Patent Application
20140304912
The present disclosure relates generally to furniture assemblies, and more particularly, to bed assemblies exhibiting certain characteristics appropriate for use in room corner arrangements.
The size and layout of bedrooms can vary from dwelling to dwelling. Often times these characteristics limit the available options for installing a bed. In some cases, it is necessary, or preferred, that a bed be aligned adjacent a corner of a room. In such circumstances, it is sometimes desirable to have a barrier disposed between the wall and the head of the mattress to reduce the chance that the head of an occupant would strike the wall. Such a barrier could be used as a back support if the occupant wishes to sit upright in bed. Furthermore, since a bed may be moved from one dwelling to another during its useful life, it would be desirable for the bed to be reconfigurable so as to allow the barrier to be used in different orientations.
Accordingly, the present disclosure provides bed assemblies that address these issues.
The present disclosure encompasses a bed assembly comprising a bed frame including a head end, a foot end, a first side and a second side, both disposed between the head end and the foot end, wherein the head end and the first side form a first head corner of the bed frame and the head end and the second side form a second head corner of the bed frame. The bed assembly also comprises a single corner barrier attached to the bed frame and extending upward therefrom, wherein the corner barrier is aligned adjacent one of the first and the second head corners of the bed frame, and wherein the corner barrier comprises a headboard extending along the head end of the bed frame, and a side panel extending along one of the first and the second sides from the head corner with which the corner barrier is aligned to an intermediate point between the head end and foot end. In one embodiment, the bed assembly the side panel is detachably connected to the headboard. In another embodiment, the sidewall is detachably connected to one of the first and the second sides. A fastener can be attached to both the side panel and one of the first and the second sides of the bed frame. Additionally, a fastener can be attached to both the side panel and the headboard of the corner barrier. In one embodiment, the headboard and the side panel form an enclosed corner extending upward from one of the first and the second head corners of the bed frame. In yet another embodiment, the single corner barrier comprises padding attached to a surface thereof. In still a further embodiment, the side along which the side panel extends is longer than the side panel.
The present disclosure also can encompass a bed assembly comprising a headboard having a lower section and an upper section, a first side rail connected to the lower section of the headboard, a second side rail connected to lower section of the headboard and aligned opposing the first side rail, and a side panel detachably mounted to one of the first and the second side rails. In such an embodiment, the side panel can extend upward from one of the first and the second side rails and is aligned adjacent the upper section of the headboard. In such a bed assembly, the side rail to which the side panel is attached is a closed side and the opposing side rail is an open side. In another embodiment, the side rail to which the side panel is detachably mounted is longer than the side panel. Additionally, padding can be attached to at least one of the side panel and the headboard. Furthermore, the side panel can be connected to the headboard. In such an embodiment, a fastener can be provided connecting the side panel to headboard. Alternatively, a fastener can be provided connecting the side panel to one of the first and the second side rails.
The present disclosure also encompasses a bed assembly comprising a first side rail comprising a first top surface, a second side rail opposing the first side rail and comprising a second top surface, a mattress support disposed between the first side rail and the second side rail, a foot rail connected to the first and the second side rails, a headboard connected to the first and the second side rails where the headboard extends upward beyond the first and the second top surfaces of the first and the second side rails, and a side panel connected to the headboard and one of the first and second side rails where the side panel extends upward beyond the top surface of the side rail to which the side panel is connected. In such an embodiment, the side rail to which the headboard is connected can be disposed on a closed side of the bed assembly and the opposing side rail can be disposed on an open side of the bed assembly. Additionally, the side panel and the headboard can form a corner extending upward adjacent an end of one of the first and the second side rails to which the side panel is connected.
These and other aspects of the bed assemblies of the present disclosure are set forth in more detail in the detailed description below and the accompanying drawings that are briefly described as follows.
The present disclosure encompasses bed assemblies that include a corner barrier disposed adjacent one of the head corners of the bed frame. Such bed assemblies can be installed adjacent a corner of a room to allow for at least a partial barrier between the two walls of the room and the sleeping surface of the bed. An aspect of the present disclosure also encompasses bed assemblies with a detachably connected side panel that allows for the use of the corner barrier on either side of the bed, thereby allowing for a single bed assembly to be aligned in different corners of a room.
As used herein, the term “detachably mounted” refers to the connection of one part of the bed assembly to another part of the bed assembly in such a way that the parts can be detached and reattached as needed.
As used herein, the term “closed side” refers to the side of the bed assembly along which a side panel as described herein extends from the head of the bed assembly toward the foot of the bed assembly and which is on the opposing side of the bed assembly from the open side.
As used herein, the term “open side” refers to the side of the bed assembly along which no side panel as described herein extends and which is on the opposing side of the bed assembly from the closed side. The provision of an open side and a closed side in the embodiments of the present disclosure allows for access to the sleeping surface of the bed along substantially the entire length of the open side, while access to the sleeping surface from the closed side is partially obstructed by the side panel as described herein. The bed assembly of the present disclosure includes an open side and a closed side.
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A corner barrier 124 is provided on the bed assembly 100 set forth in
The headboard 126 is provided adjacent the head end 112 of the bed frame 110 and extends upward therefrom beyond the first and the second top surfaces 121 and 123 of the first and the second side rails 117 and 119. The headboard 126 extends along the head end 112 from the first head corner 120 to the second head corner 122. The headboard 126 includes an upper section 150 and a lower section 152. The first and the second side rails 117 and 119 are connected to the lower section 152 of the headboard 126. The upper section 150 of the headboard 126 and the side panel 128 can form the corner barrier 124, while the lower section 152 of the headboard 126 can cooperate with the first and second side rails 117 and 119 and the foot rail 115 to form the bed frame 110.
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The side panel 128 is detachably mounted to the second side rail 119 above the second top surface 123. As shown in
The side panel 128 is connected to the headboard 126 by fasteners 134. As shown in
In
The realignment of side panel 128 along first side 116 results in a new open side 254 and a new closed side 256 of the bed assembly. The new open side 254 corresponds to the second side 118, and the new closed side 256 corresponds to the first side 116.
In one embodiment of the present disclosure of the bed assembly 300, shown in
Other embodiments of the present disclosure encompass bed assemblies that each have a side panel integrally formed with one of the side rails of the bed frame to form a side barrier. In one of these embodiments, the side barrier can be configured to install on only one of the sides of the bed frame. In another embodiment, the side barrier can be configured to install on either side of the bed frame.
The bed assemblies 100 and 300 each include a side panel that can be used in at least two separate configurations. In each bed assembly, the side panel provided can be used on either side of the bed in order to form a corner barrier adjacent one of the head corners of the bed frame. In this way, a single bed assembly can be used in different locations within at different orientations adjacent corners of the room. In each case, the arrangement provides for a bed assembly with a closed side that that can be aligned along a wall and an open side provided access onto the bed.
While the corner barriers provided in the embodiments include one side panel cooperating with a single headboard, the present disclosure also encompasses corner barriers formed from multiple side panels or multiple headboards. In such embodiments, the multiple side panels can be aligned along one side of the bed assembly and cooperate to form a portion of the corner barrier. Likewise, multiple headboards can be aligned along the head of the bed but, individually, not extend from one side to another, but in combination can extend along the entire length of the head of the bed assembly. In this manner, the corner barriers of the present disclosure can comprise more than two cooperating sections.
Furthermore, while the side panels shown in the Figures are mounted above the top surfaces of the side rails, the present disclosure also encompasses side panels that extend below as well as above the side rails, but are aligned adjacent to one of the side rails to form a corner barrier in cooperation with the headboard.
The embodiments set forth herein are provided to illustrate, not limit, the scope of the present disclosure. Alternatives, variations, and modifications of the embodiments described herein will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art are encompassed by the present disclosure.
