Talk:Sofa bed

Futon?
Should be a futon, not a couch. --Codesleuth 09:36, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Mechanisms
Significant and notable part of sofa beds is the mechanism. Nothing about this here yet, any reason not to at least mention this factor of their design? Researched this ourselves recently, my notes: There are multiple options: so-called "click-clack" (more futon-like, sleep along width of sofa, mattress is seat cushion, folded once as sofa), 3-fold (remove cushions first, pull mattress frame up and out from the seat then unfold, designed to sleep head against sofa back extends out depth-wise - by far most common and next-cheapest, mattress folded into U-shape when sofa), or the (I'm calling) rollover style (think originated in Italy, various patented variations on) which seems to be the rarest, definitely most expensive, and most suited to serious use (due to speed and ease of conversion, not needing to remove cushions first); sleep same orientation as 3-fold, allows for longer mattresses as folded 2 places inside frame, in a "C" shape. breezer (talk) 14:05, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

Internationalisation
In addition to the other issues, this page seems to focus on US usage. The section on mattress dimension, in particular, is totally US-centric. Rosbif73 (talk) 08:59, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

George Washington camp bed
The Henry Ford museum claims to have a folding camp bed, which apparently folds out from a trunk, that was supposedly used by George Washington on a tour of upstate New York in the 1780s. Not sure where this potential forerunner of sofa beds fits in the scheme of things. &#91;&#91;User:Rickyrab2&#124;Rickyrab (2nd account)!&#93;&#93; &#124; &#91;&#91;Talk:Rickyrab2&#124; yada yada yada&#93;&#93; (old page: &#91;&#91;User:Rickyrab&#93;&#93;) (talk) 19:10, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
 * camp bed? A rather different thing. Johnbod (talk) 19:57, 2 March 2021 (UTC)