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US 5,446,932 AGranted
Folding wall bed
OwnerDonald P. Voorhisinventor
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Abstract
A folding wall bed provides a frame which is pivotable from a substantially vertical stowed position to a substantially horizontal functional position. A headboard structure rises when the frame is folded to its functional position. The folding wall bed further employs a pivotably supporting first set of legs. Moreover, the folding wall bed is self concealing when in its stowed position.
Claims29
A folding wall bed comprising:
- a headboard structure;
- a frame coupled to said headboard structure and operable for supporting a mattress thereon, said headboard structure rising in a substantially vertical direction when said frame is pivoted from a substantially vertical stowed position to a substantially horizontal functional position;
- said mattress having a head, a foot and a pair of sides thereof;
- said frame having a substantially L-shaped configuration with a mattress supporting segment having a first edge and a second edge thereof, said L-shaped configuration further having an extension segment projecting substantially perpendicular from said first edge of said mattress supporting segment, a first planar surface defined by said mattress supporting segment upholding said mattress thereon, a second planar surface defined by an opposite face of said mattress supporting segment and being substantially parallel to said first planar surface thereof while having at least one aesthetic covering panel attached thereto;
- a first set of legs being pivotably attached to said frame and being juxtapositioned near said first edge of said mattress supporting segment thereof;
- a second set of legs being pivotably attached to said frame and being juxtapositioned near said second edge of said mattress supporting segment thereof;
- a wall structure being oriented in a substantially vertical direction and having at least one substantially vertical engagement mechanism associated therewith, said wall structure being proximate to said first edge of said mattress supporting segment of said frame;
- said headboard structure being slidably associated with said engagement mechanism of said wall structure such that said headboard structure is slidable along a vertical plane defined by said wall structure, said extension segment of said frame is pivotably linked to said headboard structure, said headboard structure being slidably located in a raised position when said mattress supporting segment of said frame is pivoted to said substantially horizontal functional position and said headboard structure being slidably located in a retracted and relatively lower position when said mattress supporting segment of said frame is pivoted to said substantially vertical stowed position;
- a force generating device aiding in the slidable movement of said headboard structure in relation to said wall structure, said force generating device having a first section engagably affixed to said headboard structure and having a second section engagably affixed to said wall structure;
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- a pair of braces each having a first end pivotably mounted to said wall structure and having a second end pivotably associated with said first set of legs.
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A folding wall bed which is pivotable from a substantially vertical stowed position to a substantially horizontal functional position, said folding bed comprising:
- a frame having a substantially L-shaped configuration with a supporting segment having a first edge and a second edge thereof, said L-shaped configuration further having an extension segment projecting substantially perpendicular from said first edge of said supporting segment;
- a wall structure having a substantially vertical component and a substantially horizontal component thereto, said substantially vertical component having at least one engagement mechanism thereupon;
- the intersection of said supporting segment and said extension segment of said frame having at least one roller being rotatably attached externally thereto;
- a headboard structure being slidably associated with said engagement mechanism such that said headboard structure is slidable along a vertical plane defined by said vertical component of said wall structure, said headboard structure being pivotably attached to said extension segment of said frame such that said headboard structure is slidably located in a raised position when said supporting segment of said frame is pivoted to said substantially horizontal functional position and said headboard structure is slidably located in a retracted and relatively lower position when said supporting segment of said frame is pivoted to said substantially vertical stowed position;
- said roller of said frame being movable in a substantially horizontal direction when said supporting segment of said frame is pivoted from said substantially vertical stowed position to said substantially horizontal functional position and back again;
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- a force generating device aiding in the pivotable movement of said frame in relation to said wall structure, said force generating device having a first section engagably affixed to said frame and having a second section engagably affixed to said wall structure.
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A folding wall bed comprising:
- a frame capable of supporting a mattress thereon;
- a wall structure oriented in a substantially vertical direction, said frame pivotably coupled to said wall structure;
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- said frame movable from a substantially vertical stowed position to a substantially horizontal functional position;
- a pair of braces extending from said wall structure substantially adjacent and parallel to a floor, said pair of braces suitable for interchangeably retaining a pair of removable extension members extending therefrom for providing support against said floor whereas said frame and said wall structure are freestanding without need for attachment to a surface selected from the group consisting of a wall and said floor, said pair of braces further suitable for interchangeably retaining at least a fastener for mounting to said floor.
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A folding wall bed comprising:
- a frame capable of supporting a mattress thereon;
- a wall structure oriented in a substantially vertical direction, said frame movably coupled to said wall structure;
- said frame movable from a substantially vertical stowed position to a substantially horizontal functional position;
- an aesthetic covering panel attached to a side of said frame;
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- said aesthetic covering panel movable to expose a side portion of said mattress when said frame is in said substantially horizontal functional position and movable to cover said portion of said mattress when said frame is in said substantially vertical stowed position.
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A folding wall bed comprising:
- a headboard structure;
- a frame coupled to said headboard structure and operable for supporting a mattress thereon, said headboard structure rising in a substantially vertical direction when said frame is moved from a substantially vertical stowed position to a substantially horizontal functional position;
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- a force generating device having a first end engagably coupled to said headboard structure and having a second end engagably affixed to a stationary member, said force generating device allowing a predetermined amount of free movement and not biasing said headboard structure until after said frame is moved a predetermined distance away from said substantially vertical stowed position.
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A folding wall bed comprising:
- a headboard structure;
- a frame coupled to said headboard structure and operable for supporting a mattress thereon, said headboard structure rising in a substantially vertical direction when said frame is pivoted from a substantially vertical stowed position to a substantially horizontal functional position;
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- a force generating device including a torsion spring biasing said headboard structure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.