Beds – Attachment or accessory
Reexamination Certificate
2000-02-25
2001-11-20
Grosz, Alexander (Department: 3628)
Beds
Attachment or accessory
C005S414000, C135S090000, C135S096000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06317910
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to canopies and more particularly pertains to a new suspended bed canopy for suspending a canopy over a bed without supports being attached to the bed.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of canopies is known in the prior art. More specifically, canopies heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,836,330; 4,785,837; 4,729,137; U.S. Des. Pat. No. 249,915; U.S. Pat. Nos. 87,589; and 77,207.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new suspended bed canopy. The inventive device includes a suspension assembly comprising a plate member and a frame. The plate member has a top side, a bottom side and a peripheral edge extending therebetween. The top side has a plurality of bores therein. The frame generally has a length and width greater than a length and width of the plate member. The frame has an inner surface and an outer surface. A plurality of hanging means is insertable in the bores and removably hangs the plate from the ceiling. A panel is removably coupled to the plate and the frame such that the panel secures the plate to the frame.
In these respects, the suspended bed canopy according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of suspending a canopy over a bed without supports being attached to the bed.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of canopies now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new suspended bed canopy construction wherein the same can be utilized for suspending a canopy over a bed without supports attached to the bed.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new suspended bed canopy apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the canopies mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new suspended bed canopy which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art canopies, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a suspension assembly comprising a plate member and a frame. The plate member has a top side, a bottom side and a peripheral edge extending therebetween. The top side has a plurality of bores therein. The frame generally has a length and width greater than a length and width of the plate member. The frame has an inner surface and an outer surface. A plurality of hanging means is insertable in the bores and removably hangs the plate from the ceiling. A panel is removably coupled to the plate and the frame such that the panel secures the plate to the frame.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new suspended bed canopy apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the canopies mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new suspended bed canopy which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art canopies, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new suspended bed canopy which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new suspended bed canopy which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new suspended bed canopy which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such suspended bed canopy economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new suspended bed canopy which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new suspended bed canopy for suspending a canopy over a bed without supports attached to the bed.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new suspended bed canopy which includes a suspension assembly comprising a plate member and a frame. The plate member has a top side, a bottom side and a peripheral edge extending therebetween. The top side has a plurality of bores therein. The frame generally has a length and width greater than a length and width of the plate member. The frame has an inner surface and an outer surface. A plurality of hanging means is insertable in the bores and removably hangs the plate from the ceiling. A panel is removably coupled to the plate and the frame such that the panel secures the plate to the frame.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new suspended bed canopy that hangs from a ceiling allowing for more space in the room due to lack of canopy supports.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new suspended bed canopy that may have additionally panels and drapes hung therefrom to enclose portions of the bed.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there
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