Seating and/or reclining furniture

Abstract

The invention relates to an item of seating and/or reclining furniture that comprises a furniture frame ( 1 ) that carries a padded seat or reclining area ( 5 ) covered with a furnishing fabric. On the back of said furniture frame a spring-loaded roller ( 8 ) is rotatably mounted on which a cover ( 9 ) is wound up which is linked with its free end with a bar ( 10 ) of the like so that it can be unwound from said roller ( 8 ) and laid across the seat of reclining area, thereby making it easy to apply the cover.

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         5 . A piece of furniture having: 
 a frame with a front side and a rear side and defining an upwardly turned sitting/reclining surface;    a spring-loaded windup roller rotatably mounted on the rear side of the frame;    a sheet having a rear end attached to the roller and a front end, the sheet being rollable around the roller;    a quilt releasably secured to an outer face of the sheet; and    a rod secured to the front end of the sheet and movable between a deployed position with the sheet and quilt extending from the roller and stretched over the sitting/reclining surface and a stowed position with the rod at the rear side of the frame and the sheet and quilt wound up on the roller.    
     
     
         6 . The furniture defined in  claim 5 , further comprising 
 hook-and-loop tape securing the quilt releasably to the sheet.    
     
     
         7 . The furniture defined in  claim 5  wherein the rear side is formed with an elongated compartment holding the roller at all times and the sheet and quilt in the stowed position.  
     
     
         8 . The furniture defined in  claim 5 , further comprising 
 a hook-and-loop fastener securing the rod removably to an underside of the frame at the front side in the deployed position.