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EP2178420A2 - A kind of air bed, folding bed and folding bedstead - Google Patents

A kind of air bed, folding bed and folding bedstead

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EP2178420A2
EP2178420A2 EP08762993A EP08762993A EP2178420A2 EP 2178420 A2 EP2178420 A2 EP 2178420A2 EP 08762993 A EP08762993 A EP 08762993A EP 08762993 A EP08762993 A EP 08762993A EP 2178420 A2 EP2178420 A2 EP 2178420A2
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legs
tubes
folding
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pivot
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Py Lee
Huang Chang Jiu
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North Pole US LLC
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C17/00—Sofas; Couches; Beds
    • A47C17/64—Travelling or camp beds
    • A47C17/68—Travelling or camp beds only the legs being foldable
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C17/00—Sofas; Couches; Beds
    • A47C17/64—Travelling or camp beds
    • A47C17/76—Travelling or camp beds having extensible, e.g. telescopic parts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C19/00—Bedsteads
    • A47C19/12—Folding bedsteads
    • A47C19/122—Folding bedsteads foldable head to foot only

Definitions

  • This utility model is a kind of bed and especially involves a kind of air bed, folding bed and folding bedstead.
  • the folding beds available at market include several "cross" folding frames, in which, the ends of the adjacent "cross” folding frames are pivot-connected, enabling the bedstead to be unfolded from the center to outside or folded from the outside to the center, and to occupy a small space when folded.
  • the defects of such bedsteads lie in that the bedstead, when unfolded and used, provides only the point-support to the mattress (such as air mattress), leading to an easy damage to the mattress and to a bedstead structure instability.
  • This utility model provides a kind of air bed, folding bed and folding bedstead, which has eliminated the defects of the existing folding bedsteads of easy mattress damage and instable bedstead structure.
  • a folding bedstead comprising at least two left-right paralleled rows of legs, each pair of adjacent front and back legs of the said two rows are connected with a sub-plane frame and the sub-plane frames are pivot-connected in tandem series to form an organ-type folding general bedstead.
  • the said sub-plane frames are connected at the leg top; the legs are classified into the first legs that are un-retractable and the second legs that are retractable and the first legs and the second legs in each row are arranged alternately.
  • the said legs are classified into the first legs and the second legs, the first legs are retractable two-section ones comprising the first external tubes and the first internal tubes sliding-connected in the first external tubes, the second legs are retractable three-section ones comprising the second external tubes, the intermediate tubes sliding-connected in the second external tubes and the second internal tubes sliding-connected in the intermediate tubes; and the first legs and the second legs in each row are arranged alternately;
  • Each pair of the adjacent front and back first leg and second leg in each said row are connected with a "cross" folding frame between them, whose both lower ends are pivot-connected respectively with the bottom ends of the first and second external tubes and whose upper ends are pivot-connected with the top ends of the first internal tubes and the intermediate tubes;
  • the said sub-plane frames are pivot-connected at the front and back sides respectively with the top ends of the first external tubes of the first legs and the second internal tubes of the second legs.
  • the said sub-plane frames each comprise two longitudinal beams and at least one horizontal beam fixed between the two longitudinal beams, and the two ends of each longitudinal beam are pivot-connected respectively with two adjacent front and back legs.
  • a horizontal beam is fixed between the corresponding legs of the said two rows of legs.
  • an air bed comprising an air mattress and a folding bedstead, which are connected together and the latter of which comprises at least two left-right paralleled rows of legs, characterized in that each pair of adjacent front and back legs of the said two rows are connected with a sub-plane frame and the sub-plane frames are pivot-connected in tandem series to form an organ-type folding general bedstead.
  • the said sub-plane frames are connected at the leg top; the legs are classified into the first legs that are un-retractable and the second legs that are retractable and the first legs and the second legs in each row are arranged alternately.
  • the said legs are classified into the first legs and the second legs, the first legs are retractable two-section ones comprising the first external tubes and the first internal tubes sliding-connected in the first external tubes, the second legs are retractable three-section ones comprising the second external tubes, the intermediate tubes sliding-connected in the second external tubes and the second internal tubes sliding-connected in the intermediate tubes, and the first legs and the second legs in each row are arranged alternately; the adjacent front and back first legs and the second legs in each said row are connected with a cross folding frame between them, whose both lower ends are pivot-connected respectively with the bottom ends of the first and second external tubes and whose upper ends are pivot-connected with the top ends of the first internal tubes and the intermediate tubes; the said sub-plane frames are pivot-connected at the front and back sides respectively with the top ends of the first external tubes of the first legs and the second internal tubes of the second legs.
  • the said sub-plane frames each comprise of two longitudinal beams, and at least one horizontal beam fixed between the two longitudinal beams, and the two ends of each longitudinal beam are pivot-connected respectively with two adjacent front and back legs.
  • a horizontal beam is fixed between the corresponding legs of the said two rows of legs.
  • a folding bed comprising several supportive mattresses and folding bedsteads, which comprise at least two left-right paralleled rows of legs, characterized in that each pair of adjacent front and back legs of the said two rows are connected with a sub-plane frame and the sub-plane frames are pivot-connected in tandem series to form an organ-type folding general bedstead and the supportive mattresses are connected on the sub-plane frames.
  • the said sub-plane frames are connected at the leg top; the legs are classified into the first legs that are un-retractable and the second legs that are retractable and the first legs and the second legs in each row are arranged alternately.
  • the said legs are classified into the first legs and the second legs, the first legs are retractable two-section ones comprising the first external tubes and the first internal tubes sliding-connected in the first external tubes, the second legs are retractable three-section ones comprising the second external tubes, the intermediate tubes sliding-connected in the second external tubes and the second internal tubes sliding-connected in the intermediate tubes; and the first legs and the second legs in each row are arranged alternately; the adjacent front and back first legs and the second legs in each said row are connected with a cross folding frame between them, whose both lower ends are pivot-connected respectively with the bottom ends of the first and second external tubes and whose upper ends are pivot-connected with the top ends of the first internal tubes and the intermediate tubes; the said sub-plane frames are pivot-connected at the front and back sides respectively with the top ends of the first external tubes of the first legs and the second internal tubes of the second legs.
  • the said sub-plane frames each comprise two longitudinal beams and at least one horizontal beam fixed between the two longitudinal beams, and the two ends of each longitudinal beam are pivot-connected respectively with two adjacent front and back legs.
  • a horizontal beam is fixed between the corresponding legs of the said two rows of legs.
  • a folding bed comprising at least two left-right paralleled rows of legs, characterized in that each pair of adjacent front and back legs of the said two rows are connected with a supportive mattress and the supportive mattresses are pivot-connected in tandem series to form an organ-type folding general bedstead.
  • the said supportive mattresses are connected at the leg top; the legs are classified into the first legs that are un-retractable and the second legs that are retractable and the first legs and the second legs in each row are arranged alternately.
  • the said legs are classified into the first legs and the second legs, the first legs are retractable two-section ones comprising the first external tubes and the first internal tubes sliding-connected in the first external tubes, the second legs are retractable three-section ones comprising the second external tubes, the intermediate tubes sliding-connected in the second external tubes and the second internal tubes sliding-connected in the intermediate rubes; and the first legs and the second legs in each row are arranged alternately;
  • the adjacent front and back first legs and the second legs in each said row are connected with a cross folding frame between them, whose both lower ends are pivot-connected respectively with the bottom ends of the first and second external tubes and whose upper ends are pivot-connected with the top ends of the first internal tubes and the intermediate tubes;
  • the said supportive mattresses are pivot-connected at the front and back sides respectively with the top ends of the first external tubes of the first legs and the second internal tubes of the second legs.
  • a horizontal beam is fixed between the corresponding legs at the said two rows of legs.
  • the general plane frame comprises sub-plane frames connected in organ-type folding manner has eliminated the defects of the background art and has the following advantages: 1) it is fully foldable along the length and therefore occupies only a small space; 2) the sub-plane frames of the bedstead support the mattresses, which is characterized by a stable support and no damage to the mattresses.
  • the adjacent front and back first legs and second legs are connected with a cross folding frame between them and the sub-plane frames are pivot-connected at the front and back sides respectively with the top ends of the first external tubes of the first legs and the second internal tubes of the second legs.
  • the general frame forms an organ-type folding connection
  • the legs of the folding bedstead constitutes an interlocking relation, which enables a one-time unfolding or folding in a rapid and convenient way.
  • the bedstead will automatically be unfolded in the process of the air inflation of the air mattresses.
  • Figure 1 is a stereo diagram of the folding bedstead in No. 1 example which is in a fully unfolded status.
  • Figure 2 is a stereo diagram of the folding bedstead in No. 1 example which is in a half-folded status.
  • Figure 3 is a stereo diagram of the folding bedstead in No. 1 example which is in a fully folded status.
  • Figure 4 is a stereo diagram of the folding bedstead in No. 2 example which is in a fully unfolded status.
  • Figure 5 is a stereo diagram of the folding bedstead in No. 2 example which is in a half-folded status.
  • Figure 6 is a stereo diagram of the folding bedstead in No. 2 example which is in a fully folded status.
  • Figure 7 is a stereo diagram of the air bed in No. 3 example which is in a fully unfolded status.
  • Figure 8 is a stereo diagram (1) of the air bed in No. 4 example which is in a fully unfolded status.
  • Figure 9 is a stereo diagram (2) of the air bed in No. 4 example which is in a fully unfolded status.
  • the folding bedstead comprises two left-right paralleled rows of legs and the general plane frame.
  • the legs in each row are of two types: one is the first leg 10, which is a two-section retractable one that comprises the first external tube 11 and the first internal tube 12 sliding-connected in the external tube 11.
  • the first lower pivot receptacle is provided at the bottom end of die first external tube 11, the first intermediate pivot receptacle at the top end of the first external tube 11 and the first upper pivot receptacle at the top end of the first internal tubel2; the other is the second tube 20, which is a three-section retractable one that comprises the second external tube 21, the intermediate tube 22 sliding-connected in the second external tube 21 and the second internal tube 23 sliding-connected in the intermediate tube 22.
  • the second lower pivot receptacle is provided at the bottom end of the second external tube 21, the second intermediate pivot receptacle at the top end of the intermediate tube 22 and the second upper pivot receptacle at the top end of the second internal tube 23.
  • Each row of legs includes three first legs 10 and two second legs 20 and the said three first legs 10 and two second legs 20 are arranged alternatively.
  • Each pair of the adjacent front-back first leg 10 and the second leg 20 in each row are connected with a "cross" folding frame 30, whose two lower ends are connected respectively with the first lower pivot receptacle at the bottom end of the first external tube 11 and the second lower pivot receptacle at the bottom end of the second external tube 21, whose upper ends are connected respectively with the first upper pivot receptacle at the top end of the first internal tube 12 and the second middle pivot receptacle at the top end of the intermediate rube 22.
  • the left-right corresponding legs of the two rows of legs are connected with a "cross" folding frame between them, and a horizontal beam 14 is fixed between the first middle pivot receptacles at the top end of the first external tubes 11 of the two first legs 10 and another horizontal beam 24 is fixed between the second upper pivot receptacles at the top end of the second internal tubes 23 of the two second legs 20.
  • the general plane frame includes four sub-plane frames 40 comprising two longitudinal beams 41 and at least one horizontal beam 42 fixed between the two horizontal beams 41. If necessary, short reinforcing members can be fixed between two horizontal beams 42.
  • the both ends of the longitudinal beams 41 are pivot-connected correspondingly to the first middle pivot receptacle at the top end of the first external tube 11 of the first leg 10 and the second upper pivot receptacle at the top end of the second internal tube 23of the second leg 20.
  • the tandem pivot-connection of the first and the second upper pivot receptacles enables the four sub-plane frames 40 to form an organ-type folding.
  • the folding bedstead comprises two left-right paralleled rows of legs and the general plane frame.
  • the legs in each row are of two types: one is the first leg 10, which is un-retractable and is provided with the first lower pivot receptacle at the bottom end and the first upper pivot receptacle at the top end; the other is the second leg 20, which is a three-section retractable one that comprises the second external tube 21, the intermediate tube 22 sliding-connected in the second external tube 21 and the second internal tube 23 sliding-connected in the intermediate tube 22.
  • the second lower pivot receptacle is provided at the bottom end of the second external tube 21, and the second upper pivot receptacle at the top end of the second internal tube 23.
  • Each row of legs includes three first legs 10 and two second legs 20 and the said three first legs 10 and two second legs 20 are arranged alternatively.
  • the left-right corresponding legs of the two rows of legs are connected with a "cross" folding frame between them, and a horizontal beam 14 is fixed between the first upper pivot receptacles at the top end of the two first legs 10 and another horizontal beam 24 is fixed between the second upper pivot receptacles at the top end of the second internal tubes 23of the two second legs 20.
  • the general plane frame includes four sub-plane frames 40 comprising two longitudinal beams 41 and at least one horizontal beam 42 fixed between the two longitudinal beams 41. If necessary, short reinforcing members can be fixed between two horizontal beams 42.
  • the both ends of the longitudinal beams 41 are pivot-connected correspondingly to the first upper pivot receptacle at the top end of the first leg 10 and the second upper pivot receptacle at the top end of the second internal tube 23 of the second leg 20.
  • the tandem pivot-connection of the first and the second upper pivot receptacles enables the four sub-plane frames 40 to form an organ-type folding.
  • FIG. 7 This example is a kind of air bed comprising an air mattress 50 and a folding bedstead.
  • the air mattress 50 comprises a mantle and an inflation internal core.
  • the mantle is provided with a closable opening, enabling the client to either put the inflation core in the mantle or to take it outside the mantle according to the need.
  • the folding bedstead is as described in No. 1 Embodiment Example.
  • the said mantle is connected on the first and second pivot receptacle of the bedstead.
  • This example is a kind of sectional air bed comprising two air mattresses 50 and two folding bedsteads.
  • the said air mattress 50 comprises a mantle and an inflation internal core.
  • the mantle is provided with a closable opening, enabling the client to either put the inflation core in the mantle or to take it outside the mantle according to the need.
  • the folding bedstead structure is different from that in No. 1 Embodiment Example in that: a clamp is provided on the pivot receptacle on the side of a folding bedstead and a buckle is provided on the pivot receptacle on the corresponding side of another folding bedstead, and the clamp and the buckle form a detachable buckle structure and a rotatable connection when integrated with each other.
  • the mantles of the two said air mattresses 50 are connected respectively on the two folding bedsteads.
  • This example is a kind of folding bed comprising four supportive mattresses that are fixed on the sub-plane frames and a folding bedstead that is as described in No. 1 or No. 2 example.

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Abstract

本实用新型公开了一种充气床、折叠床以及折叠式床架。折叠式床架，它至少包括左右并排的两排支腿，该两排的每前后相邻的两支腿之间均连接有一分面框架，该些分面框架之间依次枢接前后串联在一起构成风琴式折叠的总面框架。充气床、折叠床中均具有上述的折叠式床架。本技术方案的折叠式床架中，由于总面框架是由各分面框架依风琴式折叠方式连接在一起的，因此克服了背景技术所存在的不足，并具有如下的优点：其一，在长度方向可完全折叠，占用空间小；其二，床架的分面框架支撑床垫，支撑稳定，不会损坏床垫。
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CNU2007200075234U CN201067222Y (zh) 2007-06-29 2007-06-29 一种充气床、折叠床以及折叠式床架
PCT/IB2008/001741 WO2009004468A2 (en) 2007-06-29 2008-06-30 A kind of air bed, folding bed and folding bedstead

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EP2178420A4 EP2178420A4 (en) 2012-03-28
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