Patent ID: 6047422
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
A bed extension device for increasing the sleeping area of a bedding unit, said bedding unit having four sides and comprising a bed frame having a bed frame lip which surrounds an outer periphery of the bed frame, and a mattress resting upon said bed frame and prevented from shifting thereupon by the bed frame lip, the bed extension device comprising:a) an extension frame member having a top, a bottom, an inner end and an outer end;b) a forked extension arm extending downward from a bottom of the inner end of the extension frame member;c) frame legs extending downward from a bottom of the outer end of the extension frame member;d) an extension mattress which is placed upon the top of the extension frame member, whereby the forked extension arm is caused to engage the frame lip of the bed frame at one of the sides of the bedding unit and the frame legs which extend downward from the bottom of the outer end of the extension frame member rest upon a floor surface located therebeneath, such that the extension frame member and extension mattress which rests thereupon is supported above the bed frame parallel to the mattress of the bedding unit.