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US 4,783,863 AGranted
Bedding furniture with a pendulum frame
AssigneeMarpal AG
InventorHugo Degen
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InventorHugo Degen
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A pendulum frame (2) is suspended on a fixed stand (1) by means of four pendulums (16). The amplitude of each of the pendulums (16, 17) is limited by a plate (24) provided with an orifice (23). The plates (24) carry locking projections (28), into which detent pawls (26), arranged on the pendulum frame (2) can engage. When only one of these detent pawls (26) is in the locking position, the bedding furniture can swing about this detent pawl which functions as a pivot pin. When two detent pawls (26) located behind one another in the longitudinal direction of the bedding furniture are locked, the pendulum frame (2) is blocked and is held outside its mid-position on one side. A free-swinging mid-position, four pendulum positions locked at one point and two fixing positions locked off-center are therefore available for each piece of bedding furniture. The bedding furniture can be adapted to meet individual sleeping requirements and is also characterized in that bed care becomes considerably easier.
Bedding furniture, comprising a fixed stand, a pendulum frame, suspending means for suspending said pendulum frame from said fixed stand such that said pendulum frame can be swung horizontally in pendulum-like fashion from a rest position, and locking means for releasably locking said pendulum frame relative to said fixed stand at a stationary point located such that said pendulum frame can pivot about said point during its continued swinging movement, said locking means including at least one pair of locking members, said at least one pair of locking members including a first locking member mounted on said fixed stand and a second locking member mounted on said pendulum frame in such a manner that said second locking member will be releaseably and automatically engaged with said first locking member in response to a maximum swinging movement of said pendulum frame away from its said rest position, whereby said locking means permits the controlled adjustment of the swinging movement of said pendulum frame in the course of such movement.
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