DE20206733U1 - Liquid loft bed - Google Patents

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Georg Siegert 22 April 2002

Karl Heinz Sonnleitner New utility model application

Liquid loft bed description

The invention relates to a liquid raised bed, in particular a water bed.

Waterbeds have been around for a long time. They have the advantage that the same pressure is applied all over the body. This is beneficial, especially during the growth phase for bone structure and for back problems. The waterbed is also characterized by being free of mites, which is particularly beneficial for children, as their immune systems are not yet fully developed.

The high weight of waterbeds has so far prevented them from being designed as bunk beds.

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It is the object of the invention to avoid this disadvantage.

This task is solved by the fact that the bed is designed as a loft bed and has a suspension or a frame which, due to structural measures, has a greatly increased transverse stability and load-bearing capacity.

The loft bed is particularly recommended for children's and teenagers' rooms, as it saves space. The bed can be designed as a two-story bunk bed or as a single-story loft bed, with space for a wardrobe or chest of drawers in the lower space.

If a child or an adult jumps onto the loft bed, strong transverse forces are generated because the liquid bed has a high weight, and there is the risk of

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Danger that the frame will tip over or the suspension will start to wobble. This is prevented by the increased transverse stability.

Preferably, the bed is characterized by a wall anchoring of the suspension or frame. The wall anchoring also promotes transverse stability.

The bed is also preferably characterized by cross braces on the suspension or frame.

&Iacgr;&ogr; These cross braces further increase the lateral stability.

Furthermore, the bed is preferably characterized by cross-stabilizing gusset-like elements with dowels on the suspension or the frame. This is also a proven means of increasing the cross stability.

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Preferably, a solid cross-stabilizing support element for the mattress is attached to the frame or suspension, with the actual bed frame being attached to the support element. This also promotes cross stability.

In general, it is advantageous if the structural elements supporting the bed are provided with reinforced transverse stabilizing elements. This of course also serves to provide transverse stability.

A particularly preferred embodiment of a frame for a waterbed is shown in the figures, wherein Figure 1 shows the side view of a frame according to the invention, Figure 2 shows a side view rotated by 90 degrees and Figures 3 and 4 show sections from Figure 2 along the lines A-A and B-B.

In Figure 1, a frame 1 is shown which is set up by means of beams 2. The cross brace 3 serves to provide transverse stability. The ladder 5 with rungs also serves to provide transverse stability. A construction element 4 is actually set up, to which side planes are attached which prevent falling out of the bed. In Figure 2, the construction elements are provided with the same reference symbols. Here, too, a structure is attached to the side of element 4 which prevents falling out of the bed.

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Bed prevented. According to the section A-A in Figure 3 it is shown how the longitudinal beams 2 with j

Cross struts 6 are connected, and in Figure 3 according to section B-B how the cross struts 6 are connected to longitudinal struts 7.

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Claims (6)

1. Liquid bed, in particular water bed, characterized in that the bed is designed as a loft bed and has a suspension or a frame which, due to structural measures, has greatly increased transverse stability and load-bearing capacity. 2. Fluid bed according to claim 1, characterized by a wall anchoring of the suspension or the frame. 3. Fluid bed according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by cross braces on the suspension or the frame. 4. Fluid bed according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized by transversely stabilizing gusset-like elements with tenons on the suspension or the frame, 5. Liquid bed according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized by a solid transversely stabilizing support element for the mattress. 6. Fluid bed according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the structural elements supporting the bed are provided with reinforced transverse stabilizing elements.