Beds – Bedsteads – Upending
Patent
1997-12-18
1999-11-09
Melius, Terry Lee
Beds
Bedsteads
Upending
5133, 51591, 51641, A47C 1912
Patent
active
059789883
ABSTRACT:
A folding furniture apparatus for selectively and alternatively moving a pivotally connected furniture component between a substantially horizontal usable position and a substantially vertical storage position includes a counterbalancing piston assembly and associated mounting hardware that can provide one of a selected value of torques, counterbalancing the weight of furniture component. At least one counterbalancing piston extends between an upper mounting bracket secured to a support assembly and a lower bracket secured to the furniture component, each of these brackets having a plurality of corresponding mounting points. A counterbalancing piston is pivotally secured to and extends from a selected mounting point on the lower bracket to an associated mounting point on the upper bracket. The lower amounting points and associated upper mounting points are preselected to provide the necessary counterbalancing (torque) for a certain weight of the furniture component without requiring the use of a different piston or relocation of the mounting hardware.
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C.A.B., Inc.
Melius Terry Lee
Nagle, Jr. David W.
Santos Robert G.
Smith Vance A.
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