Bedbug infestation-resistant bed

• US 8,739,333 B2
• Filed: 04/05/2010
• Issued: 06/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Central City Concern
• Original Assignee: Central City Concern
• Inventors: Boyle, Michelle, Brown, David L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Santos, Robert G
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sosnowski, David E
• Application Number:
  US12/798,497
• Publication Number:
  US 20110239368A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,520 Days
• Field of Search: 540/0, 541/1, 520/01, 520/1, 520/2, 5110-112, 511/4
• US Class Current: 5/400
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 19/021 Bedstead frames
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 19/024 Legs
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 27/14 with foamed material inlays
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 9/0292 Bed skirts, valances or dust ruffles A47G9/0284 takes precedence

Abstract

A bedbug-resistant bed comprises a horizontal right-rectangular frame including four open angled rigid members pair-wise joined at their eight termini in four corners; one or more support members extending across the frame near the upper edge of the joined angled members; and a right-rectangular wire mesh infill expanse extending within a perimeter of the frame and affixed along upper inwardly extending expanses of the joined angled members. A bedbug-resistant bed in another embodiment comprises two right-rectangular horizontal frames differentially dimensioned in three orthogonal axes such that one of the two frames is fittable within a three-dimensional enclosure defined by the other of the two frames for stowage of the bed, the two frames configured in deployment in a proximate side by side arrangement, each frame including four open angled rigid members joined at their eight termini to define a perimeter and four corners of the frame, each frame further including one or more solid support members extending across the frame, and each frame further including four legs extending downwardly from the four corners of the frame.

Claims

1. A bedbug infestation-resistant bed comprising:

a horizontal right-rectangular frame including four open angled rigid members pair-wise joined at their eight termini in four corners;

one or more support members extending across the frame near an upper edge of the joined angled members, wherein at least the four open angled rigid members, the one or more support members, and the four legs are formed of steel, and are powder coated so as to reduce frictional engagement with the feet of a bedbug; and

a right-rectangular wire mesh infill expanse extending within a perimeter of the frame and supported by upper inwardly extending expanses of the joined angled members,

the infill expanse being joined along its perimeter to the inside, lower edges of the joined angle members; and

wherein each of the four legs include a stop at a defined elevation within an open angled interior region, the stop configured to rest atop an outside corner of a second, identical bed'"'"'s frame when the beds are vertically stacked on one another, the placement of the stops relative to the height of the bed being configured to produce a consistent minimum spacing between adjacently vertically stacked beds.

2. The bed of claim 1 further comprising:

a right-rectangular, substantially solid-foam mattress extended across and supported by the infill expanse.

3. The bed of claim 1 further comprising:

four legs extending approximately vertically from and joined to the four corners to a support region therebelow, the four legs formed of solid rigid material.

4. The bed of claim 3, wherein the four legs also are open angled rigid members.

5. The bed of claim 3, wherein the four legs are splayed outwardly from the frame at an effective vertical stacking angle of between approximately three and approximately eight degrees from vertical.

6. The bed of claim 5, wherein the angle is approximately five degrees.

7. The bed of claim 5, wherein the rigid members are joined at their eight termini in four corners by welding, wherein the support member is joined to the frame by welding, and wherein the legs are joined to the frame by welding.

8. The bed of claim 7, wherein the color of the frame is white, off-white, or similarly light.

9. The bed of claim 7, wherein the infill expanse is formed of crisscross-woven steel wires.