1993-10-26
1995-02-07
Trettel, Michael F.
Beds
Bedsteads
Folding
5149, 5111, 5202, A47C 1912
Patent
active
053866010
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a national phase application corresponding to PCT/DE 92/00341 filed 29 April 1992 and based, in turn, upon PCT German Application P 41 897.5 filed 7 May 1991 under the International Convention.
The invention relates to a folding bed, particularly for hotel businesses, with a frame-like rectangular bed stand and a mattress resting thereon, whereby the bed frame is composed of two substantially symmetrical elements which are interconnected by hinges in the symmetry plane between the narrow sides of the bed frame, so that they can be folded with their undersides on top of each other.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Frequently in hotels additional beds which can be set up temporarily are needed. Such beds have to meet special requirements, since they have to be repeatedly set up and dismantled, and have to be kept in a storage space while not in use. Therefore such beds have to be easily transportable, easy to be set up and dismantled and they have to require as little storage space as possible. In order to meet these requirements, folding beds are known which with the aid of more or less complicated mechanisms can be folded to the smallest possible volume. However such beds are seldom sufficiently comfortable and their handling is so complicated that it requires two people to fold or unfold the bed.
From CH-A-516 295 a folding bed of the mentioned kind is known, which has a two-part frame, the two frame parts being swingably interconnected by hinges whose common axis of rotation lie in the symmetry plane between the narrow sides of the bed. The upper face of the frame is provided with a fabric cover serving as a mattress fastened by tension springs to the bed frame. In the folded state the bed can be carried. Hereby the undersides of the two frame parts are lying on top of each other, whereby at the same time they form a carrying container for objects.
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
It is the object of the invention to provide a foldable bed which can be transported, set up and dismantled by a single person and which affords a high degree of sleeping comfort without any limitations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In accordance with the invention, this problem is solved due to the fact that both frame elements have swingable casters along one of the longitudinal sides of the bed frame, whereupon the bed frame can be moved during folding and transport. Due to the invention a bed frame is created which is of an extremely simple construction and which can be easily set up and folded by a single person. In its folded state, the bed has a compact size, so that it is easily transportable and does not require much storage space.
The invention further provides that at least one element be free and the other element be capable to stand on the floor surface with its end opposite to the hinges. An unfolding during transport is avoided according to the invention by providing a latch on the ends of the elements forming the frontal sides of the frame, thereby these elements becoming interconnectable.
According to a further feature of the invention, in order to keep the storage space as small as possible without having to lower the bed too much, the elements can have legs in a staggered arrangement, so that when folded the legs of one element come to lie next to the legs of the other element. This way the legs dip into the free space available at the underside of the bed frame, when the latter is folded. This way no additional storage space is needed for the protruding part of the legs.
In the folded state the bed can be carried. Hereby the undersides of the two frame parts are lying on top of each other, whereby at the same time they form a carrying container for objects.
This way the mattress elements can be then simply transported and stored together with the bed frame, by remaining lodged in the receiving recesses of the bed frame and being secured there. If the mattress elements are not connected to the bed frame, according to a further proposal of the invention they
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Trettel Michael F.
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