US3295149A - Folding bed - Google Patents

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US3295149A
US3295149A US421252A US42125264A US3295149A US 3295149 A US3295149 A US 3295149A US 421252 A US421252 A US 421252A US 42125264 A US42125264 A US 42125264A US 3295149 A US3295149 A US 3295149A
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Hall William Joseph
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C19/00—Bedsteads
    • A47C19/12—Folding bedsteads
    • A47C19/122—Folding bedsteads foldable head to foot only

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  • the present invention relates to folding beds and broadly has for its object the provision of a folding bed which, in a folded position can be stored in a comparatively confined space, which is self-suppo1ting and which, when in the extended position, provides a firm and stable sleeping surface.
  • lt is a particular object to provide a bed which can be stored in a space low in height.
  • a folding bed including a frame assembly having a central hinge section and a pair of outer sections one on either side of the central section and hinged thereto, the assembly being supported upon leg members which are pivoted to the outer sections, the arrangement being such that a pair of said leg members, one on each side of the central section, serve to support the folded bed as well as the bed when extended to provide a sleeping surface.
  • the present invention consists of a bed comprising a frame assembly, the assembly having a central section and a pair of outer sections one on either side of the central section and hinged thereto, leg means pivoted to the central and outer sections, and means arranged to pivot the central section leg means, on folding of the assembly, to a position clear of a surface on which the bed is supported.
  • the means for pivoting the central section leg means comprise a pivotal linkage.
  • the present invention comprises a bed wherein the linkage ensures that when the bed is in an open position the leg means pivoted to the central section are located wholly within that area of the supporting surface which lies beneath the central section.
  • the linkage comprises rods pivotally connected at their ends to the leg means or members pivoted to the outer sections and to the central section.
  • one leg is pivoted to each outer section and two leg means or members are pivoted to the central section, one to each side of the centre thereof, the spacing of the leg means or members being such as to make the bed bilaterally symmetrical.
  • FIGURE l is a side elevation of a folding bed according to the present invention, the bed being shown in the extended position;
  • FIGURE 2 is a side elevation of the said bed in its folded position
  • FIGURE 3 is a further view of the bed according to the invention.
  • a folding bed according to the invention comprises a frame assembly formed by a central section 1 and two outer sections 2 and 3 each hinged to one side of the central section 1 at a point 7 near the top thereof.
  • Said outer sections are each formed from substantially a U- shaped tubular metal frame and a pair of substantially U-shaped tubular metal inner leg members 8 are pivoted ICC towards the lower edge of the central section, one leg member being pivoted at a point 14 to each side thereof.
  • Each inner member 8 is linked to its adjacent outer section (2 or 3) by an inner linking rod 12 pivoted to the inner leg member at a point 20 a short distance from the point 14 at which it is pivoted to the central section.
  • the inner linking rod 12 is also pivoted to the adjacent outer section at point 30, the distance from the pivot point 30 on the adjacent outer section to the pivot point 20 being greater than the distance from ythe pivot point 20 on the leg member to its pivot point 14 with the central section.
  • the shape of the central section, the relative dimensions of the parts and the distances between the pivot points are such that when the bed is in its folded or closed position the inner leg members lie substantially perpendicular to the central section and substantially parallel to the outer sec-tions.
  • the inner leg mem* bers are turned through an angle of more than about their pivot points on the central members by the inner linking rods 12, and during the latter part of their travel, press against the oor or other supporting surface thereby raising the central section with respect to said floor or supporting surface and coming to rest in such a position that the distance between the floor engaging surfaces of the leg members is less than the distance between their points of pivot.
  • the inner leg members lie wholly beneath the central section and therefore wholly between .the central section and the floor or other supporting surface.
  • the inner leg members are in a position past dead-centre, their free extremities being closer together than their pivoted ends.
  • the arrangement of the linkage may be such that the floor-engaging surfaces of the legs 8 abut against each other when the bed is in an open position.
  • each outer section Pivoted, at a pivot point 10, towards the outer end of each outer section (2, 3) is an outer leg member 9 linked to the central section by an outer linking rod 11 pivoted at one end to point 40 on the outer leg member 9 and at the other end of the central section 1.
  • the latter pivot point is at or close to, the pivot point 14 where the central section is pivoted to the adjacent inner leg member 8.
  • the point 14 is common to the central section, the adjacent inner leg member and the outer linking rod.
  • a bed head and foot may be provided, said bed head or foot being pivoted or fixed at or near the outer ends of the outer sections.
  • Castors 45 or the like are provided on the surfaces of the central section designed to contact the floor or other supporting surface.
  • castors or the like may be provided on any leg members intended to otherwise engage the floor or other supporting surface, or on extensions of one or more of the linkage rods thereby to facilitate movement of the bed or parts thereof.
  • the bed In use the bed is opened from the closed position by a single movement, said movement involving the pushing apart :of the outer ends of the two outer sections 2 and 3.
  • the sections 2 and 3 are strung with a spring mattress frame which mattress is in a state of compression when the bed is in a closed state. Such compression tends to assist opening of the bed when catch means 50a and Sllb are released.
  • Sandwiching of a foam or similar mattress is the cavity formed between the members 2 and 3 when the bed is in the closed position also tends to assist opening of the bed, such opening is further assisted by the weight of the outer ends of the mattress enclosed within the folded assembly.
  • a folding bed comprising a central frame section
  • a pair of outer frame sections means pivoting the outer frame sections one on each of opposed sides of the central section; a pair of inner leg means; means pivoting each of the inner leg means to the central section; a pair of outer leg means; means pivoting each of the outer leg means to a respective outer frame section; and linkage means extending between the leg means and the frame sections, the linkage means being adapted to maintain the inner leg means with the free ends thereof closer together than their pivoted ends, and the outer leg means with the pivoted ends thereof closer together than their free ends in the unfolded position of the bed.
  • a folding bed as claimed in claim 1 wherein the linkage means includes on each side of the bed a link pivoted at one end to the outer frame section at that side at a position intermediate the means pivoting the outer leg means to the outer section and' the means pivoting the outer section to the central section, said link being pivoted at the other end to the inner leg means at that side intermediate its ends.

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US3602927A (en) * 1967-11-24 1971-09-07 Beroche Sa Foldable bed
US3852837A (en) * 1972-04-28 1974-12-10 Foster Brothers Mfg Co Fold-away bed unit
US5386601A (en) * 1991-05-07 1995-02-07 Koehl; Bernd Folding bed
US6035468A (en) * 1998-12-09 2000-03-14 Lee; Hsueh Yen Folding bed with detachable legs
US20070277317A1 (en) * 2006-06-01 2007-12-06 Ferko Joseph G Foldable medical bed
US8006327B1 (en) 2008-02-08 2011-08-30 C.A.B., Inc. Pivoting leg assembly for folding furniture
US8430060B2 (en) 2011-05-20 2013-04-30 Gemini Management Group, Llc Rolling and folding pet bed
US20130276228A1 (en) * 2012-04-22 2013-10-24 Asiatex Industrial Ltd. Framed Bed Foundation
CN105193564A (zh) * 2015-09-25 2015-12-30 天津市神昆工贸有限公司 一种折叠床
US9456698B2 (en) * 2015-01-19 2016-10-04 Grantec (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. Foldable bed frame structure with wheels
US10285506B2 (en) * 2015-04-30 2019-05-14 Inno-Sports Co., Ltd. Foldable bed frame having pivotally connected frame units
US10321767B2 (en) 2015-02-27 2019-06-18 Inno-Sports Co., Ltd. Supports, folding mechanisms and foldable supporting frames
US10561252B2 (en) 2017-05-17 2020-02-18 Inno-Sports Co., Ltd. Foldable bed frame
US10563684B2 (en) 2017-05-17 2020-02-18 Inno-Sports Co., Ltd. Bed frame with backrest
US10694860B2 (en) 2016-07-04 2020-06-30 Xiamen Innovation Metal Products Co., Ltd. Foldable bed frame
US20200237105A1 (en) * 2019-01-24 2020-07-30 Ppj, Llc Foldable and shippable adjustable bed assembly
US10813466B2 (en) 2016-11-10 2020-10-27 Xiamen Innovation Metal Products Co., Ltd. Foldable bed frame with asymmetrically arranged supporting legs
US10813467B2 (en) 2016-02-02 2020-10-27 Xiamen Innovation Metal Products Co., Ltd. Foldable bed frame having legs rotatable in lateral direction
US20210341006A1 (en) * 2015-12-31 2021-11-04 Sleep Number Corporation Foundation and frame for bed
US11700950B2 (en) 2019-04-28 2023-07-18 Inno-Sports Co., Ltd. Adjustable support and bed frame having same

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GB687394A (en) * 1946-03-02 1953-02-11 Englander Co Inc Improvements in foldable bed frames
FR1191726A (fr) * 1958-02-19 1959-10-21 Usines Metallurg De Literie Perfectionnements apportés aux lits pliants, notamment aux lits-cages métalliques
FR79582E (de) * 1963-03-29

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FR79582E (de) * 1963-03-29
GB687394A (en) * 1946-03-02 1953-02-11 Englander Co Inc Improvements in foldable bed frames
FR1191726A (fr) * 1958-02-19 1959-10-21 Usines Metallurg De Literie Perfectionnements apportés aux lits pliants, notamment aux lits-cages métalliques

Cited By (23)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3602927A (en) * 1967-11-24 1971-09-07 Beroche Sa Foldable bed
US3852837A (en) * 1972-04-28 1974-12-10 Foster Brothers Mfg Co Fold-away bed unit
US5386601A (en) * 1991-05-07 1995-02-07 Koehl; Bernd Folding bed
US6035468A (en) * 1998-12-09 2000-03-14 Lee; Hsueh Yen Folding bed with detachable legs
US20070277317A1 (en) * 2006-06-01 2007-12-06 Ferko Joseph G Foldable medical bed
US7493667B2 (en) * 2006-06-01 2009-02-24 Ferko Iii Joseph G Foldable medical bed
US8006327B1 (en) 2008-02-08 2011-08-30 C.A.B., Inc. Pivoting leg assembly for folding furniture
US8430060B2 (en) 2011-05-20 2013-04-30 Gemini Management Group, Llc Rolling and folding pet bed
US20130276228A1 (en) * 2012-04-22 2013-10-24 Asiatex Industrial Ltd. Framed Bed Foundation
US9456698B2 (en) * 2015-01-19 2016-10-04 Grantec (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. Foldable bed frame structure with wheels
US10321767B2 (en) 2015-02-27 2019-06-18 Inno-Sports Co., Ltd. Supports, folding mechanisms and foldable supporting frames
US10285506B2 (en) * 2015-04-30 2019-05-14 Inno-Sports Co., Ltd. Foldable bed frame having pivotally connected frame units
CN105193564A (zh) * 2015-09-25 2015-12-30 天津市神昆工贸有限公司 一种折叠床
US12117028B2 (en) * 2015-12-31 2024-10-15 Sleep Number Corporation Foundation and frame for bed
US20210341006A1 (en) * 2015-12-31 2021-11-04 Sleep Number Corporation Foundation and frame for bed
US10813467B2 (en) 2016-02-02 2020-10-27 Xiamen Innovation Metal Products Co., Ltd. Foldable bed frame having legs rotatable in lateral direction
US10694860B2 (en) 2016-07-04 2020-06-30 Xiamen Innovation Metal Products Co., Ltd. Foldable bed frame
US10813466B2 (en) 2016-11-10 2020-10-27 Xiamen Innovation Metal Products Co., Ltd. Foldable bed frame with asymmetrically arranged supporting legs
US10561252B2 (en) 2017-05-17 2020-02-18 Inno-Sports Co., Ltd. Foldable bed frame
US10563684B2 (en) 2017-05-17 2020-02-18 Inno-Sports Co., Ltd. Bed frame with backrest
US20200237105A1 (en) * 2019-01-24 2020-07-30 Ppj, Llc Foldable and shippable adjustable bed assembly
US11744380B2 (en) * 2019-01-24 2023-09-05 Ppj, Llc Foldable and shippable adjustable bed assembly
US11700950B2 (en) 2019-04-28 2023-07-18 Inno-Sports Co., Ltd. Adjustable support and bed frame having same

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