Variable bed having multiple functions

• US 5,040,253 A
• Filed: 07/16/1990
• Issued: 08/20/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Yen-Feng Cheng
• Original Assignee: Yen-Feng Cheng
• Inventors: Cheng, Yen-Feng
• Primary Examiner(s): TRETTEL, MICHAEL
• Application Number:
  US07/552,496
• Time in Patent Office: 400 Days
• Field of Search: 5/60, 5/66, 5/67, 5/81 B, 5/83, 5/76
• US Class Current: 5/616
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 17/16 Seating furniture changeable to beds by tilting or pivoting the back-rest
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 20/041 by electric motors
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/015 divided into different adjustable sections, e.g. for Gatch position

Abstract

A variable bed includes a foldable bed having a plurality of bed units pivotally joined with one another normally lying on a bed frame positioned under the foldable bed; a central jack capable of raising a bed unit of a back portion of the foldable bed for forming a reclining bed or a folding chair on the frame; two end jacks for raising a head portion and a foot portion of the bed for forming a concave bed or for suspending the bed above the frame for serving as a hammock; and a driving motor as controlled by several clutches for driving the jacks or for moving the bed units frontwardly for converting a reclining bed to a folding chair to allow several front bed units to be pendant on a front end wall of the bed frame.

Claims

1. A variable bed comprising:

a foldable bed including a plurality of bed units pivotally joined with one another to be operatively folded or flattened;

a lifting means including a central arcuate jack for operatively raising a bed unit of the foldable bed corresponding to a user'"'"'s back portion for forming a folding chair, and two end arcuate jacks for operatively raising two opposite end portions of the foldable bed for forming a concave bed having the two end portions of the foldable bed corresponding to a user'"'"'s head and feet portions raised upwardly with respect to a lower central portion of the bed;

a driving means for driving the plurality of jacks and for moving the foldable bed; and

a bed frame for movably mounting the driving means therein, and for mounting said foldable bed on said frame, said foldable bed being operatively rolled upon said frame while driven by said driving means.

2. A variable bed according to claim 1, wherein said foldable bed is provided with a plurality of rollers on a bottom of each bed unit to be operatively rolled on said bed frame.

3. A variable bed according to claim 1, wherein said bed is formed with two sets of armrests each said armrest including a parallelogram linkage pivotally connected on a central bed unit of the foldable bed.

4. A variable bed according to claim 3 wherein said central arcuate jack includes a first crank shaft movably held in a first jack sleeve, and a first wire secured between a bottom portion of said first crank shaft and a housing of the driving means, said first wire wound on a first pulley driven by a first worm and gear driven by a driving motor of the driving means through a first clutch which is controlled by a first clutch controller by actuating a switch button formed on one said armrest of the foldable bed;

and each said end acurate jack includes a second crank shaft movably held in a second jack sleeve formed on a front or a rear end of said bed frame, and a second wire secured between a bottom portion of said second crank shaft and said bed frame, said second wire wound on a second pulley which is driven by a telescopic transmission shaft driven by said driving motor of said driving means through a second clutch which is controlled by a second clutch controller by actuating said switch button formed on said armrest;

5. A variable bed according to claim 1, wherein said bed includes two sets of suspending telescopic rods formed on two end portions of the bed corresponding to a user'"'"'s head and feet portions, each set of suspending telescopic rod having a central hook portion operatively engaged with a port defined between two supporting and pivoting rollers pivotally formed in an upper opening of each crank shaft of each said end arcuate jack for suspending the bed on the two end arcuate jacks.

6. A variable bed according to claim 1, wherein said driving means includes at least a forwarding wheel operatively rolled on a rail formed on a bottom in the bed frame and driven by the driving motor for moving the central jack for forwarding the back portion of the foldable bed frontwardly to allow at least a front bed unit to be pendant on a front end wall of the bed frame for forming an upstanding folding chair.

7. A variable bed according to claim 1, wherein said foldable bed is provided with an electromagnetic latch for normally locking said bed on a housing of the driving means.

8. A variable bed according to claim 1, wherein at least a recovery line is secured between a bottom portion of the foldable bed and a winding reel, and is operatively loosened when raising the bed by uncoupling the winding real and is operatively rewound on the winding reel for recovering the recovery line when flattening the raised bed.

9. A variable bed according to claim 1, wherein a cycloid line is secured between the bed and a cam shaft driven by the driving means for operatively shaking the bed to be a shaking hammock while raised by the two end arcuate jacks.

10. A variable bed according to claim 1, wherein a foldable louver is slidably held in a guide groove formed in the bed frame for operatively shielding the bed frame and the driving means.