I knew something was bugging me about the couch. Pushing out the arm means the arm is always pushable. Because as we all know, no one ever puts any pressure on a couch arm. So basically, assuming I’m not building a trap to teach people (read as me) to not have bad posture, I need to rethink this.
Having a void in the couch seat to facilitate the folding doesn’t work. I like to sit on couches. Similarly, a void on the arm means that there would be a loss of continuity of support. I thought of doing a internal pivot, but I’d have to build a lot of extra frame and cushion areas, just to have even worse areas for things to fall.
A push button sounds okay, except the whole button bit. Things like that stick, and I hate having to fix that. Also, the buttons always look out of place.
Do the seat box mostly normal, but do the supports underneath off center enough to accommodate the seat. Then it’ll just need some well cut and ironed fabric to hide the mechanics.
Now I just need to start figuring out numbers. If there is one thing experience had taught me, it’s that not all couches fit through all doors.
Peter's stuff.