Pultruded adjustable bed frame

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10863829-B2
Application number	US-201916263998-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 31, 2019
Priority date	Aug 24, 2015
Publication date	Dec 15, 2020
Grant date	Dec 15, 2020

Abstract

Pultruded frames for an adjustable bed are described herein. The pultruded frames may include various components such as connection/joining and reinforcing structures. The various components and frame parts may be combined in multiple configurations to form light weight and strong adjustable bed frames.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A bed frame, comprising:
a first and a second side rail coupled in a spaced parallel relationship, each side rail comprising a first side rail member and a second side rail member, each side rail member having a first end opposite a second end, wherein the first end of the first side rail member receives the first end of the second side rail member such that the first side rail member is adjustable with respect to the second side rail member;
a first and a second end rail, each end rail coupled between and oriented orthogonally to the first and the second side rails; and
a plurality of uprights that couples the side rails to the end rails, each upright having a plurality of surfaces extending between a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the plurality of uprights couples to the side rails, and wherein the second end of the plurality of uprights couples to the end rails,
wherein the plurality of surfaces includes a first surface, a second surface, a third surface, and a fourth surface, wherein each of the plurality of uprights includes a first cutout in the first surface, wherein the first cutout is positioned on the first end of the upright to receive one of the first or second side rails, wherein each of the plurality of uprights includes a second cutout in the second surface, wherein the second cutout is positioned on the second end of the upright to receive one of the first or second end rails.

2. The bed frame of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of uprights includes a pair of right-side uprights that couples the side rail to the first and the second end rails, and a pair of left-side uprights that couples the second side rail of the first and the second end rails.

3. The bed frame of claim 1 , wherein the first cutout in the first surface extends through the third surface.

4. The bed frame of claim 3 , wherein the first cutout further extends through one of the second surface or the fourth surface.

5. The bed frame of claim 4 , further comprising a first bracket that couples the side rails to the plurality of uprights.

6. The bed frame of claim 1 , wherein the second cutout in the second surface extends through the fourth surface.

7. The bed frame of claim 6 , wherein the second cutout further extends through one of the first surface or the third surface.

8. The bed frame of claim 7 , further comprising a second bracket that couples the end rails to the plurality of uprights.

9. The bed frame of claim 1 , further comprising a reinforcing plate that couples the first side rail member to the second side rail member, the reinforcing plate having an aperture that aligns with an aperture in the first side rail member and an aperture in the second side rail member to receive a fastener therethrough.

10. The bed frame of claim 1 , wherein the first and the second side rail are each a fiber-reinforced composite side rail, wherein the first and the second end rail are each a fiber-reinforced composite end rail, wherein the fiber-reinforced composite is electrically non-conductive.

11. The bed frame of claim 10 , wherein the frame includes one or more segments of capacitive wiring coupled to a capacitance detector.

12. The bed frame of claim 1 , wherein the first and the second side rail are each a fiber-reinforced composite side rail, wherein the first and the second end rail are each a fiber-reinforced composite end rail, wherein the fiber-reinforced composite comprises a predetermined pigment throughout the first and the second side rails and the first and the second end rails.

13. The bed frame of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of uprights comprise a fiber-reinforced composite.

14. The bed frame of claim 1 , wherein the first side rail member comprises an opening at the first end of the first side rail member to receive the first end of the second side rail member.

15. The bed frame of claim 3 , wherein the second cutout in the second surface extends through the fourth surface.

16. The bed frame of claim 15 , wherein at least one of the first, second, third surface, or fourth surface is a planer surface that extends from the first end to the second end of the upright.

17. The bed frame of claim 1 , wherein the first and the second side rails and the first and the second end rails are a pultruded fiber-reinforced composite.

18. The bed frame of claim 1 , wherein the first and the second side rail are each a fiber-reinforced composite side rail.

19. The bed frame of claim 18 , wherein the first and the second end rail are each a fiber-reinforced composite end rail.

20. The bed frame of claim 15 , wherein the first and the second side rail are each a fiber-reinforced composite side rail, and wherein the first and the second end rail are each a fiber-reinforced composite end rail.

Assignees

• L&P Property Man Co

Inventors

• Rohr William R

Classifications

• A47C19/005

  dismountable · CPC title

• A47C19/02

  Parts or details of bedsteads not fully covered in a single one of the following subgroups, e.g. bed rails, post rails · CPC title

• A47C19/021

  Bedstead frames · CPC title

• A47C19/024 Primary

  Legs · CPC title