The desk was quickly found, but the bed/sofa combination was a headache, especially since he had very specific ideas:

In principle, there should only be a single bed in the already small study, which takes up little space and can be used as a seat at the same time. However, when two people come to visit, this single bed should be able to be converted into a double bed in just a few simple steps.

So far so good... such pieces of furniture can already be found in the market under various names such as sofa bed, bed sofa and permanent sleeper. But while most sofa beds are comfortable to sit on, the sleeping surface is always a poor compromise.

By now, the founder was tired of compromising. He wanted a sofa bed that came with a slatted frame and a full mattress, so it could be used not only as a place to sit and a guest bed, but also as a full bed in the long term, with no restrictions on laying comfort or back health.

And whether it was a Scandinavian furniture giant or an expensive designer name, he just couldn't find the kind of sofa bed he wanted.

Other single and double fold-out bed combinations also have the disadvantage that they open up as beds up against the wall, making it very difficult for at least one person to get into the bed.

Finding more and more problems with conventional sofa beds, he finally decided to build the "perfect" bed that would meet all his requirements himself.

Using natural wood, he made two superimposed bed frames with a practical drawer and slatted base. He bought some accessories such as bearings for the axles and had the axles welded by a locksmith in the suburbs of Munich. He set to work in the attic and screwed everything together.

The founder was already thrilled. During the day, he could place the sofa against a wall or in a corner with comfortable cushions or as a single bed to save space.  

As a single bed, the two mattresses with their slatted frames where designed to be directly under each other.

In order to turn it into a double bed with a laying surface of 165 x 200 cm in just a few steps, he developed a unique folding and rotating movement, which he subsequently registered as a patent.

Thanks to this innovative mechanism, he succeeded in folding the two bed parts connected with hinges quite simply side by side, and at the same time the mattress, fastened on the slatted frame, "flips over”, that is: the unit from the upper mattress and the slatted frame is turned 180 degrees around its own axis, so that the sofa surface always remains horizontally directed upward during the folding movement.

In addition, he wanted to make the sofa bed accessible from both sides, which means that it should be possible to turn it 90 degrees into the room. To make this movement possible, he placed the bed on four practical casters with breaks.

He then used the space created under the folded-out sofa bed to store, for example, the suitcases of visitors.

Now the founder was completely satisfied and totally smitten with his new folding sofa bed with slatted frame and bed base. He loved his creation! Thus, the name "FLOVED" was born, a nice combination of the words: flip over bed and a touch of “love” that went into the designing and manufacturing.

To share his joy of his sofa bed FLOVED, he decided to launch his innovative permanent sleeper as soon as possible. Made especially for young, working people just like him, who live in the city in limited living space and want an innovative solution with the sofa bed FLOVED, which is in no way inferior to a conventional bed in terms of sleeping comfort.