US 3,965,498 AGranted

Folding bed assembly

OwnerMiklos Boniinventor

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Abstract

The improved assembly includes a bed having a bed frame, preferably generally rectangular and formed of interconnected head, foot and side boards, as well as folding means such as hinges extending therethrough, which permit the frame to be folded upon itself. The bed also includes a foldable mattress within the frame and support means such as bed springs below the mattress. The frame is disposed above the ground on foldable legs, and one or more foldable side tables with foldable legs may form part of the frame. A storage cabinet having doors opening an enclosed bed storage space is also provided and is connected to the bed through at least one simple elongated lever arm, one end of which is pivotably connected to the frame sideboard adjacent the headboard or to the headboard itself and the other end of which is connected to a sidewall or rear wall of the cabinet within the storage space. When the bed is folded upon itself and then pushed toward the storage space, the head end of the bed travels up and into the storage space, the bed reaching a vertical storage position for maximum compactness. The assembly is therefore simple, inexpensive and occupies a minimum of space.

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Dependent claims

An improved folding bed assembly, said assembly comprising, in combination:

a bed frame having an upper portion and a lower portion,
hinge means interconnecting said upper portion and said lower portion,
a mattress supported by said bed frame and adapted to be foldable thereon,
a storage cabinet having interconnected side walls,
at least one elongated lever arm,
one end of said level arm being pivotally connected to a first side of said upper portion of said bed frame near the top thereof,
the opposite end of said lever arm being pivotally connected to the rear, lower end of one of said side walls,
said lever arm extending generally horizontally at about the level of said bed frame when said bed frame is in an operative position,
whereby the lower portion of the bed frame is adapted to be folded over the upper portion of said bed frame with the folded mattress therebetween to result in a compacted bed assembly having about one half the length of the bed frame in its operative position,
wherein said compacted bed assembly is adapted to be moved into a substantially vertical position and located between said side walls by movement of one end of said level arm upward and towards said walls in an arcuate path extending about the pivot point of the opposite end of said lever arm and said one of said side walls,
whereby said bed assembly is stored between said side walls.

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