Abstract: An infant bed and toddler seat convertible apparatus for use in the seat area of shopping carts made of a cradle-shaped member attached at its ends to the sides of the cart for receipt of an infant when in its bed mode and which in its seat mode has a portion thereof folded behind another portion of the apparatus with the ends being maneuvered forward for attachment to portions of the shopping cart thereby forming a seat for a toddler.

Abstract: A bed structure for a vehicle is provided and includes a plurality of interconnected elongated cushions, each having a forward edge, a rearward edge, and opposite sides, and a track assembly connected to each side wall of the vehicle for supporting the cushions adjacent their opposite ends. The cushions are movable along the track assembly between a first position, wherein a couch having a seat portion and a back rest is formed by the cushions and a second position wherein a substantially flat bed surface is formed by the cushions. The bed surface is the approximate size of a queen size bed. Each cushion includes a rigid base and a resilient pad mounted thereon, and are interconnected to one another to prevent sliding of the cushions in either the first couch position or the second bed position. Storage area is provided in the vehicle behind the couch and beneath the couch or bed surface.

Abstract: A recreational vehicle is provided with a bed structure comprised of first and second hinged panels supported by the inwardly disposed ledges extending along the side walls of the vehicle. The first panel is disposed horizontally while the second panel can be moved between a vertical position such that a storage compartment is created in the upper rearward portion of the vehicle and a horizontal position wherein a coplanar bed surface is provided in the upper rearward portion of the vehicle. Mattresses are provided for covering the bed surface and doors are provided in the second panel to provide access to the storage compartment.

Abstract: A sling seat is defined by a flexible quadrilateral sheet panel which is defined by longitudinal side rails of substantially inelastic material connected by a crossband structure of elastic material extending between the side rails. One end of the flexible sheet panel is mounted on a vertical wall of the vehicle body compartment, preferably by a reel for winding the flexible sheet panel to a stored position. The other end of the flexible sheet panel carries hooks which engage a receptacle in a vehicle floor so that the sheet material is erected in a taut condition extending angularly between the floor and the vertical wall.

Abstract: The present invention first provides a high-density accommodations module which is vertically convertible from parallel bedding to staggered-seating configurations. The respective configurations are more specifically established by at least one set of vertically-paired, reconfigurable accommodations compartments, each having in each of its associated configurations an upper-torso section and a lower-torso section. In the bedding configuration, prone postures are accommodated by a mutually-horizontal disposition of associated upper and lower-torso sections. In the seating configuration, upright postures are accommodated by a mutually-vertical disposition of the associated sections. For the conversion from bedding to seating, the module is arranged such that the lower-torso section of the upper compartment's bedding configuration becomes an upper-torso section for the lower compartment's seating configuration.

Abstract: A convertible seat-bed and storage unit comprising a pair of frame elements which support a plurality of panels in a seat configuration and which convert to support the same panels in a bed configuration. The unit has a primary storage area which remains undisturbed during the conversion process. Additional storage area is created when the unit is converted from the seat to the bed configuration. The panels are individually removable from the unit to provide free and open access to the storage areas. A preferred embodiment of the unit is well-suited for mounting in the cargo space of a van-type automotive vehicle.

Abstract: The single room interior space of a compact motorvan for most daytime living converts quickly into three private compartments by simply opening a set of dual function folding doors (movable partitions) exposing a toilet and bigger than average shower stall area (latter doubling as coat closet) and at the same time forming a central compartment, thereby automatically creating two more private compartments in front and rear. The kitchen facilities located in the central compartment, opposite from the toilet and shower/coat closet area, are used when the doors cover that area from view. This central utility compartment is always available for active use and never occupied by seats, table or beds. The four seats in the instantly creatable front compartment rapidly convert to two, wide single beds, with ample space between them for quick exit or access to the central privacy compartment. There is also an easily and quickly stowable overhead double adult size bed in this front compartment.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to vibration damping supports and in particular to a suspension unit for a stretcher.The stretcher support unit comprises a rectangular base frame (10) on which is supported, by means of a resilient support mechanism, a stretcher frame or carrier (11). The support mechanism comprises a pair of cantilever arms (20) inclined upwards in opposite directions and each pivotally mounted at its lower end on the base frame (10). The movements of the cantilever arms (20) are controlled by respective gas-liquid suspension units (30), which are mounted between the base frame (10) and an extension arm (28) of each cantilever arm (20). The suspension units comprise, in one embodiment, a gas reservoir (70), a sealed liquid reservoir (71), a flexible diaphragm (72) forming one end of the liquid reservoir and an actuator piston (73).

Abstract: A expandable mobile house trailer which includes a relatively rigid main body portion having a floor structure and opposite pairs of vertical side and end walls thereabout. Two parallel arch beam supports are located inside of the main body portion. Each of the arch beam supports is positioned adjacent to and affixed to one of the vertical side walls of the main body portion. The ends of the floor are attached to the corresponding ends of the two arch beam supports. A plurality of vertical structural tension members is affixed at spaced intervals to each of the two arch beam supports. The floor is suspended from the lower ends of the vertical structural member. Two of the structural tension members on each of the two arch beam supports are paired, act as main support members and have substantially more structural strength than the other structural tension members. The floor of the main body portion has a wheel well opening on each side between the two paired structural tension members.

Abstract: A bassinet assembly having a trigger latch which is actuated only by acceleration acting on the restraint above a threshold level to release a bassinet and allow it to swing from its normal recumbent position to a position wherein it engages and is arrested by its base at such an angle that a child is still safely restrained in the case of an accident.

Abstract: An apparatus for preventing the transmission of vibrations from one object to another including a first and second frame having a rod attached to one of the frames and the other being slideably mounted to the rod. An air bag or other force transmitting mechanism is attached to one end thereof to one of the frames and abuts the other of the frames. A source of fluid is provided for pushing the first and second frames apart when such fluid is allowed to flow into the force transmitting apparatus. A biasing structure is provided for causing the frames to move closer together when fluid is allowed to escape from the force transmitting apparatus and a valve structure is connected between the fluid supply and force transmitting apparatus for selectively controlling the flow of the fluid between the air bag, a source of pressurized fluid and atmosphere.

Abstract: Disclosed is a bassinet restraint for motor vehicles which offers significantly improved protection of a baby being carried within a motor vehicle. The bassinet restraint includes a base portion which is adapted to support the bottom of the bassinet and a cover portion which is engageable with the base portion, preferably via a hinged attachment, to the base portion. Attachment means are included to co-operate with standard motor vehicle seat belts so as to secure the bassinet restraint within the vehicle. It is preferred that the cover portion comprises a padded peripheral frame adapted to sit around a bassinet being contained by the restraint. The padded peripheral frame having a net stretched across its top so as to enclose the bassinet so that a baby will be safely contained therein.

Abstract: Apparatus for locating and securing an object in first and second end positions between which it is movable comprising two parallel pivot arms which support the object for movement between its end positions and fittings at the end positions on both sides of the object. The fittings are provided with inclined guide surfaces and latching holes adapted for receiving latching pins on the object under spring pressure when the object is at the end positions. Located around the latching pins are guide nuts adapted for cooperating with the inclined guide surfaces in order to position the object as it approaches and occupies its end positions. The inclined guide surfaces of the fittings face one another and converge in the direction of entry of the object between the fittings. The fittings also have guide surfaces extending perpendicular to the inclined guide surfaces whereby the guide nuts are guided along their end faces and along circumferential guide surfaces.

Abstract: A folding platform for a vehicle (12) comprising a first series of panels (2, 3, 4), and a second series of panels (5, 7, 9) which may be unfolded within the vehicle (12) to form load carrying shelves or a platform which may be used to support a mattress. The first series of panels (2, 3, 4), one of which is affixed to a shaft, rotate as a unit with the shaft. The panels fold to be stored against the rear of a folding seat back (11) in close parallel proximity to the seat back (11), thus occupying only a small volume and not interfering with the use of the rear cargo area or trunk (30) of the vehicle (12). The panels may be disposed in a flexible fabric container (101, 105) with seams between the panels serving as hinges.

Abstract: A bed structure which is primarily intended for use in an extension of the body of a motorhome extending over the cab of the motorhome can be constructed so as to utilize a support holding a mattress pad so that they are capable of being manipulated between normal use positions in which the support and the pad serve as a normal part of the bed to another non-use position in which both the support and the pad are located above another second support of the bed. This second support holds a second pad which is constructed so as to coact with the first pad on the first support so as to fit on top of the first pad when the first support and pad are shifted to the non-use position above the second support. A strap is provided for returning the second pad to its normal position when the first support and the first pad are moved back to their normal positions.

Abstract: In a vehicle such as a pick-up truck having a camper top defining, with the load bed, a compartment including a ceiling and opposite side walls, a convertible bed is provided having a plurality of sections in hinged end-to-end relationship. A pair of track members are mounted on the side walls of the camper top and have channel configuration. Guide rollers are carried by the bed sections at their opposite sides for guiding movement of the sections along the track members. The pair of track members lie in parallel planes, each defining a track having a first reach proximate the ceiling of the camper top, a lower reach lowered from the ceiling and extending above the truck bed, and a further curvilinear reach joining the upper and lower reaches. The bed is selectively moveable along each track between a storage position proximate the ceiling and a use position lowered from the ceiling.

Abstract: A device for use as a cot on the rear seat of a vehicle formed by a U-shaped frame, the front of which is to be placed adjoining the rear of the front seat of the vehicle. A web of cloth is stretched between the member of the frame, the portion of the cloth on the frame open side resting on the cushion of the rear seat. The front of the frame can have support legs to rest on the floor of the vehicle or straps to be attached to the front seat or another part of the vehicle. The web also can have a strap to be attached to a part of the body to keep the web taut.

Abstract: A hammock-like portable and collapsible sleeper for use in a motor vehicle having a passenger compartment with doors on opposite sides thereof, which sleeper is adapted to be suspended between the doors and above the seating area in the compartment, includes a fabric body for supporting the user, a stop member adjacent to each of opposite ends of the sleeper body, flexible connecting means interconnecting each of the stop members and the sleeper body and being sufficiently thin for interposition between the tops of the doors and the vehicle body with the doors closed tightly, and means for adjusting the length of the sleeper measured between the stop members. The sleeper is mounted for use with the connecting means interposed between the doors and the body of the vehicle and with the stop members abutting against the outside of the vehicle at the joints between the doors and the vehicle body for supporting the sleeper body in the compartment.

Abstract: In a cabin for trucks with trailer-fixtures, a first sleeping-berth is arranged behind and between the seats on the rear wall of the cabin pivotally about a horizontal pin. A second sleeping-berth is provided, that is conveyable from an operational position next to the first sleeping-berth to a horizontal storing position above the first sleeping-berth. A linkage for moving the second berth comprises two cantilevers that are pivotally fixed to the cabin about a horizontal pin and hold the second sleeping-berth at the lateral sides thereof.

Abstract: A camping bed for station wagons is comprised of paired, upstanding frame elements which extend between the tailgate door and the rear seat of the station wagon and are separated by a spacer member at their bottom edges so that they are located against the inner side walls of the station wagon. A rear pillow, which spans between the upper edges of the frame elements is divided into front and rear portions, each of which is pivotally mounted to the frame elements by hinges. Accordingly, each portion can be independently raised for access to materials which are stored beneath it. Located beneath the rear portion, which generally covers the well of the station wagon, is a drawer unit that is slidably mounted on tracks. Therefore, by sliding the drawer unit outwardly through the station wagon tailgate door, access to the well is available.

Abstract: A portable mattress support adapted to be readily installed and removed from a confined space and especially in a tractor cab sleeping quarter area, whereby the support permits the absorption of various forces without imparting the same to the user.

Abstract: The air ride sleeper of the present invention supports a mattress or cushion. The sleeper provides cushioned movement in both a vertical and horizontal front-to-rear direction, so that the effects of bumps, vibrations, and rapid acceleration or deceleration on the person lying or sitting on the cushion are minimized. In preferred embodiments, the vertical cushioning is provided by first and second air cushions while the horizontal cushioning is provided by first and second spring-loaded slides, which slide over first and second rails and are connected to the frame by first and second variable vertical supports.

Abstract: A sleeping berth for a passenger car compartment includes a tubular bed frame and mattress combination which is hingedly movable between use and non-use positions to a side wall of the car. The bed frame is latched in the non-use position and includes webbing which is spring loaded to urge the bed into the non-use position upon initial movement when raising the berth from a sleeping or use position.

Abstract: A mattress suspension system is attachable to a horizontally oriented deck of a vehicle for substantially reducing the amplitude of fore-and-aft excursions and of up and down excursions which are transmitted by the vehicle to an individual reclining on a mattress positioned above the suspension system. The suspension system includes a lower frame which can be attached to the vehicle deck. An intermediate frame is positioned above the lower frame and includes a plurality of rollers on each end thereof. The rollers are movably fitted within a horizontally oriented roller guide which is coupled to each end of the lower frame. Fore-and-aft movement of the intermediate frame with respect to the lower frame is permitted by the rolling movement of the rollers within the roller guides. An upper frame is positioned between the mattress and the intermediate frame.

Abstract: Sleeper storage bins formed by a plurality of receptacles arrangeable immediately adjacent one another in a sleeper of a tractor cab. A plurality of lids are hinged to the receptacles for covering same, and are arranged for swinging in at least two different orientations substantially perpendicular to one another. When three receptacles are disposed in side-by-side relation within the sleeper, the center receptacle has the lid thereof pivotally mounted for swinging toward the back of the tractor cab, and the outside pair of receptacles has the lids thereof pivotally mounted for swinging away from one another. This arrangement of the lids permits selective access to the receptacles from the cab, with it being necessary to only open one of the receptacles at a time.

Abstract: Suspension system for wide seats having a rigid occupant supporting member has a pair of parallel, rotatable drums mounted to a rigid portion of a vehicle at a fixed horizontal distance from each other. A plurality of flexible web or cable support members attached to each of said pair of drums are attached to vertically spaced attachment points on the adjacent rigid occupant supporting member portion of the suspended seat and insure that the seat moves up or down as the drums rotate. Those flexible support members which are attached to upper attachment points on said rigid supporting member are in contact with lower peripheral surfaces of the adjacent drum when the seat is in its mid-ride position while the remaining flexible support members which are attached to lower attachment points on said rigid supporting member are in contact with upper peripheral surfaces of the adjacent drum when the seat is in its mid-ride position.

Abstract: A swing-away bunk is provided with a frame assembly having a mattress affixed thereto. The frame asssembly is suspended on a pair of pivotal sets of links which allow the mattress to swing against the rear wall of a truck cab in a vertical storage position and be pulled forward and upwardly into a horizontal position. Cam surfaces guide the rear end of the frame assembly forwardly and upwardly passed a rear support when the bunk is pulled into its horizontal position.

Abstract: A litter frame having a supporting platform is adapted to be raised by a hydraulic or pneumatic jack. A common pneumatic or hydraulic system is provided to both raise the platform and to provide spring suspension for the same. Where a common hydro-pneumatic system is provided, the jack assembly is actuated by a hydraulic medium, while a hydro-pneumatic cushioning assembly is loaded by the hydraulic medium. The hydraulic medium is delivered to both the jack and the hydro-pneumatic system from the same hydraulic supply.