| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 005133000 | Upending | 14 |
| 20130025049 | FOLDABLE BED - A foldable bed includes an upstanding cabinet; a bed frame assembly; and a pair of shifting mechanisms for pivotally supporting the bed frame assembly to the cabinet so the bed frame assembly can be shifted between a raised, closed position and a lowered, open position. Each of the shifting mechanisms includes a hinge plate pivotally connected to the cabinet and integrally formed with a portion of the bed frame assembly and a piston coupled between the hinge plate and the cabinet for assisting with shifting of the bed frame assembly between the raised and lowered positions. The bed frame assembly broadly comprises a tray; a metal frame positioned on top of and attached to the tray; and a plurality of metal legs positioned below and attached to the tray and the metal frame. | 01-31-2013 |
| 005136000 | Pivoting | 9 |
| 20080209632 | CHANGING STATION - The disclosed changing station may support a small person, such as a baby. The station may comprise a platform, a support structure, and a mounting structure. The platform may be rotatable from a vertical storage position to a horizontal use position along a rotational axis. The support structure may have a rotatable support member that rotates along the rotational axis. The mounting structure may be used for mounting the support structure to a vertical wall | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080229497 | Collapsible Furniture Construction, Particularly for a Foldaway Bed - A collapsible furniture construction includes a holder with two substantially rectangular mutually spaced parallel side flanges with two lower corners at the front and back, upper corners at the front and back and a substantially rectangular pivotable frame with a rear end portion inserted between the flanges and rotatable thereon between a substantially vertical stowed position and a substantially horizontal extended or forwardly open position, including at least one cross-member substantially perpendicular to the flanges and attached thereto for engaging a wall or the floor. The cross-member includes wall or floor attachment elements; a transverse pivot shaft substantially perpendicular to the flanges and mounted on the frame with the shaft ends pivotably connected to the flanges in an area adjacent to the upper front corners thereof; and a twist-preventing reinforcing crossbar substantially perpendicular to the flanges, rigidly connected thereto and positioned in the area below the pivot shaft. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20100043142 | WALL BED ASSEMBLY - A wall bed assembly including a wall cabinet and a bed frame. The bed frame is pivoted from a vertical, stored position within the wall cabinet to a horizontal position for use as a bed. The bed frame is connected to the wall cabinet with a pivot bracket secured to the bed frame which pivotally attaches to the lower end of a counterbalancing piston. The pivot bracket is pivotally secured to a fulcrum member of a plate secured to the wall cabinet's side panel. The upper end of the counterbalancing piston is pivotally secured to a plate that attaches to the wall cabinet side panel. Accordingly, the bed frame may be pivoted between the vertical and horizontal positions. Additionally, the bed frame includes a pair of legs for supporting the frame in the horizontal position. The legs are non-linear and are pivotally attached to the sides of the bed frame such that they are positioned to support the bed frame due to gravitational forces as the bed frame is moved to the horizontal position. The wall bed assembly also includes retractable magnets for securing the bed frame in the vertical position. A safety release position is also provided such that when said bed frame is released from the vertical position it assumes the safety release position. Additional forces must be applied for the bed frame to assume the horizontal position. Unintentional repositioning of the bed frame from the wall cabinet is thereby prevented. A bed frame assembly for a customizable wall cabinet is also provided. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20120073045 | Rolling Foldout Cabinet Bed - 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. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20130145548 | Folding Bed with a Control Lever Arranged Between a Cabinet Unit and a Head Part - Provided is a folding bed including a cabinet unit and a head part pivotable in relation to the cabinet unit, wherein the head part, in an unused position, is positioned in an approximately vertical orientation in the cabinet unit and in a usage position in an approximately horizontal orientation at least in sections in front of the cabinet unit. The head part can be pivoted from the unused position into the usage position and back. In order to further reduce the space required for the folding bed, the cabinet unit and head part are connected together via a control lever that is held pivotable about a pivot axis on the cabinet unit and a pivot axis on the head part. The control lever is designed such that on movement of the head part from the unused position into the usage position and back, it is pivoted against the cabinet unit. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20140310873 | MODULAR WALLS INCORPORATING RECESSED, EXTENDABLE FURNITURE - A modular wall includes a plurality of inter-connectable and interchangeable wall modules. At least one of the wall modules includes a recessed, extendable piece of furniture, such as a bed, desk, table, work surface or chair. When in a closed configuration, the furniture folds into or otherwise resides within a recessed pocket in the modular wall. When in the closed configuration, the outer surface of the furniture forms an exterior surface of the wall module; thereby, concealing the furniture seamlessly into the modular wall. The exterior surface can comprise one or more exterior interchangeable tiles. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20150107021 | FOLD-AWAY BUNK BED - A fold-away bunk bed including a supporting framework to which two bedsprings, an upper bedspring and a lower bedspring, are hinged; the bedsprings have at least two working positions: an open position, in which the bedsprings are in a horizontal position, and a closed position, in which they are in a vertical position and are substantially included within the framework. Each one of the bedsprings is hinged to the framework by an independent articulated structure that is contained in a lateral shoulder of the framework. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150342356 | POSITIONING ASSEMBLY - Retractable beds exist and work on a myriad of mechanisms for enabling bed and mattresses to be retracted and deployed. However, structural deficiencies together with the weight of the mattress have contributed to deficiencies and damage to these retractable beds. An embodiment of the invention herein describes a positioning assembly comprising a platform structure supported by a support structure. The platform structure supports a mattress which is retractable towards the support structure. The positioning assembly further comprises a leg structure configured for being displaceable for supporting the platform structure in cooperation with the support structure when deployed. The leg structure further linked to the support structure for retraction thereof when the platform structure is retracted. The platform assembly further comprises linkages for controlling positioning of the leg structure and at least one guide structure for guiding movement of at least one of the linkages. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20160084000 | PRINTABLE INTERCHANGEABLE VERTICALLY RETRACTABLE FRONT COVER SYSTEM FOR MURPHY BEDS - A printable interchangeable vertically retractable front cover system for a Murphy bed may provide a cover assembly, a cover framing assembly, a cover drive assembly, and a Murphy bed assembly. The cover assembly may vertically deploy to conceal a Murphy bed in the upright position and may vertically retract for the bed frame and mattress to be lowered to the floor. The cover assembly may include a positionable cover having a continuous seamless printable surface that may accept high resolution printed imagery such as photographs and artwork. The cover may vertically retract and deploy with the aid of its own drive assembly. The positionable cover may either roll up or fold up into a compact cover assembly which may be uniquely removably mounted to the cover framing assembly to allow for quick and easy transition from one cover assembly to another, thus making it uniquely interchangeable. For the first time, a Murphy bed owner may have the ability to quickly update the appearance of his or her stowed Murphy bed, such as with changing seasons, styles or interests. | 03-24-2016 |
| 005149000 | Sectional | 1 |
| 20160022048 | Folding Bed For Space Saving Storage Within a Cabinet - A folding bed for storage within a cabinet has a flat platform made from a front panel and an inside front panel. Rear extension panels are hingedly attached to the rear face of a drawer such that in the closed cabinet position the rear extension panels are parallel to the rear drawer face and moveable when in the open bed position to be parallel with the side drawer faces. The cabinet sides and the cabinet top have hinges to permit opening up the upper structural section. | 01-28-2016 |
| 005159100 | Case | 1 |
| 20160058196 | ROLLING FOLDOUT CABINET BED - A foldout cabinet bed has two faces that fold out from a vertical position to a horizontal position, thereby creating a surface that can be used for sleeping. Each face has two side rails for enclosing an area for placing a mattress. The rails are dimensionally asymmetrical such that one of the faces has a smaller rail height/depth than the adjacent rail on the other face. The shorter rail height is smaller than the thickness of the mattress, thus allowing a user to comfortably sit on the edge of the mattress. The taller rail height is larger than the thickness of the mattress and provides a headboard. | 03-03-2016 |
| 005164100 | Counterbalance spring | 1 |
| 20140352059 | COUNTERBALANCING ASSEMBLY FOR FOLDING FURNITURE - A counterbalancing assembly for an article of folding furniture comprises at least one piston extending between a support assembly and a furniture component, said piston being biased to resist a downward force of gravity acting on the furniture component. An upper mounting bracket secures a first end of the piston to the support assembly, and a lower mounting bracket secures a second end of the piston to the furniture component. One or both of the upper and lower mounting brackets includes a worm gear and a mounting element that is threaded onto the worm gear. Each such mounting element has a portion adapted to engage a complementary fitting defined by a respective end of the piston, such that rotation of the worm gear causes a corresponding linear movement of the mounting element, and thus, linear movement of the respective end of the piston. | 12-04-2014 |
| 005167000 | Locks | 1 |
| 20120060279 | PULL DOWN BED WITH AUTOMATIC LOCKING DEVICE - A pull down bed with automatic locking device has a movable framework, which constitutes a mattress frame, and is hinged to a container body, which constitutes a piece of furniture, so as to define a closed position, in which said mattress frame is substantially inside the piece of furniture, and an open position, for use as a bed, in which the mattress frame is in a horizontal position and rests on the ground by means of two feet. The mattress frame is hinged to the piece of furniture at one end and has its feet at the other end. The pull down bed includes a device for locking said mattress frame in the closed or horizontal position, which is actuated by an actuation device, which includes the feet. | 03-15-2012 |
