TILTABLE HEADBOARD

• US 3,774,247 A
• Filed: 05/17/1971
• Issued: 11/27/1973
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/1971
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: William J. Bradley
• Original Assignee: William J. Bradley
• Inventors: Bradley, William J.
• Primary Examiner(s): McCall, James T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Calvert, Andrew M.
• Application Number:
  US05/143,821
• Time in Patent Office: 925 Days
• Field of Search: 5/53,54,59,70,74,279,327,327B,53R,53B,53D,59R,59C,327R
• US Class Current: 5/53.2
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 19/022 Head or foot boards
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 20/043 by means of peg-and-notch or pawl-and-ratchet mechanism

Abstract

A headboard for use with beds having tilting mechanism mounted on supporting means, which in turn may be mounted on a wall, or other suitable anchoring means, and which will permit adjustable tilting of the headboard, while permitting the headboard to pivot at one end and travel on a plane substantially with the surface of the bed at the other end.

Claims

1. A tiltable headboard having a controlled path of travel over the top of a mattress, wall mounted vertical supporting members, upper and lower pivot means connecting said supporting members and said headboard, a locking member releasably engaging said supporting member and headboard having means for selectively maintaining one of a plurality of positions to support the headboard at the desired angle of tilt.

2. The device defined in claim 1 wherein said upper and lower pivot means comprise movable links, and the locking member is pivotally mounted at one end on the supporting means and the other end of which selectively engages the headboard at one of a plurality of positions, means for constantly urging said locking member into locking position and means for selectively releasing said locking member.

3. The device defined in claim 1 wherein said upper and lower pivot means comprise movable links, a locking member pivotally mounted at one end on the supporting means and having a plurality of slots formed therein, a pin extending laterally from the lower link, said pin adapted to be selectively engaged in one of said slots to lock the locking member in position, means for urging said locking member into locking position anD means for manually releasing said locking member from locking position.

4. The device defined in claim 1 wherein the upper pivot means are elongated members slidably mounted in brackets mounted on said headboard, and said lower pivot member is a cable controlled pivotal tilt supporting member mounted on said headboard and bearing against said vertical supporting member, a cable anchored at one end to said tilt supporting member and extending over a pulley mounted on said supporting means and anchored at the other end to the headboard, a pivotally mounted locking member on said elongated members movable into and out of locking position on said headboard and means for urging said locking member into locking position.

5. The device defined in claim 1 wherein the upper pivot means are slidably mounted on the vertical supporting members and the lower pivot means consist of links, pins extending laterally from said lower pivot means, locking means pivotally mounted on the supporting means having a plurality of slots formed therein adapted to selectively engage with said pin, means for urging said locking means into locking position and means for selectively releasing said locking means from said pin.