Articulating bed frame

• US 20010000828A1
• Filed: 12/29/2000
• Published: 05/10/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: David W. Hensley
• Original Assignee: David W. Hensley
• Inventors: Hensley, David W.
• Granted Patent: US 6,708,358 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 5/618
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 20/041 by electric motors
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 20/08 with means for adjusting two or more rests simultaneously
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 5/933 Massaging bed

Abstract

A bed assembly includes a base, a frame supported by the base, a deck supported by the frame, and a unit received in an opening formed in an upwardly-facing top surface of the deck so that the unit is accessible from the top side of the deck.

Claims

1. A bed assembly comprising:

a) a base,

b) a frame supported by the base,

c) a deck supported by the frame, the deck having a generally upwardly-facing top surface formed to include an opening, and

d) a unit received by the opening so that the unit is accessible from the top surface of the deck.

2. The bed assembly of

claim 1

, wherein the unit is a massage unit.

3. The bed assembly of

claim 1

, wherein the unit is an electrical control box.

4. The bed assembly of

claim 1

, further comprising a mattress pad defining an opening, at least a portion of the opening of the mattress pad being coextensive with at least a portion of the opening of the deck so that the unit is accessible through the mattress pad and the deck.

5. The bed assembly of

claim 1

, wherein the deck includes at least an upper body frame section and a seat frame section, the upper body and seat frame section being longitudinally spaced apart and transversely extending with the upper body frame section being movable relative to the seat frame section to provide articulating movement thereof with respect to the seat frame section.