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US 6,507,962 B2Granted
Ceiling mounted sleeping system
OwnerJ. Andrew Thurstoninventor
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Abstract
A bed platform and winch system having a sleeping platform for supporting a mattress, a ceiling support attached to the ceiling and having a winch contained therein, and wires connecting the winch to the sleeping platform and extending through the ceiling support, such that the sleeping platform may be raised out of the way when not needed for sleeping and lowered when needed for sleeping.
Claims20
A ceiling mounted sleeping system comprising:
- a. a fixed ceiling support structure that is mounted upon a surface of a ceiling wall;
- and
- b. a movable sleeping platform movable in vertical translation to the ceiling support structure;
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- c. movement means for moving the sleeping platform relative to the ceiling support structure,
- wherein, the movement means comprises an engine and at least one translation means connecting the engine to the sleeping platform;
- the ceiling support structure comprises a location for the engine and pathways for containing and guiding the at least one translation means;
- each of the at least one translation means comprises a first end and a second end, the first end being connected to the engine and the second end being connected to the sleeping platform;
- the sleeping platform comprises support means for bedding and at least one attachment means, each of the at least one attachment means being secured to the second end of each of the at least one translation means;
- and the sleeping platform is movable between a lowered position for sleeping and a raised position close to but not within the ceiling for storage.
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A ceiling mounted sleeping system comprising:
- a. a fixed ceiling support structure;
- and
- b. a movable sleeping platform movable in vertical translation to the ceiling support structure;
- and
- c. movement means for moving the sleeping platform relative to the ceiling support structure,
- wherein, the movement means comprises an engine and at least one translation means connecting the engine to the sleeping platform;
- the ceiling support structure comprises a location for the engine and pathways for containing and guiding the at least one translation means and a first side tube and a second side tube, each side tube having two ends and a central body, and one cross tube having two ends and a central body, one of the two ends of the cross tube being connected to the central body of the first side tube and the second of the two ends of the cross tube being connected to the central body of the second side tube;
- each of the at least one translation means comprises a first end and a second end, the first end being connected to the engine and the second end being connected to the sleeping platform;
- and the sleeping platform comprises support means for bedding and at least one attachment means, each of the at least one attachment means being secured to the second end of each of the at least one translation means.
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A ceiling mounted sleeping system comprising:
- a. a fixed ceiling support structure;
- and
- b. a movable sleeping platform movable in vertical translation to the ceiling support structure;
- and
- c. movement means for moving the sleeping platform relative to the ceiling support structure,
- wherein, the movement means comprises an engine and at least one translation means connecting the engine to the sleeping platform;
- the ceiling support structure comprises a location for the engine, pathways within the ceiling support structure for containing and guiding the at least one translation means, a first side tube and a second side tube, each side tube having two ends and a central body, and one cross tube having two ends and a central body, one of the two ends of the cross tube being connected to the central body of the first side tube and the second of the two ends of the cross tube being connected to the central body of the second side tube;
- each of the at least one translation means comprises a first end and a second end, the first end being connected to the engine and the second end being connected to the sleeping platform;
- and the sleeping platform comprises support means for bedding and at least one attachment means, each of the at least one attachment means being secured to the second end of each of the at least one translation means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.