Wall bed system and method of assembly

A wall bed system for mounting against an upright wall of a building, the system comprising:

• a wall frame assembly arranged to be secured to the upright wall;
• a door frame assembly arranged to support a mattress thereon, the door frame assembly being arranged to be pivotally coupled to the wall frame assembly for movement between a storage position in which the door frame assembly supports the mattress to be fully enclosed in an upright orientation within the wall frame assembly and a working position in which the door frame assembly supports the mattress in a horizontal orientation for sleeping;
• the wall frame assembly comprising:
• (i) a header frame member arranged to be fastened onto the upright wall, (ii) two side frames arranged to be mounted onto opposing ends of the header frame member respectively at opposing sides of the wall frame assembly, in which the side frames substantially span a depth of the wall frame assembly protruding from the upright wall and substantially span a height of the wall frame assembly, and (iii) a top frame arranged to be mounted between the two side frames at a top of the wall frame assembly, in which the top frame substantially spans a width of the wall frame assembly between the side frames;
• the door frame assembly comprising a perimeter frame spanning a width and a length of the door frame assembly;
• at least one of the top frame of the wall frame assembly, the side frames of the wall frame assembly, and the perimeter frame of the door frame assembly comprising a modular frame;
• the modular frame comprising a plurality of rigid frame members surrounding one or more frame openings of the modular frame and a finishing panel of finishing material arranged to be received within the one or more frame openings so as to be releasably mounted relative to the modular frame;
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• the header frame member comprising:
• (i) an elongate rigid member having a rear surface arranged for abutment against said upright wall, (ii) wall fastener apertures at laterally spaced apart positions along the rigid member so as to be arranged to receive fasteners to fasten the header frame member against said upright wall, and (iii) a support flange extending upwardly from the elongate rigid member to an upper free edge spaced forwardly of said rear surface;
• and
• a headboard mounting member comprising:
• (i) a first flange having a forward surface arranged for abutment against a rear side of a headboard and fasteners apertures so as to be arranged for fastening the first flange to the rear side of the headboard, and (ii) a second flange extending downwardly and rearwardly from the first flange to a free edge of the second flange in a mounted position of the headboard such that the second flange defines a hook arranged to be received between the support flange of the header frame member and said upright wall in the mounted position of the headboard.

A method of assembling a wall bed against an upright wall of a building, the method comprising:

• providing a wall bed system comprising:
• (i) a wall frame assembly arranged to be secured to the upright wall;
• and
• (ii) a door frame assembly arranged to support a mattress thereon, the door frame assembly being arranged to be pivotally coupled to the wall frame assembly for movement between a storage position in which the door frame assembly supports the mattress to be fully enclosed in an upright orientation within the wall frame assembly and a working position in which the door frame assembly supports the mattress in a horizontal orientation for sleeping;
• (iii) the wall frame assembly comprising:
• (a) a header frame member, (b) two side frames arranged to substantially span a depth of the wall frame assembly protruding from the upright wall and substantially span a height of the wall frame assembly, and (c) a top frame arranged to substantially spans a width of the wall frame assembly between the side frames;
• (iv) the door frame assembly comprising a perimeter frame spanning a width and a length of the door frame assembly;
• (v) wherein the door frame assembly comprises plurality of rigid frame members surrounding a plurality of frame openings in the perimeter frame and a finishing panel mounted within each frame opening, the rigid frame members of the door frame assembly including (a) two side rails for spanning a length of the door frame assembly at laterally opposing sides of the door frame assembly respectively, (b) a head frame member for connection between the two side rails at a head end of the door frame assembly, (c) a foot frame member for connection between the two side rails at a foot end of the door frame assembly, and (d) an intermediate support for mounting between each adjacent pair of the finishing panels,
• mounting the header frame member on the upright wall;
• mounting the side frames on opposing ends of the header frame member subsequent to the header frame member being mounted on the upright wall;
• mounting the top frame between the side frames at a top of the wall frame assembly;
• mounting the perimeter frame of the door frame assembly on the side frames of the wall frame assembly so as to be pivotal between the working position and the storage position;
• wherein the mounting of the perimeter frame of the door frame assembly on the side frames of the wall frame assembly further comprises:
• pivotally coupling the side rails of the door frame assembly onto the side frames of the wall frame assembly and mounting the head frame member between the two side rails at the head end of the door frame assembly;
• mounting a first panel among the finishing panels between the side rails at the head end of the door frame assembly;
• mounting the intermediate support against an inner end of the first panel subsequent to the first panel being mounted between the side rails and prior to a second panel among the finishing panels being installed between the side rails;
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• subsequent to all finishing panels being mounted between the side rails, mounting the foot frame member between the side rails at the foot end of the door frame assembly.