STACKABLE BED PLATFORM

• US 20090307838A1
• Filed: 06/11/2008
• Published: 12/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: VDL Industries, LLC (Correctional Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: VDL Industries, LLC (Correctional Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Claffy, Joseph R., Claffy, Edward W.
• Granted Patent: US 8,220,085 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 5/8
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 19/202 Stacking or nesting bedsteads

Abstract

A stackable bed platform includes a primary sleep surface and a secondary sleep surface. The primary sleep surface includes a first bunk rail having a top edge formed by a first side wall, connected to a first end bunk rail having a top edge formed by a first end wall, connected to a second side bunk rail having a top edge formed by a second side wall, connected to a second end bunk rail having a top edge formed by a second end wall. The primary sleep surface also has a first supportive surface connected to the first side wall, the second side wall, the first end wall, and the second end wall. The secondary sleep surface includes a second supportive surface opposing the first supportive surface that is connected to the first side wall, the second side wall, the first end wall, and the second end wall.

Claims

1. A stackable bed platform comprising:

a primary sleep surface including;

a first side bunk rail having a top edge formed by a first side wall, connected to a first end bunk rail having a top edge formed by a first end wall, connected to a second side bunk rail having a top edge formed by a second side wall, connected to a second end bunk rail having a top edge formed by a second end wall; and

a first supportive surface connected to the first side wall, the second side wall, the first end wall, and the second end wall;

a secondary sleep surface, opposite the primary sleep surface, including;

a second supportive surface opposing the first supportive surface, connected to the first side wall, the second side wall, the first end wall, and the second end wall;

wherein a bottom edge of the first side wall forms a third side bunk rail opposing the first side bunk rail and a bottom edge of the second side wall forms a fourth side bunk rail opposing the second side bunk rail.

2. The stackable bed platform of claim 1 further comprising:

a plurality of structural cones connected to the second supportive surface.

3. The stackable bed platform of claim 1 wherein the primary sleep surface and the secondary sleep surface are formed from one mold.

4. The stackable bed platform of claim 1 further comprising:

a first handle on the first side wall; and

a second handle on the second side wall.

5. The stackable bed platform of claim 1 further comprising:

a third handle on the first end wall; and

a fourth handle on the second end wall.

6. The stackable bed platform of claim 1, wherein each top edge of the first side wall and the second side wall each forms a shoulder with an inner side wall portion extending from the top edge and an outer side wall portion extending from the top edge.

7. The stackable bed platform of claim 1 further comprising:

a cylinder connecting the first supportive surface and the second supportive surface and forming a hole therethrough operative as a vent/drain hole.

8. The stackable bed platform of claim 1 further comprising:

an indentation of material in at least one of;

the first supportive surface and the second supportive surface, forming a channel for collecting moisture.

9. A stackable bed platform comprising:

a first supportive panel, for use when the stackable bed platform is in a first orientation;

a second supportive panel, for use when the stackable bed platform is in a second orientation, connected to the first supportive panel by a first side wall and a second side wall; and

a plurality of structural cones connected on an inner face of the second supportive panel that opposes the first supportive panel.

10. The stackable bed platform of claim 9, wherein the first side wall extends, from the second supportive panel, beyond the first supportive panel to form a side bunk rail having a top edge.

11. The stackable bed platform of claim 10 wherein the top edge of the side wall forms a shoulder having:

an inner side wall portion extending from the first supportive panel to the top edge;

and an outer side wall extending from the top edge to the second supportive panel.

12. The stackable bed platform of claim 11 wherein the outer side wall forms a second shoulder at a bottom edge of the side wall thereby forming a second bunk rail associated with the second supportive panel.

13. The stackable bed platform of claim 9 further comprising an indentation of material in the second supportive panel, thereby forming a channel for collecting moisture.

14. The stackable bed platform of claim 13, wherein the indentation of material corresponds to at least one of the plurality of structural cones.

15. The stackable bed platform of claim 9, wherein the first supportive panel and the second supportive panel are formed from the same mold.

16. The stackable bed platform of claim 15, wherein the stackable bed platform is one piece of material.

17. A stackable bed platform comprising:

a first supportive panel, for use when the stackable bed platform is in a first orientation;

a second supportive panel, for use when the stackable bed platform is in a second orientation, connected to the first supportive panel by a first side wall, a second side wall, a first end wall, and a second end wall; and

a support member in at least one of;

the first side wall, the second side wall, the first end wall, and the second end wall.

18. The stackable bed platform of claim 17, wherein the support member is an arch molded into the stackable bed platform.

19. The stackable bed platform of claim 17 further comprising:

a plurality of structural cones connected on an inner face of the second supportive panel that opposes the first supportive panel.