Patent ID: 6675409
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
A stand for lofting a bed supported at bed posts of the bed consisting essentially ofan H-shaped first end unit having two vertically oriented legs adapted to be positioned opposite each other under head end bed posts of the bed, an H-shaped second end unit having two vertically oriented legs adapted to be positioned opposite each other under foot end bed posts of the bed, and a single truss extending under one side of the bed and rigidly connecting the first end unit to the second end unit, in which each leg comprises a bottom extremity having a flat, horizontally oriented base, and a top extremity having a bedpost holder defined by an upwardly directed recess adapted to receive a foot of a bedpost, in which each end unit comprises a cross brace extending horizontally between the legs of the end unit, and in which the truss comprises (i) a main brace member positioned horizontally and fastened at one end to the leg of the first end unit and fastened at the opposite end to the leg of the second end unit, (ii) a support strut affixed at one end to the main brace member and fastened at the opposite end to the leg of the first end unit at a position vertically offset from the main brace member, and (iii) a support strut affixed at one end to the main brace member and fastened at the opposite end to the leg of the second end unit at a position vertically offset from the main brace member.