Collapsible, Folding Mattress Support with a Headboard and a Footboard that Fold Out
First Claim
1. A foldable mattress support comprising:
- a bedboard frame with a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion has a head end and a center end;
a central hinge portion with a leg, wherein the first portion and the second portion are pivotally attached to the central hinge portion;
a first bracing strut pivotally attached at a first location to a side bar of the first portion;
a second bracing strut pivotally attached at a second location to the side bar of the first portion, wherein the second location is closer to the head end of the first portion than is the first location, and wherein the first bracing strut is longer than the second bracing strut; and
a headboard frame with a top end and a foot end, wherein the first bracing strut is pivotally attached at a third location to a post of the headboard frame, wherein the second bracing strut is pivotally attached at a fourth location to the post of the headboard frame, and wherein the fourth location is closer to the top end of the post than is the third location.
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Abstract
A foldable mattress support includes a headboard, a central hinge portion and first and second portions of a bedboard frame. The first and second portions are pivotally attached to the central hinge. A longer first strut is pivotally attached at a first location to a side bar of the first portion and at a third location to a post of the headboard. A shorter second strut is pivotally attached at a second location to the side bar and at a fourth location to the post. The second location is closer to the head end of the first portion than is the first location, and the fourth location is closer to the top of the post than is the third location. The struts rotate the headboard from an unfolded state that is perpendicular to the first portion down to being parallel and adjacent to the first portion in a collapsed state.
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20 Claims
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1. A foldable mattress support comprising:
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a bedboard frame with a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion has a head end and a center end; a central hinge portion with a leg, wherein the first portion and the second portion are pivotally attached to the central hinge portion; a first bracing strut pivotally attached at a first location to a side bar of the first portion; a second bracing strut pivotally attached at a second location to the side bar of the first portion, wherein the second location is closer to the head end of the first portion than is the first location, and wherein the first bracing strut is longer than the second bracing strut; and a headboard frame with a top end and a foot end, wherein the first bracing strut is pivotally attached at a third location to a post of the headboard frame, wherein the second bracing strut is pivotally attached at a fourth location to the post of the headboard frame, and wherein the fourth location is closer to the top end of the post than is the third location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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folding a headboard frame parallel to a first portion of a bedboard frame, wherein a first bracing strut is pivotally attached at a first location to the first portion and at a third location to the headboard frame, wherein a second bracing strut is pivotally attached at a second location to the first portion and at a fourth location to the headboard frame, and wherein the first location is closer to the second location than the third location is to the fourth location; folding the first portion of the bedboard frame into a second portion of the bedboard frame, wherein the first portion and the second portion are pivotally attached to a central hinge portion; and inserting the folded bedboard frame into a packing box. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A foldable mattress support comprising:
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a bedboard frame with a first portion and a second portion; a central hinge portion that is pivotally attached to the first portion and the second portion; a headboard frame; and means for rotating the headboard frame from a collapsed state that is parallel and adjacent to the first portion to an unfolded state that is perpendicular to the first portion without pivoting the headboard frame about any axis whose position is fixed with respect to the first portion. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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Specification