Furniture joints for increased stability in modular beds
A modular bed allows users to reconfigure the bed to suit different room requirements and to suit different users. A bed leg may be attached to a bed rail with a dovetail tenon and socket to allow the bed leg to be removed if desired or to change length of style of the leg. The leg joint provides a highly stable and secure joint. A rail bracket may be used to attach bed rails to bed posts in different locations and in different configurations to allow the same bed components to form part of a floor bed, a conventional bed, a loft bed, or a bunk bed. The bed provides improved strength and stability.
1 . A bed comprising: a horizontal frame rail; a frame rail bracket having a horizontal rail arm and a vertical bracket head attached to an end of the horizontal rail arm, the vertical bracket head having a first arm segment extending a first direction generally perpendicular to the horizontal frame rail and a second arm segment extending a second direction opposite the first direction; wherein the first arm segment is of a first length and the second arm segment is of a second length, and wherein the second length is less than the first length; a vertical post, the vertical post having a first attachment position and a second attachment position; wherein the horizontal rail arm is attached to the horizontal frame rail; wherein, in a first configuration, the vertical bracket head is attached to the first attachment position with the first arm segment extending upwardly from the horizontal rail arm; and wherein, in a second configuration, the vertical bracket head is attached to the second attachment position with the first arm segment extending downwardly from the horizontal rail arm.
2 . The bed of claim 1 , wherein the first attachment position comprises a first recess having a shape that is complementary to the vertical bracket head to receive the vertical bracket head therein, and wherein the second attachment position comprises a second recess having a shape that is complementary to the vertical bracket head to receive the vertical bracket head therein.
3 . The bed of claim 1 , wherein the first attachment position is located near a bottom of the vertical post and is configured to position the horizontal frame rail at a first height relative to a floor, and wherein the second attachment position is located a distance above the first attachment point to position the horizontal frame rail at a second height greater than the first height.
4 . The bed of claim 1 , wherein the horizontal frame rail comprises a rail pocket which is complementary in shape to the horizontal rail arm and which receives horizontal rail arm.
5 . The bed of claim 1 , wherein, in the second configuration, the first arm segment extends downwardly past a lower end of the vertical post, wherein the bed comprises a post extension attached to the lower end of the vertical post, and wherein the first arm segment is attached to an upper end of the post extension.
6 . The bed of claim 5 , further comprising a structural pin positioned in a hole in the lower end of the vertical post and in a hole in the upper end of the post extension whereby the structural pin extends between the vertical post and the post extension.
7 . The bed of claim 1 , wherein the first arm segment has a length which is between two and five times a length of the second arm segment.
8 . A bed comprising: a horizontal frame rail; a frame rail bracket having a horizontal rail arm and a vertical bracket head attached to an end of the horizontal rail arm, the vertical bracket head having a first arm segment extending a first direction generally perpendicular to the horizontal frame rail and a second arm segment extending a second direction opposite the first direction; a vertical post; wherein the horizontal rail arm is attached to the horizontal frame rail; wherein, in a first configuration, the vertical bracket head is attached to the vertical post with the first arm segment extending upwardly from the horizontal rail arm; and wherein, in a second configuration, the vertical bracket head is attached to the vertical post with the first arm segment extending downwardly from the horizontal rail arm.
9 . The bed of claim 8 , wherein the first arm segment comprises a segment having a first length and wherein the second arm segment comprises a segment having a second length which is less than the first length.
10 . The bed of claim 8 , wherein, in the second configuration the bed comprises a vertical post extension attached to a bottom end of the vertical post, and wherein the first arm segment extends downwardly past a bottom end of the vertical post and is attached to a top end of the post extension.
11 . The bed of claim 8 , wherein, in the first configuration, the vertical bracket head is attached to the vertical post at a first location on the post having a first height, and wherein, in the second configuration, the vertical bracket head is attached to the vertical post at a second location on the post which is different from the first location and which has a second height different from the first height.
12 . The bed of claim 8 , wherein, in the first configuration, the vertical bracket head is attached to the vertical post at a first attachment position which is located near a bottom of the vertical post and is configured to position the horizontal frame rail at a first height relative to a floor, and wherein, in the second configuration, the vertical bracket head is attached to the vertical post at a second attachment position which is located a distance above the first attachment point to position the horizontal frame rail at a second height greater than the first height.
13 . The bed of claim 8 , wherein, in the first configuration, the vertical bracket head is attached to the post at a first attachment position which comprises a first recess having a shape that is complementary to the vertical bracket head to receive the vertical bracket head therein, and wherein, in the second configuration, the vertical bracket head is attached to the post at a second attachment position which comprises a second recess having a shape that is complementary to the vertical bracket head to receive the vertical bracket head therein.
14 . The bed of claim 8 , wherein the horizontal frame rail comprises a rail pocket which is complementary in shape to the horizontal rail arm and which receives horizontal rail arm.
15 . The bed of claim 8 , wherein the vertical post comprises a first recess which is complementary in shape to the vertical bracket head and which allows the vertical bracket head to be mounted to the vertical post in the first configuration, and wherein the vertical post comprises a second recess which is complementary in shape to the vertical bracket head and which allows the vertical bracket head to be mounted to the vertical post in the second configuration.
16 . The bed of claim 8 , wherein the vertical post comprises a first recess which is complementary in shape to the vertical bracket head and which allows the vertical bracket head to be alternately mounted to the vertical post in the first configuration or in the second configuration.
17 . The bed of claim 8 , wherein the first arm segment has a length which is between two and five times a length of the second arm segment.