Counterbalance Weight Patents (Class 5/166.1)
  • Patent number: 9226589
    Abstract: A collapsible bed system is disclosed that may comprise a first bunk, a second bunk, a first frame member, and second frame member. The collapsible bed system may be moved between a stowed state and a deployed state. The first bunk may comprise a container and a platform, the platform being hingedly connected to the container over a top opening of the container, enclosing a volume within the container. In the deployed state, a mattress may be positioned on top of the platform and in a stowed state, the mattress may be positioned in the enclosed volume. The collapsible bed system may include a foldable drawer configured to be received by a foldable drawer opening arranged on the first bunk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Berg Companies, Inc.
    Inventor: Travis Tully
  • Patent number: 8136181
    Abstract: A retractable bed is disclosed which can be raised and lowered in a vertical fashion. The retractable bed includes a frame for holding a mattress; and a counterbalance system to raise and lower the bed through vertical displacement. When the bed is in the lowered configuration it will come into contact with the floor thereby permitting a person to sleep on the bed. When the bed is in the raised configuration it will be near the ceiling thereby permitting a person to pass under the bed. The counterbalance system provides a convenient way to take the bed down and to put it away.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Inventor: Emmett James Roepke
  • Patent number: 7017200
    Abstract: A convertible furniture assembly having a bed frame pivotally coupled to a frame assembly. The bed frame is pivotally moveable between an upright position and a lowered position. A counterbalance member is coupled to the bed frame and adapted for counterbalancing the bed frame during movement, thereby minimizing the size of a corresponding torsion system. The present invention further includes a hinge assembly capable of providing a spacing distance between the bed frame and a lower platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: OptiSpace International, Inc.
    Inventors: George S. Reppas, Frederick Stengel
  • Patent number: 6405392
    Abstract: A bed apparatus is pivotal from a horizontal position to a generally upright position and has a base frame with a mattress supporting platform hinged thereto for pivoting between a generally horizontal position and a generally upright position. A counterweight container has a generally flat side intersected along two edges by a generally arcuate side. The container has a sealable opening adjacent one intersecting edge of the intersecting arcuate and flat sides. The sealable opening is positioned above the fluid material in the container in both the horizontal and upright positions to thereby prevent leakage from the sealable opening and to allow filling the container from either position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Inventor: Allen F. Schwalbe, Jr.