Foldable bed

• US 5,216,769 A
• Filed: 09/03/1992
• Issued: 06/08/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Byron C. Eakin
• Original Assignee: Byron C. Eakin
• Inventors: Eakin, Byron C.
• Primary Examiner(s): TRETTEL, MICHAEL
• Application Number:
  US07/940,697
• Time in Patent Office: 278 Days
• Field of Search: 5/904, 5/620, 5/174, 128/33, 381/159
• US Class Current: 5/620
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 20/04 with adjustable inclination A47C20/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 21/003 Lighting, radio, telephone or the like connected to the bedstead
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 5/904 with sound emitting means

Abstract

A foldable bed with sound generating capabilities comprising: a lower assembly formed of a leg section and a body section, a linear hinge coupling the sections for movement between an open orientation and a closed orientation, the lower assembly also including foldable legs; an upper assembly formed of a leg component and a body component, the upper assembly having a fixed central extent with a separation line overhanging the hinge, the upper assembly also having a torso extent, a thigh extent, a calf extent; a first adjuster coupling the torso extent and the body section, a second adjuster coupling the thigh extent and the leg section, a third adjuster coupling the calf extent and the leg section; covering associated with the upper assembly including a cushioning pad overlying the upper surfaces of the upper assembly; and a sound generating device in both the torso extent and the calf extent with the central extent and thigh extent forming an acoustical barrier therebetween, each sound generating device including a speaker with a baffle supporting the speaker and aperture extending through the baffle tending to equalize the pressures in the spaces on opposite sides of the baffle.

Claims

1. A foldable bed with sound generating capabilities comprising, in combination:

a lower assembly formed of a leg section and a body section, each section having an upper surface and a lower surface, a linear hinge coupling the sections for movement between an open orientation wherein the sections lie in a common horizontal plane and a closed orientation wherein the sections lie parallel with each other, the lower assembly also including foldable legs movable between an open orientation wherein the legs extend downwardly from the lower surface and a closed orientation wherein the legs lie parallel with the lower surface;

an upper assembly formed of a leg component and a body component, each component having an upper surface and a lower surface, the lower surface of the upper assembly positionable on the upper surface of the lower assembly with means to couple the upper and lower assemblies at a central region thereof, the upper assembly having a fixed central extent with a separation line overhanging the hinge, the upper assembly also having a torso extent pivotally secured to the central extent over the body section, the upper assembly also having a thigh extent pivotally secured to the central extent over the leg section, the upper assembly also having a calf extent pivotally secured to the thigh extent over the leg section;

first adjustment means coupling the torso extent and the body section to vary the angle of the torso extent with respect to the body section, second adjustment means coupling the thigh extent and the leg section to vary the angle of the thigh extent with respect to the leg section, third adjustment means coupling the calf extent and the leg section to vary the angle of the calf extent with respect to the leg section and thigh extent;

covering means associated with the upper assembly including a cushioning pad overlying the upper surfaces of the upper assembly and a single cloth encompassing essentially the entire upper assembly including the pad; and

a sound generating device in both the torso extent and the calf extent with the central extent and thigh extent forming an acoustical barrier therebetween, each sound generating device including a speaker with a baffle supporting the speaker and aperture means extending through the baffle tending to equalize the pressures in the spaces on opposite sides of the baffle.

2. A foldable bed comprising, in combination:

a lower assembly formed of a leg section and a body section, each section having an upper surface and a lower surface, a linear hinge coupling the sections for movement between an open orientation wherein the sections lie in a common horizontal plane and a closed orientation wherein the sections lie parallel with each other with the lower surfaces located between the upper surfaces, the lower assembly also including foldable legs movable between an open orientation wherein the legs extend downwardly from the lower surface and a closed orientation wherein the legs lie parallel with the lower surface;

an upper assembly formed of a leg component and a body component, each component having an upper surface and a lower surface, the lower surface of the upper assembly positionable on the upper surface of the lower assembly with means to couple the upper and lower assemblies at a central region thereof, the upper assembly having a fixed central extent adjacent to the hinge, the upper assembly also having a torso extent pivotally secured to the central extent over the body section, the upper assembly also having a thigh extent pivotally secured to the central extent over the leg section, the upper assembly also having a calf extent pivotally secured to the thigh extent over the leg section; and

first adjustment means coupling the torso extent and the body section to vary the angle of the torso extent with respect to the body section, second adjustment means coupling the thigh extent and the leg section to vary the angle of the thigh extent with respect to the leg section, third adjustment means coupling the calf extent and the leg section to vary the angle of the calf extent with respect to the leg section and thigh extent.

3. The device as set forth in claim 2 and further including covering means associated with the upper assembly including a cushioning pad overlying the upper surfaces of the upper assembly and a single cloth encompassing essentially the entire upper assembly including the pad.

4. The device as set forth in claim 2 and further including at least one speaker means in one of the extents.

5. The device as set forth in claim 4 and further including operator-controlled means in the central extent for varying the operation of the speaker means.

6. The device as set forth in claim 4 and further including a pair of supplemental speakers laterally spaced in the torso extent at the end thereof remote from the central extent.

7. The device as set forth in claim 2 and further including two speaker means each in a separate extent.

8. The device as set forth in claim 7 wherein the central extent constitutes an acoustical baffle between the two speaker means.

9. The device as set forth in claim 2 and further including a speaker means in the torso and calf extents with the central and thigh extents constituting acoustical baffle means.

10. The device as set forth in claim 2 and further including a plurality of speakers in separated extents, a baffle supporting each speaker, a fixed volume air space beneath each baffle and a variable volume air space above each baffle and aperture means extending through the baffle tending to equalize the pressures in the spaces on opposite sides of the baffle during the generation of sound waves by the speaker.

11. The device as set forth in claim 2 wherein the central extent is split along a line overlying the hinge.

12. The device as set forth in claim 2 wherein the central extent is located entirely over one of the sections of the lower assembly.