Collapsible platform bed with integral storage chest

Abstract

A platform bed, when collapsed from its fully assembled position, appears to be and functions as a storage chest as follows: The slats are removed from between the hinged side panels and off of the rails. The rails are then lifted out of the rail supports. Manually exerting pressure on the footboard / chest front toward the headboard / chest back forces the hinged side panels to fold allowing the collapsible platform bed with integral storage chest to fold in an accordion-like fashion. Once fully collapsed, the rails and slats are stacked and stored on the folded hinged side panels, headboard beam, middle beam, and footboard beam within the open chest. Then the hinged headboard panel / chest lid is rotated downward to rest on the footboard / chest front to conceal the contents in what appears to be a closed storage chest.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This non-provisional (utility) patent application claims the benefit of corresponding provisional patent application No. 60 / 630,347 with a filing date of Nov. 24, 2004 including foreign filing license granted on Dec. 15, 2004 country code and number U.S. Ser. No. 60 / 630,347FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] This invention generally relates to bedroom and residential furniture and, more specifically, collapsible platform beds that when collapsed, are concealed in and can be considered other decorative residential furnishings. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] There have been previous designs of collapsible beds concealed in or disguised as other pieces of furniture. Typical of these are U.S. Pat. No. 74,849 to Bowers, U.S. Pat. No. 484,765 to Kimberly, U.S. Pat. No. 522,569 to Wherry, U.S. Pat. No. 715,370 Hagedorn, U.S. Pat. No. 756,162 to Faschian, U.S. Pat. No. 1,358,407 to Baker, U.S. Pat. No. 1,368,101 to Bettegar, and U.S. Pat. No. 2,0...

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Benefits of technology

[0010] With the slats and rails of this present invention removed, the hinged side panels can fold inward toward a perpendicular center between the headboard and footboard in an acco

Problems solved by technology

While these collapsible beds may have been suitable for the purposes for which they were designed, they do not address issues relating to the use of inflatable mattresses and would not be as suitable or as substantial as the present invention hereinafter described.

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