Furniture objects for storing foldable beds

• US 9,993,088 B2
• Filed: 07/27/2015
• Issued: 06/12/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Night And Day Furniture, LLC.
• Original Assignee: Night And Day Furniture, LLC.
• Inventors: Porter, Howard
• Primary Examiner(s): Polito, Nicholas F
• Assistant Examiner(s): Adeboyejo, Ifeolu A
• Application Number:
  US14/809,736
• Publication Number:
  US 20160037934A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,051 Days
• Field of Search: 5 4, 5 6, 5 533
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 17/58 with extensible mattress support
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 19/12 Folding bedsteads travelling or camp beds A47C17/64

Abstract

A folding bed chest device includes a chest and a sleeping platform. The chest is configured to store a foldable mattress and the sleeping platform when the folding bed chest device is in a folded position. The sleeping platform is configured to support a weight of the foldable mattress when the folding bed chest device is in an unfolded position.

Claims

1. A chest configured to be in one of an open position and a closed position, the chest comprising:

a front panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, a top panel, and a bottom section, the front panel including a first section and a second section hingably connected together, the first side panel including a first sub-side panel and a second sub-side panel, the second side panel including a third sub-side panel and a fourth sub-side panel, the top panel including a first sub-top panel and a second sub-top panel, the first sub-top panel connected to the second section of the front panel, and the second section of the front panel being connected to the first sub-side panel and the third sub-side panel such that the second section of the front panel, the first sub-side panel and the third sub-side panel are detachable from the bottom section to form a support mechanism, wherein

in the closed position, the first section of the front panel, the first side panel, the second side panel, the top panel, and the bottom section are configured to form an enclosure with the second section of the front panel and a foldable mattress hidden therein, and

in the open position, the chest is configured to form a sleeping platform by twice unfolding the second section of the front panel such that the first sub-top panel, the first sub-side panel and the third sub-side panel are oriented vertically from the sleeping platform towards a ground to support the sleeping platform.

2. The chest of claim 1, wherein

in the closed position, the chest is configured to store the foldable mattress in the enclosure, the foldable mattress being in a folded position when being stored in the enclosure, and

in the open position, the chest is configured to support the foldable mattress on the sleeping platform, the foldable mattress being in an unfolded position when being supported by the sleeping platform.

3. The chest of claim 1, wherein the front panel is configured to be a portion of the sleeping platform when the chest is in the open position.

4. The chest of claim 3, wherein the bottom section includes a removable piece, the removable piece is configured to,

in the closed position, form a bottom enclosure when the removable piece is within the bottom section, and

in the open position, form a footboard when the removable piece is between the first sub-side panel and the third sub-side panel.

5. The chest of claim 4, wherein, in the closed position, the removable piece is a drawer, the drawer being configured to be drawn out horizontally when the removable piece is within to the bottom section.

6. The chest of claim 3, wherein,

the first sub-side panel is configured to connect to the second sub-side panel to form the first side panel, the first sub-side panel is connected to the front panel and the second sub-side panel is connected to a back panel of the chest,

the third sub-side panel is configured to connect to the fourth sub-side panel to form the second side panel, the third sub-side panel is connected to the front panel and the fourth sub-side panel is connected to the back panel, and

the first sub-top panel is configured to connect to the second sub-top panel to form the top panel, the first sub-top panel is connected to the front panel and the second sub-top panel is connected to the back panel.

7. The chest of claim 6, wherein, in the open position,

the first sub-side panel is configured to detach from the second sub-side panel, the third sub-side panel is configured to detach from the fourth sub-side panel, and the first sub-top panel is configured to detach from the second sub-top panel,

the first sub-side panel, the third sub-side panel, and the first sub-top panel are configured to support a weight of the sleeping platform, and

the second sub-side panel, the fourth sub-side panel, and the second sub-top panel are configured to form a headboard.

8. The chest of claim 7, wherein,

the first sub-side panel is configured to,

support the weight of the sleeping platform in the open position, and

connect the first sub-side panel to the second sub-side panel in the closed position;

and

the third sub-side panel is configured to,

support the weight of the sleeping platform in the open position, and

connect the third sub-side panel to the fourth sub-side panel in the closed position.

9. The chest of claim 8, wherein the support mechanism is configured to accept a removable piece in the open position.

10. The chest of claim 9, wherein, in the open position, the removable piece is configured as a drawer such that the removable piece is configured to be drawn out horizontally via wheels attached to a bottom surface thereof.

11. The chest of claim 7, wherein, in the open position, the first, sub-top panel is configured to support the weight of the sleeping platform in a center portion of the sleeping platform.

12. The chest of claim 11, wherein the front panel is connected to the bottom section via a first hinge and the first sub-top panel is connected to the front panel via a second hinge.

13. The chest of claim 11, wherein

the first section of the front panel is connected to the bottom section via a first hinge, and

the second section of the front panel and the first sub-top panel are connected to the first section of the front panel via a second hinge.

14. The chest of claim 13, wherein the second section includes a set of slats connected to the first sub-side panel, the third sub-side panel, and the first section of the front panel, and

the front panel is configured as a foldable panel such that,

in the open position, the set of slats are configured to extend from the first section of the front panel via the second hinge between the first section of the front panel and the first sub-top panel, and

in the closed position, the set of slats are configured to be brought towards the front panel via the second hinge between the first section of the front panel and the first sub-top panel.

15. The chest of claim 14, wherein

in the closed position, the set of slats are enclosed in the enclosure, and

in the open position, the set of slats and the first section of the front panel form the sleeping platform.

16. The chest of claim 14, wherein, in the open position, a removable piece is configured to form a footboard of the sleeping platform.

17. The chest of claim 3, wherein

the bottom section includes a removable piece and a set of rails, wherein

in the closed position, the first section of the front panel, the first side panel, the second side panel, the top panel, and the bottom section are configured to form the enclosure with the second section of the front panel and the foldable mattress hidden therein and the removable piece within the bottom section,

while transitioning from the closed position to the open position, the first section and the second section of the front panel are configured to be supported by the set of rails, and

in the open position, the chest is configured to form the sleeping platform, and the removable piece is configured to be drawn out horizontally from the bottom section.

18. The chest of claim 17, wherein in the closed position, the removable piece is configured as a drawer such that that the removable piece is configured to be drawn out horizontally.

20. The chest of claim 1, wherein the second section includes a set of slats connected to the first sub-side panel, the third sub-side panel, and the first section of the front panel.

19. A folding bed chest device comprising:

a chest and a sleeping platform, the chest including a front panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, a top panel, and a bottom section, the front panel including a first section and a second section hingably connected together, the first side panel including a first sub-side panel and a second sub-side panel, the second side panel including a third sub-side panel and a fourth sub-side panel, the top panel including a first sub-top panel and a second sub top panel, the first sub-top panel connected to the second section of the front panel, and the second section of the front panel being connected to the first sub-side panel and the third sub-side panel such that the second section of the front panel, the first sub-side panel and the third sub-side panel are detachable from the bottom section to form a support mechanism, wherein

when the folding bed chest device is in a folded position, the chest is configured to store a foldable mattress and the sleeping platform in an enclosure formed by the first section of the front panel, the first side panel, the second side panel, the top panel, and the bottom section with the second section of the front panel and a foldable mattress hidden therein, and

when the folding bed chest device is in an unfolded position, the sleeping platform is formed by twice unfolding the second section of the front panel such that the first sub-top panel, the first sub-side panel and the third sub-side panel are oriented vertically from the sleeping platform towards a ground to support the sleeping platform.

21. The folding bed chest device of claim 19, wherein the second section includes a set of slats connected to the first sub-side panel, the third sub-side panel, and the first section of the front panel.

22. The folding bed chest device of claim 19, wherein the bottom section includes a removable piece and a set of rails, wherein

in the folded position, the first section of the front panel, the first side panel, the second side panel, the top panel, and the bottom section are configured to form the enclosure with the second section of the front panel and the foldable mattress hidden therein and the removable piece within the bottom section,

while transitioning from the folded position to the unfolded position, the first section and the second section of the front panel are configured to be supported by the set of rails, and

in the unfolded position, the chest is configured to form the sleeping platform, and the removable piece is configured to be drawn out horizontally from the bottom section.