Rolling foldout cabinet bed
OwnerJeffrey A. Grubbinventor
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Abstract
A rolling foldout cabinet bed has two faces that fold out from a vertical to a horizontal position, thereby creating a surface that can be used for sleeping. When the cabinet is closed, a space within the cabinet stores a foldable innerspring, or other mattress. The two faces can be locked together in the folded position. During deployment, an elastic belt or other retainer and hold the folded mattress to one of the faces, and can also pull the mattress out of the interior space within the bottom of the cabinet. The cabinet also has legs for supporting the faces above the ground when in the opened configuration, and can include wheels that facilitate moving the cabinet quickly and easily moved.
Claims7
A foldout bed transitionable between an open configuration and a folded configuration, the bed comprising:
- a cabinet having first and second faces and a base having an interior space;
- a safety catch that releasably maintains at least one of the faces in a substantially vertical position when the foldout bed is being transitioned to the open configuration;
- wherein the first and second faces are rotatably coupled with the base such that an end of each of the first and second faces occupies a portion of the interior space when the cabinet is in the folded configuration;
- wherein the first and second faces each have first and second slots for removably receiving an insertable leg;
- a mattress having a head end and a foot end, and a connecting fabric that hingeably couples the head end with the foot end;
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- a retainer disposed to releasably hold both head and foot ends of the mattress to the first face when the first face is disposed in both open and folded configurations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.