Stackable bed platform

• US 8,220,085 B2
• Filed: 06/11/2008
• Issued: 07/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: VDL Industries, LLC (Correctional Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: VDL Industries, LLC (Correctional Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Claffy, Joseph R., Claffy, Edward W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Santos, Robert G
• Assistant Examiner(s): POLITO, NICHOLAS F
• Application Number:
  US12/137,001
• Publication Number:
  US 20090307838A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,497 Days
• Field of Search: 5/8, 511/0, 5/91, 520/1, 524/6, 524/7, 550/91, 562/5, 454/7, 128/870, 297/239, 297/452.14, 297/DIG.2, 441/129, D63/82, D65/03
• 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 reversible stackable bed platform comprising:

a primary flat 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, the first supportive surface having a first width defined by a distance along the first supportive surface between the first side wall and the second side wall;

a secondary flat 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, the second supportive surface having a second width defined by a distance along the second supportive surface between the first side wall and the second side wall, wherein the second width is less than the first width, and further wherein bottom edges of one stackable bed platform nearly abut the first supportive surface of another stackable bed platform such that a plurality of the stackable bed platforms stack one inside another;

a support means for providing support that minimizes the deflection of the primary and the secondary sleep surfaces when in use as a sleep surface; and

wherein the secondary sleep surface includes ends without rails.

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, 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.

9. The reversible stackable bed platform of claim 1 wherein the first supportive surface further has a first length defined by a distance along the first supportive surface between, the first end wall and the second end wall, and the second supportive surface further has a second length defined by a distance along the second supportive surface between the first end wall and the second end wall, wherein the second length is less than the first length such that a plurality of the stackable bed platforms stack one inside another.

10. A reversible stackable bed platform comprising:

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

a second flat 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 having a secondary flat sleep surface including ends without rails;

the first supportive panel made from a first layer of material and the second supportive panel made from a second layer of material;

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

the first flat supportive panel having a first width defined by a distance along the first flat supportive panel between the first side wall and the second side wall, and the second flat supportive panel having a second width defined by a distance along the second flat supportive panel between the first side wall and the second side wall, wherein the second width is less than the first width, and further wherein bottom edges of one stackable bed platform nearly abut the first supportive surface of another stackable bed platform such that a plurality of the stackable bed platforms stack one inside another.

11. The stackable bed platform of claim 10 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.

12. The stackable bed platform of claim 11 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.

13. The stackable bed platform of claim 12 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.

14. The stackable bed platform of claim 10, wherein the first supportive panel and the second supportive panel are formed from the same mold.

15. The stackable bed platform of claim 14, wherein the stackable bed platform is one piece of material.

16. The reversible stackable bed platform of claim 10 wherein the first flat supportive panel further has a first length defined by a distance along the first flat supportive panel between a first end wall and a second end wall, and the second flat supportive panel further has a second length defined by a distance along the second flat supportive panel between the first end wall and the second end wall, wherein the second length is less than the first length such that a plurality of the stackable bed platforms stack one inside another.

17. A stackable bed platform comprising:

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

a second flat 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, the first flat supportive panel having a first width defined by a distance along the first flat supportive panel between the first side wall and the second side wall, and the second flat supportive panel having a second width defined by a distance along the second flat supportive panel between the first side wall and the second side wall, wherein the second width is less than the first width, and further wherein bottom edges of one stackable bed platform nearly abut the first supportive surface of another stackable bed platform such that a plurality of the stackable bed platforms stack one inside another; and

a support member including an arch molded in and substantially co-planar with 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 further comprising:

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

19. The stackable bed platform of claim 17 wherein the first flat supportive panel further has a first length defined by a distance along the first flat supportive panel between the first end wall and the second end wall, and the second flat supportive panel further has a second length defined by a distance along the second flat supportive panel between the first end wall and the second end wall, wherein the second length is less than the first length such that a plurality of the stackable bed platforms stack one inside another.

20. A reversible stackable bed platform comprising:

a primary flat 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, the first supportive surface having a first width defined by a distance along the first supportive surface between the first side wall and the second side wall;

a secondary flat 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, the second supportive surface having a second width defined by a distance along the second supportive surface between the first side wall and the second side wall, wherein the second width is less than the first width, and further wherein bottom edges of one stackable bed platform nearly abut the first supportive surface of another stackable bed platform such that a plurality of the stackable bed platforms stack one inside another; and

a plurality of support members for supporting weight and minimizing the deflection of the primary and secondary sleep surfaces,

wherein the secondary sleep surface includes ends without rails.

21. The reversible stackable bed platform of claim 20, wherein a support member is an arch molded in and substantially co-planar with at least one of the first side wall, the second side wall, the first end wall, and the second end wall.

22. The reversible stackable bed platform of claim 20, further comprising:

a support member comprising a plurality of cones connected to the second supportive surface.

23. The reversible stackable bed platform of claim 20, further comprising:

a support member comprising a plurality of cones connected to the second supportive surface for distributing weight to prevent sagging of the second supportive structure.

24. The reversible stackable bed platform of claim 20, further comprising:

a support member comprising a plurality of cones connected to the second supportive surface formed into holes for collecting moisture.

25. The reversible stackable bed platform of claim 20, further comprising:

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

26. The reversible stackable bed platform of claim 20 wherein the first supportive surface further has a first length defined by a distance along the first supportive surface between the first end wall and the second end wall, and the second supportive surface further has a second length defined by a distance along the second supportive surface between the first end wall and the second end wall, wherein the second length is less than the first length such that a plurality of the stackable bed platforms stack one inside another.