A folding bed for supporting an intended user in both an elongatedconfiguration and a seated configuration. The intended user has a torso, apair of lower limbs and a hip region therebetween. The folding bed includes abed frame having a frame base. A first supporting section is provided forsupporting the torso, the first supporting section defining a first supportingsection first end and a longitudinally opposed first supporting section secondend. A second supporting section is further provided for supporting the lowerlimbs, the second supporting section defining a second supporting sectionfirst end and a longitudinally opposed second supporting section second end.The first and second supporting sections are pivotally coupled togetherthrough a first-to-second section pivotal link for pivotal movement between anextended configuration and a bent configuration. A first support memberdefines a first support member first end and a longitudinally opposed firstsupport member second end. The first support member first end is pivotallyattached to the first supporting section intermediate the first supportingsection first end and the first supporting section second end at a sectionpivotal link-to-first support member distance from the pivotal link. The firstsupport member second end is operatively coupled to the frame base. When thefirst and second supporting sections are in the extended configuration, thefirst-to-~second section pivotal link is at a first level relative to theframe base. When the first and second supporting sections are in the bentconfiguration, the first-to-second section pivotal link is at a second levelrelative to the frame base, the second level being substantially lower thanthe first level.
