Hidden bed cabinet
OwnerJohn M. Hurdelinventor
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Abstract
A combination furniture construction comprising a bed frame, movable between a vertical and horizontal position, in which the bed frame has a pair of elongated boards on each end that extend over to a floor cabinet and engage pivots on each end of the floor cabinet, that when rotated to a vertical position on the pivots, the bed frame comes to rest on top of the cabinet.
Claims8
A combination furniture construction comprising a bed frame, movable between a vertical and horizontal position, in which the bed frame has a first end and a second end endowed with overreaching boards, hereafter referred to as swingarms, of sufficient length to engage pivots on a corresponding first end and a corresponding second end of an interposed base, wherein the bed frame, when rotated upward on the pivots, comes to rest vertically on top of the base unveiling a useful underside of said bed frame;
- said bed frame which includes a right swingarm and a left swingarm connected by a plurality of panels including
- an interior rail and an exterior rail with a bed support panel surrounded within;
- said base which includes a right wall and a left wall connected by a plurality of horizontal panels including a topmost panel of sufficient size to support the bed frame in a first upright mode;
- said topmost panel connecting said right wall's top edge with said left wall's top edge;
- said right wall including an external right base pivot horizontally aligned along a common axis with an external left base pivot on said left wall;
- said right base pivot supporting the right swingarm in the first upright mode;
- said left base pivot supporting the left swingarm in the first upright mode;
- a means for damping a force of gravity acting downward on the bed frame during a transition from the first upright mode to a second bed mode wherein a mattress support is revealed;
- said bed frame disposed forwardly adjacent to said base in the second bed mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.