Adjustable bed
View Patent ↗An adjustable bed frame includes a headboard, a pair of longitudinal side rails in spaced-apart, parallel relationship, and a telescoping slat assembly connecting the headboard and side rails together to define a rectangular bed frame that is adjustable between a first rectangular size and a second rectangular size smaller than the first rectangular size. The telescoping slat assembly includes a set of tubular members that telescopically receive a respective set of elongated members to form telescoping slats. The tubular members have one end secured to one of the side rails and extend away therefrom in parallel, spaced apart relationship. The elongated members have one end secured to the other one of the side rails and extend away therefrom in parallel, spaced-apart relationship. The side rails are slidably secured to the headboard to facilitate movement of the frame between the first and second rectangular sizes.
1. An adjustable bed frame, comprising:
a headboard comprising opposite side end portions and a bottom end portion, wherein a groove is formed within the headboard bottom end portion and extends from one side end portion to the other side end portion;
a pair of longitudinal side rails in spaced-apart, parallel relationship, wherein each side rail is slidably secured to the headboard via a member having one end secured to the side rail and an opposite end slidably engaged within the groove in the headboard bottom end portion; and
a telescoping slat assembly connecting the headboard and side rails together to define a rectangular bed frame that is adjustable between a first rectangular size and a second rectangular size smaller than the first rectangular size, wherein the telescoping slat assembly comprises:
a set of tubular members having one end secured to one of the side rails and extending away therefrom in parallel, spaced apart relationship;
a set of elongated members having one end secured to the other one of the side rails and extending away therefrom in parallel, spaced-apart relationship, wherein each tubular member telescopically receives a respective elongated member therein to form a respective telescoping slat;
a bushing disposed within one of the tubular members that is configured to guide a respective elongated member along a controlled sliding path within the tubular member; and
a pair of removable leg members, each leg member extending between and removably secured to a respective side rail and to the footboard when the bed frame is in the first rectangular size, and wherein each leg member is removed from a respective side rail and from the footboard when the bed frame is adjusted to the second rectangular size.
2. The bed frame of claim 1 , wherein the telescoping slat assembly comprises at least seven telescoping slats.
3. The bed frame of claim 1 , wherein the telescoping slat assembly comprises at least eight telescoping slats.
4. The bed frame of claim 1 , wherein the telescoping slat assembly comprises at least ten telescoping slats.
5. The bed frame of claim 1 , wherein the first and second set of tubular members extend orthogonally away from the respective side rails.
6. The bed frame of claim 1 , wherein each side rail extends away from the headboard at a respective side end portion when the frame is in the first rectangular size, and wherein at least one of the side rails extends away from the headboard at a location between the headboard side end portions when the frame is in the second rectangular size.
7. The bed frame of claim 1 , wherein the side rails have opposite first and second end portions, wherein the first end portions are slidably secured to the headboard, and further comprising a footboard extending between and secured to the side rail second end portions when the frame is in the second rectangular size.
8. The bed frame of claim 7 , further comprising at least one drawer slidably secured to the bed frame adjacent to the footboard.
9. The bed frame of claim 8 , wherein the at least one drawer comprises a pair of adjacent drawers.
10. The bed frame of claim 8 , wherein the at least one drawer is slidably secured to the bed frame beneath the footboard.
11. The bed frame of claim 1 , wherein one of the telescoping slats is slidably secured to the headboard via a pair of spaced-apart brackets mounted to the headboard.
12. The bed frame of claim 1 , further comprising at least one drawer slidably secured to the bed frame.
13. An adjustable bed frame, comprising:
a headboard comprising opposite end portions and a bottom end portion, wherein a groove is formed within the headboard bottom end portion and extends from one end portion to the other end portion;
a pair of longitudinal side rails in spaced-apart, parallel relationship, wherein each side rail is slidably secured to the headboard via an “L-shaped” member having one end secured to the side rail and an opposite end slidably engaged within the groove in the headboard bottom end portion; and
a telescoping slat assembly connecting the headboard and side rails together to define a rectangular bed frame that is adjustable between a first rectangular size and a second rectangular size smaller than the first rectangular size, wherein the telescoping slat assembly comprises:
a set of tubular members having one end secured to one of the side rails and extending away therefrom in parallel, spaced apart relationship;
a set of elongated members having one end secured to the other one of the side rails and extending away therefrom in parallel, spaced-apart relationship, wherein each tubular member telescopically receives a respective elongated member therein to form a respective telescoping slat; and
a pair of removable leg members, each leg member extending between and removably secured to a respective side rail and to the footboard when the bed frame is in the first rectangular size, and wherein each leg member is removed from a respective side rail and from the footboard when the bed frame is adjusted to the second rectangular size.