US1180112A - Wall-bed. - Google Patents

Description

N. B. DOUGLASS.

WALL BED.

APPLICATION FILED 1111111.28, 191.2.

18, 1916. 2 SHEETS-s111251 1.

W A M t m Fw N. B. DOUGLASS.

WALL BED.

APPLlcATloN HLEDMAR. 28. 1912.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co., WASHINGTON. D. C.

WALL-BED.

LISOJULE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. i8, 19116.

Application led March 28, 1912. Serial No. 686,847.

To all whom z't may concern:

Beit known that I, NAPOLEON B. DOUG- LAss, citizen of the United States, residing at Berkeley, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Wall-Beds, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wall beds, and pertains especially to a wall bed arrangement by which a full-sized double bed may be so mountedin a closet having a door of ordinary width, that this bed can swing in and out of the closet through an arc of 180 without interference with or from the door.

The Object of the present invention is to provide a wall bed mounting in which a bed is mounted at one side of a wall opening and adjacent to the butt edges of the door which usually forms a closure for the opening; no part of the weight of the bed however being carried by the door; there being employed in conjunction with this door a panel on the bed mounting, co-acting with the door to give finish to the structure and to avoid clumsy, cumbersome and unsightly construction, all as will be hereinafter explained.

The invention consists of the parts and the combination and construction of parts as hereinafter more fully described and claimed, having reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation in partial section, showing the invention. Fig. 2 is a.

plan view in partial section through the closet and door, showing the invention; the bed being disposed in the closet as shown in full line, the dotted lines indicating the bed partially reversed. Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 2, with the parts in reverse position.

A is a closet or recess normally closed by the door 2, which is hinged at 3. This door is an ordinary stock door. 4 is a. full-sized, double bed, considerably wider than the door, and mounted on a bed-carrying bracket frame 5, so as to be turned in a vertical plane and stand in either of the two positions indicated in Fig. 1.

The invention resides in the manner of mounting the bed in the closet and independent of the door, so far as the latter carrying any weight is concerned, so that when the door is opened the bed may swing to complete reversal in either direction, through an arc of 180.

The bed-carrying structure 5 is mounted ona vertical standard or tube section 6, whlch is rigidly connected to two bracket arms 7 at top and bottom; each of these arms having pintles 8 suitably stepped in 5c the top and bottom of the door opening and approximate to the hinges 3 of the door, but

in no wise connected with the door, or the door jamb. The arms 7 and standard 6 are placed to oneside of the center of the bed 55 where a wide bed is used, a suiiicient distance to allow the proper clearance of the bed with the door frame when the bed is reversed.

In order to cause the bed to turn in uni- 73 son with the door 2 I prefer to connect the edge of the bed-carrying structure 5 with the edge of the door on the side which is within the closet, by a toggle or jointed link 9. In order to completely close the closet 75 opening when the bed is opened out for use I attach a panel l0 to the back of the bedcarrying frame and I may hinge a small door 11 to the opposite door jamb, as shown at 12; this small door being adapted to open 8o outwardly from the interior of the closet and form a joint with the adjacent edge of the panel l0, when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 3. This small door affords easy access to the closet. 35

When the bed is in the closet as shown in full lines Fig. 2, access may then be had to the closet by simply opening the door 2 and swinging the parts in to the dotted line position indicated. f

By the mounting of the bed on the frame i formed by the arm 7 and standard 6, and y, pivoting the arm 7 as shown at 8, I dof away with all reversing links and simply swing the bed in a true circle about the pivots 8, as a center; it being understood that the frame 5 which carries the bed is rigid on the standard 6 and that the latter is rigidly connected with the arm 7. The v length of the arm 7 is sufficient to allow the 100 bed to stand in vertical planes parallel with the closet wall, irrespective of whether the bed is in the closet or out of it.

From the foregoing it will be observed that the crank arms 7 are vertically pivoted 105 to one edge of the closet opening and adjacent to the butt edges of the door 2; the door carrying no part of the weight of the structure. The panel 10 on the bed frame is complementary to the door 2; being adapted 110 to stand in continuation of and in the same plane with the door when the parts are opened in the position shown in Fig. 3. Vhen the door is fully closed the panel 10 stands behind thevwall in the closet and out of the plane of the door 2 when the latter' is closed. The panel 10 is necessary not only to give finish and form a back-ground or wall against which the bed has the appearance of being shoved up against when out 'or use, but it forms a barrier or wall against drafts. The door 2 and panel 10 forms a combination and mechanical movement novel and peculiar in the wall bed business and has resulted in the increased economy in manufacture and reduction of space necessary for manipulation.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- The combination with a receptacle having a door opening and a door hinged at one edge to the side wall of the opening for closing the latter, of a bed frame greater in width than said door opening, a vvertically arranged shaft having upper and lower 'crank arms rigidly connected to the shaft with the free ends of said arms pivotally mounted 1n top and bottom bearings 1n the .door opening, whereby said shaft may be NAPOLEON B. I) OUGLASS.

lVitnesses HARRY B. STEARNS, HARRY P. THOMAS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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