Single Struts Patents (Class 5/139)
  • Patent number: 8800077
    Abstract: A pull down bed with automatic locking device has a movable framework, which constitutes a mattress frame, and is hinged to a container body, which constitutes a piece of furniture, so as to define a closed position, in which said mattress frame is substantially inside the piece of furniture, and an open position, for use as a bed, in which the mattress frame is in a horizontal position and rests on the ground by means of two feet. The mattress frame is hinged to the piece of furniture at one end and has its feet at the other end. The pull down bed includes a device for locking said mattress frame in the closed or horizontal position, which is actuated by an actuation device, which includes the feet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Clei S.R.L.
    Inventor: Luigi Colombo
  • Patent number: 7937787
    Abstract: A wall bed assembly including a wall cabinet and a bed frame. The bed frame is pivoted from a vertical, stored position within the wall cabinet to a horizontal position for use as a bed. The bed frame is connected to the wall cabinet with a pivot bracket secured to the bed frame which pivotally attaches to the lower end of a counterbalancing piston. The upper end of the counterbalancing piston is pivotally secured to a plate that attaches to the wall cabinet side panel. Additionally, the bed frame includes a pair of non-linear legs pivotally attached for supporting the frame in the horizontal position. The wall bed assembly also includes retractable magnets for securing the bed frame in the vertical position. A safety release position is also provided. A bed frame assembly for a customizable wall cabinet is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Inventor: Peter D. Whitford
  • Patent number: 5446932
    Abstract: A folding wall bed provides a frame which is pivotable from a substantially vertical stowed position to a substantially horizontal functional position. A headboard structure rises when the frame is folded to its functional position. The folding wall bed further employs a pivotably supporting first set of legs. Moreover, the folding wall bed is self concealing when in its stowed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Inventor: Donald P. Voorhis
  • Patent number: 5035012
    Abstract: A portable hammock kit having aminimum of modular components for assembling and disassembling the modular components for storage or transportation to another location and store all components in a convenient carrying bag. The hammock stand can be assembled with three modular components without fasteners or tools. The hammock stand accommodates a hammock bed suspended from a pair of modular leg assemblies that allow for vertical adjustment of the elevation of both the head and foot ends of the hammock bed. A canopy can be readily mounted and dismounted over the assembled hammock stand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1991
    Assignee: Gleason Corporation
    Inventor: James L. Westrich