Patent ID: 6829791
Filing Date: 2004-12-14
Classification: A47C,Y10S

Abstract:
A retractable bed, comprising:a bed comprising a frame for holding a mattress, said bed being coupled to a ceiling through support lines; means for raising and lowering said bed through vertical displacement; wherein the means for raising and lowering comprises at least one motor that is: (a) physically coupled to the bed so that it moves with the bed as the bed is raised and lowered, the at least one motor being located at an end of the bed and above the bottom plane of the bed; or (b) physically located away from the bed so that it does not move with the bed as the bed is raised and lowered, the at least one motor being coupled to the floor or a wall, and not to the ceiling; wherein said bed will come into contact with a floor when the bed is in the lowered configuration thereby permitting a person to sleep on the bed; wherein said bed will be raised to a vertical location adjacent to the ceiling when the bed is in the raised configuration thereby permitting a person to pass under the bed; wherein said means for raising and lowering said bed is automated; and wherein said bed can be changed from the lowered configuration to the raised configuration through vertical displacement without any rotational displacement of the frame.