Beds – Vehicle attached
Patent
1997-05-15
1998-06-23
Trettel, Michael F.
Beds
Vehicle attached
5 121, 5 591, 297 67, 29744016, 296 69, A41C 1734, B60R 110
Patent
active
057687242
ABSTRACT:
A modular RV furniture apparatus includes a platform, a U-shaped frame having enlargements formed at its leg extremities for insertion through selected socket openings of the platform. A key panel movable under the platform has key openings formed therein for locking the frame in place with the enlargements blocked by the key openings. The leg extremities of the frame are spaced at a distance D, pairs of the socket openings also being spaced at the distance D for permitting the frame to be selectively engaged with the platform and locked in place in a plurality of fixed positions. At least some socket openings are spaced at a center spacing S that is a submultiple of the distance D, a back-support on the frame having a width W being the distance D plus a multiple of the spacing S. A manual or powered locking device holds the key panel in the locked position, an electrical interlock deactivating a vehicle ignition circuit when the key panel is not in the locked position. Also disclosed is a method for converting a recreational vehicle bed to a couch having the back-support in which a pair of platform assemblies are anchored in edge-abutting relation for forming the bed, translation mechanisms moving the platform assemblies laterally for forming an aisle therebetween and longitudinally for selectively providing driver's and passenger's seating.
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