Who invented the sleeper sofa? The late 1800s represented a boom in sleep innovations. Not long after Goode patented the "sleeper desk," an African-American inventor named Leonard C. Bailey received a patent for a folding bed. The 1899 patent diagram depicted a metal bed frame and mattress that folded in the center. Each lengthwise end of the bed raised to meet in the middle, much like a single piece of bread folded into a sandwich. The invention came to the attention of the U.S. Army Medical Board and the mass-produced design found particular favor with soldiers and campers [source: Our Weekly]. By 1908, William Murphy had invented the pivot bed. His one-room San Francisco apartment didn't leave much room for entertaining guests, so Murphy devised a hinging mechanism attached to the head of the bed that would flip it into a wall cavity when not in use. As of 2013, Murphy Bed Co. still manufactured Murphy beds [source: Soniak]. The grandfather of modern sleeper sofas was the product of the American dream.
Bernard Castro was an Italian who immigrated to the U.S. in 1919. After spending much of his spare time in New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art studying the furniture on display, Castro began building his own brand of sleeper sofas in 1931. His designs were unique because the couches didn't look as if they contained a pullout mattress and frame. They retained the aesthetic appeal of high-end furniture [source: Caceres]. The family sold the company in 1993 after Castro's death, but daughter Bernadette regained ownership in 2008 and focused on marketing a convertible ottoman [source: Castro Convertibles, Medina]. Although the folding mechanisms continue to be tweaked by modern manufacturers, today's sleeper sofas aren't so different from those used mid-century -- with the exception of increasingly comfortable mattresses. Many of the extras once available only on traditional mattresses are now drawing consumers to sleeper sofas, including memory foam [source: Solomon]. Value City Furniture respects your privacy and will not share this information with anyone.
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Color can vary and slight imperfections in the metal work are normal and considered evidence of the hand-finishing process, which adds character and authenticity to those items.Choosing the Perfect Curtains for Your Space How Sleep Trackers Work Should You Buy A Pull-out Sofa or An Inflatable Mattress? Factors to consider when shopping for overnight guest bedsWhen you are deciding about sleep arrangements for future overnight guests, you’ll have to take many factors into consideration. Learn the basics of guest bedding options to help you make the right choice.Airbeds Inflatable beds run anywhere from $50 to $150, which is considerably cheaper than the price range for a pull-out sofa bed. Air mattress advantages include portability (they easily move from room to room or floor to floor when deflated) and storability (when one is deflated, it hardly takes up any room at all and can be stuffed into a closet). One downside of airbeds, compared with sofa beds, is that they may be more challenging and time-consuming to set up.
You might, for instance, need to blow air into it manually or plug it into an air-blowing machine.Sleeper Sofas Until recently, sofa beds had a bad reputation, due to their thin spring mattresses. Thanks to technological advances, however, sleeper sofa manufacturers have started to add foam toppers to pull-out mattresses. The result: a significant improvement in overall comfort. The new generation is slightly more expensive than traditional sleeper sofas, and much more expensive than airbeds, but if you haven’t slept on a pull-out in a few years, test some in the store—you’ll likely be pleasantly surprised.Consider Your Guests Toddlers and young adults may be fine sleeping on an air mattress, but an older, bigger, or less spry person might not be comfortable getting up and down from an airbed that’s on the floor. And air mattresses are not an option for babies, due to risks of suffocation from the soft surfacing.Add Luxe Amenities It’s good to remember that no matter which temporary sleep solution you choose, you can dress it up with some pampering accessories: Think thick, quality pillows, luxury cotton sheets, and a spa-sounds white noise machine.