Convertible child's bed

A convertible child's bed comprising:

• four upright corner posts;
• means including a first pair of elongated rectangular rails removably secured in vertical uniplanar relationship to a first two of the upright corner posts in vertical spaced relationship to form one side of the bed;
• means including a second pair of elongated rectangular rails removably secured in vertical uniplanar relationship to the other two of the upright corner posts in vertical spaced relationship to form the other side of the bed;
• first and second elongated mattress support members of essentially the same length as said elongated rectangular rails removably attached to the respective lower elongated rectangular rails of the first and second pairs;
• and said child's bed being convertible into a youth bed in which the upper elongated rectangular rails of each pair are secured to the corresponding upright corner posts in respective end-to-end abutting relationship with the corresponding lower elongated rectangular rails to permit the bed to be expanded to essentially twice its original length, and said elongated mattress supporting members being attached to the respective abutting rails in bridging relationship therewith to secure the abutting rails to one another, and also to serve as a mattress supporting means.