US2632899A

US2632899A - Attachment for hollywood beds

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Publication number: US2632899A
Application number: US167229A
Authority: US
Inventors: Arthur L Logan
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1950-06-09
Filing date: 1950-06-09
Publication date: 1953-03-31
Anticipated expiration: 1970-03-31

Description

Mrch 31, 1953/ A LOGAN ATTACHMENTFOR HOLLYWOOD BEDS Filed June 9, 1950 ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 31, 1953 UNITED ,STATES PATENT o FFICE HOLLYWOD fBEDS l, 1"tl 1 in' L. Logan, Floral 1N. iA1; xleatori ,lu-"nee, 1950, serie; No. 116151229 ,6 Chime :to lack offafootboardfthereis.no proper place to stow fthespread'when itisturned-down. I t most .be ataken :off ,1:fo1dedgancl Iput away, or ,it may be :turned :down and Aleft gin partially spread state facross 'thelowerpart of uv tlie bed, This imposes undue Weight upon the feet of the sleeper, `so

that the spreadgenerallybeoomes kicked off on :the Hoor. Likewise, `gth'ereis.no place to I zeep an extra blanketjin readiness. If laid on the .foot

of. the :bed -it is 3 generally pushed off, so that .whenfnee'dedgthe,sleeper;has to get out ofbed in -order to retrieve it.

Theobject of the present'invention is to proviele afreck at-theffootofe Hollywood bed which-can be ,readily-attached thereto, being ad- Vjjiistable from a "collapsedlposition beneath the bed, by-day, when A.it-.may.be,completely coneeeled beneath fthe overweging belSPf-ead t0 :an -erect `positinl by'night, 'in ,wliichit becomes .a ootboarm affording vconvenient Lsupport for. the

turned downbedspread .orjfor the extra blanket,

as Well/as affording means -conronting the Alower end .of ,the ,mattressfwhen 'in ,erect position, between wlnich .means and 'thevvnia'ttress the bed y l "ll appear as the fllowing description of an preferred end :prac- -tical embodiment thereof proceeds. V'I n 'the drawing which accompanies andforms a partjoithe 'foilowingrspecfieation{andthrou'ghont'the'iguresfof the same Vreference*elia-relfctezeshai/e"been iised tir-"denote iident-ical parts:

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figll-refZ isaV View n'velevation-olf-theloot-lend, jtjhe rack being erect;

Figure i'safverti'cal section taken V'along fthe line3-g3- ofFigure 2;

*Figure '-'4 fa perspective wie-w @of .one :of the @Figuierisasectioniaken along `.the line S-S ofFg-ure 1,' Figure '1?7 1a side elet/ation,- partly `in section, of :the Afoot portion of zthe .fbed viewed `from the inside, .the rack being .ein .collapsed position.

Referring `now :detail to `the several gures, fthe nlimerial A'I represents-the springs of ,a Hollywood bedQhaving-.thergid peripheral frame A2, o and .upon which is `,the .mattress 3. At nthehead `land:foot .are 'the .legs 4., only Lthe legs` at the `foot fbeing shown. These are .rigidly secured :to the `iframe.oi-the.springs inthe .conventional manner. .The ettechment 'of the present invention vcoin- --pr'ises three cooperating Iunits, .the brackets 15, one essociatedvwith [each .of the legsatlthe foot, and ithe ,movable -rafck 6;, .Lwhioh ris operatively associated. with fthe brackets. .zEachwbracketcom- Vprises a :side .plate .7 r,perforated forbolts oriscrews by means of which the bracket is attached lto .the leg, :a tace plate f8 f atfrght :angles to ithesde ,piste .1 and ;.welded or .otherwise :made unitary therewith, end .en upwardly f alinea channel member 9 welded to the reerfef theface pla-te. Fie-ores ifrbesteshow :ti-.1.o `,loo .e.1et.5 secured tot-heilesiwith.theielionnel member@ extending forwardly .nwe-wlw to e4 ,eleselyiappro ches he i 11er meneer. e which exteo'ds in the ,-epedfaste book theenennel member 5 d posi-tionf'llhefaoe plate@ has en ;eieetftonsue lwhioh iisfoiset away; from ,the suriaee of l.tbe feces ete andlies,parel1ely The `v i/idtholf @.thetoneue-l2 dth ofthe :hole 1:3., rfrom ...which s. offset, (so f that the .projection-fofithe .tongueupomtheplane of` the hole lis not commer- 1t but leeresfeelet y 1.4 et one Side `ofotheffree edeeoieheto elle. `lhetoris-11e-is ,also .outofat theitop ASica-sf! leavea jrelativelyiwide yslot l5 ,Joetween the Atonglie and cholo. One .0f thesezbracketsgis secured-.to.theinsidefof :therleg ."4 at eachfside ofthe bed.

...Figure f2.showsthattherack itis v,composed .of two Vertical zsideimembersle topizbarl FLsec-ured .Lthereto, andniagonal strutsiiextendingbetween fthe verticalsmernlavers.: Iirandpthe top bar i-'l1 r The Vertical iside members `al 6 .fare of `right .iangular..-cross:-:section, having4 a top ilangeel'iland id flangeig. e'IlietopY-fii nge plays ,inthe slotl .fifi .an'd i-the iside; enee in then-slot I4 of the bracket 5. It will be noted in Figure 7 that the member I6 at its free end is slitted along the apex of the dihedral between the two flanges, and that the top flange I9 is offset from the side flange to form a lug 22 parallel to the plane of said top -ange defining a slot ZI between said lug and the upper edge of said side flange. The slot I5 is made relatively wide so as to enable the memlber I6 of the rack to be inserted into the brackets through the slots I5, including the relatively wide ends of the members I6 created by the offset lug 22.

The inner end of the members I6 are within the channel members 9 and slide along the iioors of said channel members as the rack is raised towards a vertical plane or lowered into its fully collapsed position shown in Figure 7. Y

As the rack 6 approaches the vertical, the top flange comes out through the slot I5, until finally when the rack is in vertical position the entire Atopflange with the exception of the lug 22, lies outside of the face plate S, between said face plate and the tongue I2. When the rack reaches this position it is pushed in a downward direction,

which causes the lug 22 to come down behind the face plate 3, the lower part of said face plate designated as 23 being within the slot 2i. Through vthe interdigitation of the slotted ends of the side -members I6 with the lower parts 23 of the face plates, the rack is positively held rigidly in an upright or vertical position with its side members I6 and struts I8 contacting the down folded end 'of the bed spread at spaced points, as clearly .shown in Figures 1 and 2. When it is desired to collapse the rack, it is first pulled in an upward direction in order to disengage the slotted member I6 from the face plates, whereupon, it may be 'tilted and pushed back through the slots I4 and l5, the inner endl sliding upon the bottom of the channel member 9 in the manner already described.

When in fully collapsed position, only the top Vbar II projects, as shown in Figure '7, this being readily and completely concealed by the overhanging bedspread. l

Figure 5 shows that th'ediagonal struts I8 have an oiset portion 24, which enables the struts I8 :to clear the tongue I2 of the bracket 5.

It will be apparent from the above description that this rack attachment gives all the advantages of a footboard without'the unsightly `lines of one, in the daytime, to spoil the smoothness and compactness which characterizes the Holly- Y by those skilled in the art that the specific details of construction and arrangement of parts, as shown, are by way of example and not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. An attachment for a Hollywood bed comprising a pair of similar brackets having means by which they may be respectively secured to the opposite legs at the foot of the bed, anda rack including side members and a top member 'convnected therebetween, said side members being 4 tiltably and slidably mounted in said brackets with a range of movement from an erect position at the foot of the bed predominantly on the outside of said brackets to a recumbent position predominantly on the inside of said brackets and beneath the bed.

2. An attachment for a Hollywood bed comprising a pair of brackets, each comprising a face plate having a tongue oiset from the plane of said face plate and delining with the edges of the opening from which it was struck, communicating slots through said face plate at the top and free side of said tongue, said brackets each including a perforated side plate to be secured to a leg of the bed adjacent the foot, each bracket having a channel member secured to said face plate below said slot, on the side opposite said tongue, having means adjacent the end remote from said face plate forsupporting it upon a longitudinal member of the bed, a rack comprising side members of right angular cross-section having top and side flanges, a transverse .top bar connected between said side members, the latter members being slidably and tiltably mounted in said brackets with their anges in the respective slots and with their lower ends within said channel members, said rack being movable from a recumbent position in which its side members are predominantly inside of said face plate and beneath the bed to an erect vposition at the foot of the bed in which it is predominantly inside of said face plates with a flange of each side member between the corresponding face plate and its tongue, the lower ends of said side members being slotted between their top and side flanges, to permit said flanges to embrace said face plates below said tongues for maintaining said rack erect.

3. An attachment for a Hollywood bed comprising brackets attachable to the opposite legs adjacent the foot of the bed, said brackets each having a guide member adapted to extend longitudinally of the bed and having means for supporting it upon a longitudinal member of the bed, Vand a rack including va pair of parallel side members and a connecting transverse member, said side members being tiltably and slidably mounted in said brackets with their lower ends engaging said guide means, said rack being movable from a recumbent position predominantly inside of said brackets and beneath the bed, to an erect position at the foot of .the bed predominantly outside of said brackets.

4. An attachment for a Hollywood bed as claimed in claim 3, said side members being provided with means engageable with said brackets when said side members are erect for maintaining them erect.

5. An attachment for a Hollywood bed comprising brackets attachable to the opposite legs adjacent the foot of the bed, said brackets each including a face plate anda tongue oiset from the plane of said face plate, each bracket having a guide member adapted to extend longitudi- -nally of the bed and having means :for supporting it upon a longitudinal member of the bed, and

a rack including a pair of parallel side mem- 5 the foot of the bed between said face plates and tongues.

6. An attachment for a Hollywood bed comprising a pair of similar brackets having means by which they may be secured at transversely spaced points to the bed adjacent the foot, and a rack including side members and a rtop member connected therebetween, said side members being tiltably and slidably mounted in said brackets with a range of movement from an erect position at the foot of the bed predominantly outside of said brackets to a recumbent position 6 predominantly beneath the bed inside of said brackets.

ARTHUR L. LOGAN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS 10 Number Name Date 1,262,Q86 Paige Apr. 9, 1918 1,359,430 Richards Nov. 16, 1920