Floating beds

• US 10,314,406 B2
• Filed: 12/28/2016
• Issued: 06/11/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dyan Grey
• Original Assignee: Dyan Grey
• Inventors: Grey, Dyan
• Primary Examiner(s): Polito, Nicholas F
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bailey, Amanda L
• Application Number:
  US15/392,756
• Publication Number:
  US 20170105537A1
• Time in Patent Office: 895 Days
• Field of Search: D6382, D6393, D6394, D6395
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 17/38 Wall beds
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 17/46 characterised by a rigid mattress-supporting member
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 19/021 Bedstead frames
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 19/022 Head or foot boards
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 19/025 Direct mattress support frames, Cross-bars

Abstract

A device comprising: a bed frame comprising a platform frame and a headboard frame, wherein the platform frame is T-shaped as defined via a leg portion and a platform portion, wherein the platform portion comprises a spine portion extending longitudinally over the leg portion, wherein the headboard frame defines a U-shaped channel, wherein the spine portion extends through the U-shaped channel and the headboard frame is non-perpendicularly oriented to the platform portion when the headboard frame spans between a wall and a floor, the platform portion is secured to the wall cantileveredly, and the headboard frame is secured to the wall distal to the floor.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

securing a leg portion to a platform portion such that the leg portion and the platform portion are in a T-shape relationship with each other, wherein the platform portion is unitary;

securing the platform portion to a wall portion, as the leg portion is secured to the platform portion, such that the leg portion is supported via a floor portion such that the leg portion extends longitudinally away from a head end of the platform portion towards a foot end of the platform portion; and

securing a headboard frame portion to the platform portion, as the platform portion is secured to the wall portion, such that the headboard frame portion is non-perpendicular to the platform portion and such that the headboard frame portion spans between the wall portion and the floor portion, wherein the headboard frame portion includes a first end portion and a second end portion, wherein the first end portion contacts the wall portion, wherein the second end portion contacts the floor portion.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

securing the headboard frame portion to the wall portion, as the headboard frame portion is secured to the platform portion.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the platform portion includes a spine portion extending longitudinally over the leg portion, wherein the headboard frame portion is secured to the spine portion.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the headboard frame portion includes a U-shaped portion through which the spine portion extends.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

positioning a plurality of slats onto the platform portion, as the headboard frame portion is secured to the platform portion, such that the slats are capable of supporting a mattress thereon.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the slats define an opening through which the headboard frame portion extends.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the leg portion is unitary.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the headboard frame portion includes an end portion with an angled cap mounted thereon, wherein the angled cap contacts the wall portion.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the headboard frame portion includes an end portion with an angled cap mounted thereon, wherein the angled cap contacts the floor portion.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

operating at least one of a circuit or a sensor, wherein at least one of the platform portion, the leg portion, or the headboard frame portion includes the at least one of the circuit or the sensor.

11. A method comprising:

securing a plurality of platform frame sections to each other such that a platform frame with a spine is formed, wherein each of the platform frame sections has a longitudinal member, wherein the spine is formed by the longitudinal members and is common to the platform frame sections;

securing a bracket to the spine;

securing a leg to the bracket, as the bracket is secured to the spine, such that the leg and the platform frame form a T-shape, wherein the spine extends longitudinally over the leg;

securing the platform frame to a wall portion, as the leg is secured to the bracket, such that the leg is supported via a floor portion; and

securing a headboard frame portion to the platform frame, as the platform frame is secured to the wall portion, such that the headboard frame portion is non-perpendicular to the platform frame and such that the headboard frame portion spans between the wall portion and the floor portion and such that the spine extends through headboard frame portion, wherein the headboard frame portion includes a first end portion and a second end portion, wherein the first end portion contacts the wall portion, wherein the second end portion contacts the floor portion.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

securing the headboard frame portion to the wall portion, as the headboard frame portion is secured to the platform frame.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the headboard frame portion includes a U-shaped portion through which the spine extends.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

positioning a plurality of slats onto the platform frame, as the headboard frame portion is secured to the platform frame, such that the slats are capable of supporting a mattress thereon.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the slats define an opening through which the headboard frame portion extends.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the leg is unitary.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the headboard frame portion includes an end portion with an angled cap mounted thereon, wherein the angled cap contacts the wall portion.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the headboard frame portion includes an end portion with an angled cap mounted thereon, wherein the angled cap contacts the floor portion.

19. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

operating at least one of a circuit or a sensor, wherein at least one of the platform frame, the leg, or the headboard frame portion includes the at least one of the circuit or the sensor.

20. A method comprising:

coupling a platform frame to a headboard frame, wherein the platform frame includes a platform segment and a leg segment in a T-shape relationship with each other, wherein the platform segment includes a spine extending longitudinally over the leg segment, wherein the platform frame comprises a plurality of platform frame sections, wherein each of the platform frame sections has a longitudinal member, wherein the spine is formed by the longitudinal members and is common to the platform frame sections;

wherein the headboard frame includes a U-shaped segment, wherein the spine extends through the U-shaped segment, wherein the headboard frame includes a first end portion and a second end portion;

coupling the platform segment to a wall; and

coupling the headboard frame to the wall such that the headboard frame is non-perpendicular to the platform segment, the first end portion contacts the wall, and the second end portion contacts a floor.