Swing-away bunk
AssigneePACCAR Inc
InventorsRay W. Trexler, Jr., Donald J. Teodoro
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Abstract
A swing-away bunk is provided with a frame assembly having a mattress affixed thereto. The frame asssembly is suspended on a pair of pivotal sets of links which allow the mattress to swing against the rear wall of a truck cab in a vertical storage position and be pulled forward and upwardly into a horizontal position. Cam surfaces guide the rear end of the frame assembly forwardly and upwardly passed a rear support when the bunk is pulled into its horizontal position.
Claims6
A swing-away bunk for automotive truck cabs of the type having a driving compartment and a sleeping compartment, comprising:
- a sleeping compartment having a rear wall and forward vertical supports,
- a bunk having a frame assembly and a mattress secured to said frame assembly,
- said frame assembly including a forward frame member, a rearward frame member and a cam follower on the rearward frame member,
- each of said rear wall and forward vertical supports having support brackets provided with horizontal ledges for supporting the forward and rearward frame members when the bunk is in a horizontal condition,
- link means pivotally mounting the frame assembly to the rear wall,
- handle means on the frame assembly forward frame member for pulling the bunk forwardly, and
- cam means on the rear wall aligned with the cam follower, said cam means having forwardly and upwardly directed cam surfaces for guiding the frame assembly rearward frame member past said rear wall support brackets as the bunk is pulled sharply forward into the horizontal position.
A swing-away bunk for a truck cab, comprising:
- a frame assembly, having a fore and aft midpoint when in a horizontal position,
- a mattress secured to the frame assembly,
- means releasibly supporting the frame assembly in an open horizontal position within the cab with the mattress exposed for use, and
- means pivotally mounting the frame assembly approximately at said fore and aft midpoint for movement between a fully stored vertical position with said fore and aft midpoint lying below its position when the frame assembly is in said open horizontal position and the mattress is in such fully stored vertical position lying against the cab rear wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.