | want. |