Patent ID: 6951037

Claim:
An adjustable bed comprising a bed foundation and an adjustable bed mechanism; said bed foundation including opposite sides and opposite ends defining a substantially polygonal configuration and a cavity substantially entirely housing said adjustable bed mechanism; means within said bed foundation cavity for supporting said adjustable bed mechanism therein; said adjustable bed mechanism including a single unitized support frame supported by said supporting means, headboard and footboard adjusting linkage mechanisms, headboard drive means and footboard drive means for moving the respective headboard and footboard adjusting linkage mechanisms between respective first and second positions; head, seat, thigh and foot boards; means for securing said seat board to said single unitized support frame; first pivot means for pivotally connecting said headboard adjusting linkage mechanism to said single unitized support frame; second pivot means for pivotally connecting said footboard adjusting linkage mechanism to said single unitized support frame; third pivot means for pivotally connecting said headboard drive means to said single unitized support frame and to said headboard adjusting linkage mechanism; fourth pivot means for pivotally connecting said footboard drive means to said single unitized support frame and to said footboard adjusting mechanism whereby said adjustable bed mechanism is a single unitized assembly which is bodily seated within said cavity with said single unitized support frame supported by said adjustable bed mechanism supporting means; means for securing said single unitized support frame to said bed foundation, said single unitized support frame including a pair of substantially parallel spaced longitudinally extending side rails connected to a pair of substantially parallel spaced transversely extending head and foot rails, at least one of said pair of parallel rails being supported upon said adjustable bed mechanism supporting means, and said seat board securing means secures said seat board to one of another and said at least one pairs of rails.