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US 11,432,658 B2Granted
Collapsible bed base
AssigneePpj. LLC
InventorsPhilip Reid Sherman, Horace Robert Eskridge, III, Philip Woods McCarty, Chuan-Hang Shih
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Abstract
A bed base is configured as a light weight, collapsible bed base having a plurality of separate and independent bed sections. A pair of brackets are provided, and each bracket is releasably attachable to each one of the plurality of separate and independent bed sections to form the bed base. The plurality of separate and independent bed sections connected only through the pair of brackets.
Claims18
A bed base comprising:
- a plurality of separate and independent bed sections comprising:
- a head section comprising a head section fixed frame having a pair of head section alignment pins and a pair of head section fastener holes;
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- a root section comprising a root section fixed frame having a pair of foot section alignment pins and a pair of foot section fastener holes;
- and
- a center section;
- wherein at least one of the head section and the foot section comprises an articulating bed section;
- and
- a pair of independent brackets, each bracket comprises a pair of alignment holes and a pair of bracket fastener holes and is independent of and attachable to the plurality of bed sections to assemble the plurality of bed sections into the bed base;
- wherein each head section alignment pin is positioned to engage one of the alignment holes of one of the brackets and to align one of the head section fastener holes with one of the bracket fastener holes of one of the brackets when each bracket is attached to the head section fixed frame, each foot section alignment pin is positioned to engage one of the alignment holes of one of the brackets and to align one of the foot section fastener holes with one of the bracket fastener holes of one of the brackets when each bracket is attached to the foot section fixed frame, and the plurality of bed sections when assembled into the bed base connected only through the pair of brackets.
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A bed assembly comprising:
- a bed base comprising:
- three of separate and independent bed sections comprising:
- a head section comprising a head section fixed frame having a pair of head section alignment pins and a pair of head section fastener holes, a head section articulating decking portion pivotally attached to the head section fixed frame and a head section actuator disposed between the head section fixed frame and the head section articulating decking portion to articulate the head section articulating decking portion with respect to the head section fixed frame;
- a center section comprising a center decking portion;
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- a foot section comprising a foot section fixed frame having a pair of foot section alignment pins and a pair of foot section fastener holes, a foot section first articulating decking portion pivotally attached to the foot portion fixed frame, a foot section second articulating decking portion pivotally attached to the foot section first articulating decking portion and the foot section fixed frame and a foot section actuator disposed between the foot section first articulating decking portion and the foot section fixed frame to articulate the foot section first articulating decking portion and the foot section second articulating decking portion with respect to the foot section fixed frame;
- a pair of independent brackets, each bracket comprises a pair of alignment holes and a pair of bracket fastener holes and is independent of and attachable to the head section fixed frame, foot section fixed frame and the center decking portion to assemble the three bed sections into the bed base, each head section alignment pin positioned to engage one of the alignment holes of one of the brackets and to align one of the head section fastener holes with one of the bracket fastener holes of one of the brackets when each bracket is attached to the head section fixed frame, each foot section alignment pin positioned to engage one of the alignment holes of one of the brackets and to align one of the foot section fastener holes with one of the bracket fastener holes of one of the brackets when each bracket is attached to the foot section fixed frame, and the three bed sections when assembled into the bed base connected only through the pair of brackets;
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- a plurality of leg assemblies, each leg assembly attachable to the head section fixed frame, the foot section fixed frame, the center decking portion or one of the brackets.
6 more elements
A bed base comprising:
- a plurality of separate and independent bed sections comprising:
- a head section having a pair of head section alignment pins and a pair of head section fastener holes;
- and
- a foot section having a pair of foot section alignment pins and a pair of foot section fastener holes;
- and
- a center section;
- wherein at least one of the head section and the foot section COM rises an articulating bed section;
- and
- a pair of brackets;
- each bracket comprising alignment holes and bracket fastener holes, each head section alignment pin positioned to engage one of the alignment holes of one of the brackets and to align one of the head section fastener holes with one of the bracket fastener holes of one of the brackets when each bracket is attached to the head section fixed frame, each foot section alignment pin positioned to engage one of the alignment holes of one of the brackets and to align one of the foot section fastener holes with one of the bracket fastener holes of one of the brackets when each bracket is attached to the foot section fixed frame, and each bracket independent of and attachable to the plurality of bed sections to assemble the plurality of bed sections into the bed base, the plurality of bed sections when assembled into the bed base connected only through the pair of brackets.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.