Item of furniture on which to lie - has base frame and at least one part of slat grid movable by drive

The slat grid is movable relatively to the base frame and for at least one part (4,8) of the slat grid movable by a drive two setting levers (13,14) are provided, each of which is rigidly fixed to a common operating shaft (11,12,25) pivotable in the base frame. The operating shaft is fixable in varying pivot positions, whilst with its free end slides on to the movably arranged part of the slat grid and laterally supporting the part can lift it out of the base frame. The setting levers (13,14) each have an angle profile, and the parallel arm of the angle profile to the longitudinal rail of the base frame guides laterally the part (8) of the slat grid to be lifted and the rounded end of the other arm slides on the liftable part of the slat grid. USE/ADVANTAGE - A bed, couch or sofa with which at least one movable part of the slat grid can be adjusted to varying positions by a motor or crank drive.