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US 6,513,178 B1Granted
Cot assembly
AssigneeAGI Incorporated
InventorsRay G. Kelly, Sharon A. Turnbough, Malcolm A. Bliss
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Abstract
A cot has a sleeping surface that includes bedding material extending between members of a frame. The frame includes a number of rods connected with a number of comer connectors such that the frame forms the shape of a polygon. Each corner connector has a pedestal extending downwardly to engage the floor and support the bedding material above the floor. The corner connectors have a housing and a pair of coupling portions extending from the housing and an inwardly projecting portion. The bedding material extends within the cot frame such that no openings or gaps are formed between the bedding material and the frame. The cot also has a mechanism for maintaining and adjusting the bedding material surface in a taut condition.
Claims24
A cot assembly which comprises:
- a frame forming a perimeter and defining an interior area within the perimeter;
- means for supporting said frame above an external support surface;
- bedding material secured to said frame, said bedding material completely filling the interior area defined by said frame, whereby there are no gaps between said bedding material and said frame in which a part of a person's body may be received;
- tensioning means for varying the tension of said bedding material;
- wherein said frame comprises several elongated rods interconnecting with several comer connectors to form a rectangular perimeter;
- and,
- wherein said tensioning means includes means for rotating at least one of the rods.
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A cot assembly which comprises:
- a frame forming a perimeter and defining an interior area within the perimeter;
- means for supporting said frame above an external support surface;
- bedding material secured to said frame, said bedding material completely filling the interior area defined by said frame, whereby there are no gaps between said bedding material and said frame in which a part of a person's body may be received;
- wherein said frame comprises several elongated rods interconnecting with several corner connectors to form a rectangular perimeter;
- wherein each of the comer connectors includes an inwardly projecting portion extending into the interior area of said frame, said bedding material extending at least to said inwardly projecting portions such that no openings are formed in the interior area of said frame;
- and, wherein said bedding material is secured to the inwardly projecting portions.
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A cot assembly which comprises:
- a frame forming a perimeter and defining an interior area within the perimeter,
- means for supporting said frame above an external support surface;
- bedding material secured to said frame, said bedding material completely filling the interior area defined by said frame, whereby there are no gaps between said bedding material and said frame in which a part of a person's body may be received;
- wherein said frame comprises several elongated rods interconnecting with several corner connectors to form a rectangular perimeter;
- wherein each of the comer connectors includes an inwardly projecting portion extending into the interior area of said frame, said bedding material extending at least to said inwardly projecting portions such that no openings are formed in the interior area of said frame;
- and, wherein each of the corner connectors includes a pair of the rods being connected therewith, each corner connector including a housing, a first end portion extending from the housing along a portion of the length of one of the rods connected therewith, and a second end portion extending from the housing along a portion of the length of the other of the rods connected therewith.
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A cot assembly which comprises:
- a frame defining an interior area and an exterior area, said frame including a number of elongated rods and a number of corner connectors connecting with the ends of a pair of associated rods such that said frame forms a polygon shape, each of the corner connectors including a pedestal extending downwardly therefrom to engage a support surface;
- and
- bedding material connected with said frame and extending between the rods in the interior area of said frame, the corner connectors including means for receiving said bedding material so that no openings are formed in the interior area of said frame between said bedding material and the comer connectors;
- and,
- wherein said frame includes a support member adjacent to and extending along the length of at least one of the rods, the support member having ends non-rotatably engaged to a corresponding one of a pair of the comer connectors.
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A cot assembly, comprising:
- a frame defining an interior portion and an exterior portion, said frame including:
- a number of elongated rods;
- a number of comer connectors, each of the comer connectors connected with one end of each of a pair of the rods so that said frame forms a polygon shape;
- a support member adjacent to and extending along at least one of the number of rods, the support member having opposite ends non-rotatably engaged to a corresponding pair of the corner connectors, the at least one rod having a plurality of slots adjacent one of the opposite ends of the support member;
- a pedestal extending downwardly from the comer connector to engage the floor;
- bedding material engaged to and extending between the number of rods in the interior area of said frame;
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- means associated with said frame for positioning and maintaining said bedding material in a taut condition, said means for positioning and maintaining including a ratchet mechanism on the support member engageable to one of the slots of the at least one rod.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.