Storable bed assembly
AssigneeNational RV Holdings, Inc.
InventorCharles L. Bailey
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Abstract
A storable bed assembly primarily for recreational vehicles permits the lowering and raising of the bed using a pair of rear guides fixed to a wall of the recreational vehicle, and a pair of swing arm guides at the front corners of the bed frame. Linkages are provided to couple the corners of the bed frame to the guides. Counterbalancing springs in the form of compressed gas cylinders are provided to assist in raising the bed assembly to the stored position.
Claims11
A bed assembly having a bed capable of being shifted between an upper stored position and a lower position for sleeping, comprising:
- a frame for supporting a mattress capable of being shifted between the upper stored and lower positions, said frame having a first half and a second half;
- the second half of said frame being mounted to first and second rigid supports by two spaced vertically extending guides, said guides having respective stops at said lower position for limiting downward movement of the second half of said frame;
- a pair of swing arms pivotally mounted to third and fourth rigid supports adjacent the upper stored position of said frame, with said arms engaging linkages coupled to the frame at the first half of said frame;
- said swing arms including arrangements permitting movement of said linkages along said swing arms from said upper stored position to said lower position preventing further downward movement of said linkages, said swing arms rotating as one edge of said bed is lowered from said upper stored position toward said lower position;
- resilient counterbalancing arrangements which are compressed when said mattress and frame are shifted downward, and which apply upward force to assist in restoring said mattress and frame to the upper stored position.
A bed assembly involving shifting a bed between an upper stored position and a lower position for sleeping, comprising:
- a frame for supporting a mattress capable of being shifted between the upper stored and lowered position;
- a first pair of guides connected to the frame adjacent first and second corners of the frame for allowing said first and second corners to be raised and lowered along generally vertical paths defined by the first paid of guides;
- a second pair of guides connected to the frame adjacent third and fourth corners of the frame for allowing said third and fourth corners to be raised and lowered along paths defined by the second pair of guides;
- wherein the second pair of guides are pivoting guides, the pivoting guides being fixed at upper ends thereof and being free to rotate within at least limited arcs at said lower ends.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.