U.S. patent application number 09/878101 was filed with the patent office on 2002-09-12 for foldaway camp bed for multi-use.
Invention is credited to Takeuchi, Hiroaki.
Application Number | 20020124310 09/878101 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 18708022 |
Filed Date | 2002-09-12 |
United States Patent
Application |
20020124310 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Takeuchi, Hiroaki |
September 12, 2002 |
Foldaway camp bed for multi-use
Abstract
A kind of camp bed for multi-use as a table, a chair, an easy
chair, a bed, and a personal tent. It is constructed of four
foldaway pipe frame seats to support the human body, and each of
the foldaway pipe frame seats are connected by a pair of hinge
joints, positioned at both right and left side of each seat frame,
and are able to be fixed at any angle from 0.degree. to
180.degree.. It has a pair of foldaway pipe legs, positioned at the
front and rear under the 2nd pipe frame seat, this means the 2nd of
four connected foldaway pipe frame seats. Positioned under the 2nd
pipe frame seat, the rear foldaway pipe leg has a pair of slide
pipes that are able to slide backward to lengthen to the base and
is held by a pair of rear stops at the rear end. It has support
pipes arranged on each outside face of the hinge joints, positioned
at both right and left sides of each seat frame, that support both
ends of flexible tent poles used to hang the tent cloth on the flat
bed, constructed from four pipe frame seats as in FIG. 12.
Inventors: |
Takeuchi, Hiroaki;
(Shizuoka-ken, JP) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Hiroaki Takeuchi
2971 Washizu Kosaishi
Shizuoka-ken
431-0431
JP
|
Family ID: |
18708022 |
Appl. No.: |
09/878101 |
Filed: |
June 11, 2001 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
5/111 |
Current CPC
Class: |
E04H 15/003 20130101;
A47C 1/143 20130101; E04H 15/324 20130101; A47C 29/003 20130101;
A47C 7/666 20180801; A47C 17/70 20130101; A47C 7/66 20130101; A47C
13/00 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
5/111 |
International
Class: |
A47C 019/04 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Aug 10, 2000 |
JP |
2000-212051 |
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. The present invention, Foldaway Camp Bed for Multi-Use, has
connected fordaway four pipe frame seats on the top to support
human body; the head, the back, the hips and the legs for each, and
has a pair of front and rear foldaway pipe frame legs lower part of
the top.
2. In addition to the claim 1, a pair of foldaway front and rear
pipe frame legs are arranged lower side of the top second pipe
frame seat of connected four pipe frame seats.
3. In addition to the claim 1, each pair of hinge joints connecting
top four pipe frame seats can be fixed at any angles between 0
degree to around 180 degrees as desired.
4. In addition to the claim 1, the rear foldawy pipe frame leg has
the slide mechanism to move from the rear end position of top
second pipe frame seat, supporting the hip, to the the back end
position of the slide mechanism, meanes near from a pair of the
hinge joints position between the third pipe frame seat, supporting
the back, and the fourth pipe frame seat, supporting the head, and
that sliding rear pipe frame leg can be hold on any position
between front stop end and rear stop end as desired.
5. In addition to the claim 1, Foldaway Camp Bed for Multi-Use, has
some support pipes on several point arround the four connecred pipe
frame seat pipes to support some attachments and poles, for
example, supporting the flexible tent poles to hung up the tent
cloth on the flat bed constructed by four pipe frame seats, or
supporting the poles to set the eaves on the easy chair as FIG. 13.
Description
[0001] The present invention relates to a kind of camp bed for
multi-use, is able to be used as a table, a chair, an easy chair, a
bed and a personal camp tent, through set up of varied shapes and
assembly with optional tent set. It can also fold into a compact
size.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] When we enjoy camping in nature, we need many camp goods to
live for some days. We can get many camp goods for each purpose,
for example, a camp chair FIG. 1 or a tent FIG. 2 on the market.
However, we have to bring many camp goods for each purposes for
camping life. For example a camp chair FIG. 1, a bed FIG. 2 and
tents for each person are necessities for camping, as are several
pieces of luggage, that occupies much space and is difficult to
carry.
[0003] FIG. 1 shows one kind of usual foldaway camp chair. It is
very useful camp good, but it is used only for sitting, moreover it
takes large space itself, even when it is fully folded.
[0004] FIG. 2 shows a usual foldaway camp bed. It is a very useful
camp good too, but it couldn't use except for a bed for taking a
nap, moreover it takes quiet a large space even if when it is fully
folded.
[0005] And furthermore, it needs a tent set for staying overnight
camp. The tent sets take up a large space too.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0006] The invention is "Foldaway Camp Bed for Multi-use", is
designed to solve those problems. The problem of needing many camp
goods for each purpose and each good taldng quiet a large space. To
solve these problems mentioned above, the basic construction of the
present invention is similar to typical foldaway camp bed on the
market, but the invention has three differences from it.
[0007] First difference is that typical foldaway camp bed on the
market has 3 flat pipe frame seats on the top, but the present
invention "Foldaway Camp Bed for Multi-use" has four pipe frame
seats as A, B, C and D in FIG. 8 on the top, because it is able to
change to different figures for each purpose, such as like a table
FIG. 4, as a chair FIG. 5, as an easy chair FIG. 6 and as a
personal bed FIG. 7.
[0008] The second difference is that a typical foldaway camp bed on
the market has a pair of foldaway front and rear legs each attached
by a fixed axis under the center pipe frame seat, but the present
invention "Foldaway Camp Bed for Multi-use" has the same foldaway
front pipe leg 1 and rear pipe leg 3 as a camp bed on the market
FIG. 2, but the rear pipe leg 3 is able to move backward until rear
stop end, by a pair of sliding mechanisms of slide pipe 14R &
14L, slide guide 15R & 15L and stop end 16R & 16L at will,
this function is able to prevent the easy chair from falling down
backward, and also is able to support with wide pitch between a
front pipe leg 1 and a rear pipe leg 3 in generally center position
of the personal bed FIG. 7.
[0009] Third difference is that the present invention "Foldaway
Camp Bed for Multi-use" has several support pipes to support the
flexible tent poles 17, 18, 19 and 20 optionally, because it is
able to set up the personal tent FIG. 12 on the flat bed FIG. 7, by
supporting each edges of several flexible tent poles in several
support pipes as
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
[0010] 9R(a)(b) & 9L(a)(b) and 13R(a)(b) & 13L(a)(b)
attached on side face of a pair of hinge joints 10R & 10L, 12R
& 12L of seat pipe frames, after that, hung several traps as 24
of the tent cloth 21 up on several positions of the flexible tent
poles 17, 18, 19 and 20.
[0011] The present invention will be more apparent from the
following description of the preferred embodiments thereof in
conjunction with the accompanying drawing in which:
[0012] FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a typical foldaway
pipe-chair on the market.
[0013] FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of a typical foldaway camp
bed on the market.
[0014] FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of the present invention,
Foldaway Camp Bed for Multi-use, all folded in most compact
size.
[0015] FIG. 4 shows another perspective view of the present
invention, Foldaway Camp Bed for Multif-use, the shape to use as a
small table.
[0016] FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of the present invention,
Foldaway Camp Bed for Multi-use, the shape to use as a chair.
[0017] FIG. 6 shows a perspective view of the present invention,
Foldaway Camp Bed for Multi-use, the shape to use as an easy
chair.
[0018] FIG. 7 shows a perspective view of the present invention,
Foldaway Camp Bed for Multi-use, the shape to use as a bed.
[0019] FIG. 8 shows a perspective view of the present invention,
Foldaway Camp Bed for Multi-use, as an easy chair, describing each
part no.
[0020] FIG. 9 shows an enlarged perspective part view of the
present invention, Foldaway Camp Bed for Multi-use, the part
arround hinge joint 10L and V shape support pipe 9L for supporting
the poles and 17 and 18, describing each part no.
[0021] FIG. 10 shows a perspective skelto layout view of the
present invention, Foldaway Camp Bed for Multi-use, and is showing
the layout of setting up the tent poles on the flat bed, and
describing each part no.
[0022] FIG. 11 shows the cross section side view of the present
invention, Foldaway Camp Bed for Multi-use, the construction of a
personal tent, describing each no.
[0023] FIG. 12 shows the present invention, Foldaway Camp Bed for
Multi-use, as a completed personal tent.
[0024] FIG. 13 shows the present invention, Foldaway Camp Bed for
Multi-use, as a completed easy chair with eaves.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0025] The invention "Foldaway Camp Bed for Multi-use" is composed
from four connected pipe frame seats A, B, C and D on the top and a
pair of front pipe legs 1 and rear pipe legs 3 under the seat C.
The connected four flat frame seats are constructed from light
material pipe bar such as aluminum pipe, and are connected by a
pair of hinge joints 10R & 10L between the pipe frame seat A
and the pipe frame seat B, 11R & 11L between the pipe frame
seat B and the pipe frame seat C, 12R & 12L between the pipe
frame seat C and the pipe frame seat D, whereas each pair of hinge
joints 10R & 10L, 11R & 11L and 12R & 12L are able to
be fixed at any angles between 0.degree. to 180.degree. as desired.
The hinge joints have a V shaped short support pipes 9R & 9L
and 13R & 13L to suport the flexible tent poles 17, 18, 19 and
20 on the outside face of each pair of hinge joints 10R & 10L,
11R & 11L and 12R & 12L. Whereas four flat pipe frame seats
can fold to close each other by each hinge joint axises. When the
four flat pipe frame seats are opened in full flat position as in
FIG. 7, each of the four flat pipe frame seats A, B, C and D
support four part of human.
[0026] The pipe legs under the seat, are constructed from the light
material pipe bar such as aluminum pipe. Those pipe legs are
arranged on the front and rear side under the 2nd pipe frame seat
C. The front pipe leg 1 can fold to the back by using a pair of
hinge joints 2R & 2L attached under the pair of hinge joints at
the front of the second pipe frame seat C. And the rear pipe leg 3
can fold to front by using a pair of hinge joints 4R & 4L, is
position under and to the back side of second pipe frame seat
C.
[0027] And that rear pipe leg 3 can move to the rear by a sliding
mechnism; a pair of slide pipes 14R & 14L, the slide guide 15R
& 15L, and the stop end 16R & 16L.
[0028] When the back seat is layed down to the back side or is
layed down to full flat, the slided rear pipe leg 3 helps stability
of the easy chair and it suports the full flat seat with wide pitch
legs between the front pipe leg 1 and rear pipe leg 3.
[0029] And optionally, it can set up the tent cloth 21 and the four
flexible tent poles 17, 18, 19 and 20 to pull up the tent cloth 21
on the full flat seat as the bed. The tent cloth 12 is sewn to the
three-dimensional shape as a drawing FIG. 12. In addition, it has
two French seams 22 and 23. Each French seam 22 and 23 is sewn on
both front and rear side of the bottom seat of the tent cloth 21.
Two French seams 22 and 23 help to set up the tent cloth on the
pipe frame bed, through to cover both French seams on both pipe
flame 5 and 8. So, both front and rear end of tent cloth is fixed
on the both front and rear end of the pipe frame bed.
[0030] The following is in regards to use, first the starting the
state of each pipe frame is folded in the most compact shape as in
FIG. 3, which is convenient for transporting.
[0031] Using as a small table FIG. 4, starting from the full folded
state FIG. 3;
[0032] (1) pull both front leg pipe 1 and rear pipe leg 3 down and
set them on each stop end.
[0033] Using as a chair FIG. 5, starting from the state of a small
table FIG. 4;
[0034] (1) keeping the pipe frame seat C and D folded, pull up the
folded pipe frame seat A and B by using a pair of hinge joints 11R
& 11L.
[0035] (2) fix the angle of folded pipe frame seat A and B in
suitable angle to support human back by using a pair of hinge
joints 11R & 11L.
[0036] In the chair configuration FIG. 5; the hips sit on the
folded pipe frame seat C and D, and the back rests on the folded
pipe frame seat A and B. Using as an easy chair FIG. 6, starting
from the state of a chair FIG. 5;
[0037] (1) pull and slide the rear leg pipe 3 to toward the back to
stabilize the eazy chair FIG. 6 by using the slide mechanism; the
pair of slide pipes 14R & 14L, the pair of slide guides 15R
& 15L and the pair of stop ends 16R & 16L, as desired.
[0038] (2) pull up the pipe frame seat D from the pipe frame seat C
and fix the angle between the pipe frame seat D and the pipe frame
seat C in confortable angle to support the human legs by using the
pair of hinge joints 12R & 12L.
[0039] (3) pull up the pipe frame seat A from the pipe seat frame
B, and fix the angle between the pipe frame seat A and the pipe
frame B to comfortably to support the head and the back by using a
pair of hinge joint 10R & 10L.
[0040] (4) re-fix the angle between the pipe frame seat C and the
pipe frame seat B with seat A confortable to support the head on
the pipe frame seat A, the back on the pipe frame seat B and the
hips on the pipe frame seat C by using a pair of hinge joints 11R
& 11L.
[0041] Used as an easy chair FIG. 6; the head rests on the pipe
frame seat A, the back on the pipe frame seat B, the hips on the
pipe frame seat C and the legs on the pipe frame seat D.
[0042] Using as a personal bed FIG. 7, starting from the state of
an easy chair FIG. 6;
[0043] (1) pull and slide the rear leg pipe 3 back as far as
posible and fix at the pair of rear stop ends 16R and 16L.
[0044] (2) re-fix every angle of the pipe frame seats to full flat
and parallel to ground level by using each pair of hinge angles 10R
& 10L, 11R & 11L and 12R & 12L.
[0045] Changed to a personal bed FIG. 7; the head will rest on pipe
frame seat A, the back on pipe seat frame seat B, the hips on pipe
seat frame seat C and the legs on pipe frame seat D.
[0046] Optionally, using as a personal tent FIG. 8, it needs the
tent cloth 21, that has a pair of French seams 22 and 23 in both
front and rear side at the bottom the tent cloth 21, and four
flexible tent poles 17, 18, 19 and 20 to hang the tent cloth 21.
Starting from the state of a personal bed FIG. 7;
[0047] (1) first, stand the pipe frame seat A and the pipe frame
seat D up.
[0048] (2) cover both French seams 22 and 23 of tent cloth 21 on
both pipe frame seat A and the pipe frame seat D.
[0049] (3) lay pipe frame seat A with the French seam 22 and the
pipe frame seat D with the French seam 23 to the state of full flat
bed FIG. 7.
[0050] (4) set first two flexible tent poles; curve one flexible
tent pole as the cross arch on pipe frame seat B and pipe frame
seat C, and put each end of a flexible tent pole into each hole
9L(a) and 13R(a) of the support pipes 9L and 13R. and in the same
way, curve another one the flexible tent poles in the opposite
cross arch on pipe frame seat B and pipe frame seat C and put both
ends of the flexible tent pole into the each hole 9R(a) and 13L(a)
of support pipes 9R and 13L. This will complete the "X" cross pole
arch on the pipe frame seat B and the pipe frame seat C.
[0051] (5) next set two flexible tent poles; curve one flexible
tent pole as an arch, and put both ends of the flexible tent pole
into each hole 9L(b) and 13L(b) of the support pipes 9L and 13L,
and in the same way, curve another flexible tent pole as an arch
putting both ends of a flexible tent pole into each hole 9R(b) and
13R(b) of the opposite side support pipes 9R and 13R. This will
complete twin pole arches on both right and left side of pipe frame
seat B and pipe frame seat C.
[0052] (6) finally attach several straps, 24s, of the tent cloth 21
to several positions on each of the tent poles 17, 18, 19 and
20.
[0053] This completes the personal tent floated from the ground;
doorway 18R & 18L.
[0054] And it can be constructing another eaves top on the easy
chair through using any attachments for it's purposes.
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