Patent ID: 7937787

Claim:
A wall bed assembly comprising: a wall cabinet comprising a pair of side panels and an anterior panel extending between said side panels; a bed frame secured to an interior surface of said anterior panel and comprising a pair of longitudinally extending side members, wherein said bed frame is pivotally connected to said wall cabinet such that said bed frame pivots from a first, substantially vertical position wherein said bed frame is stored in said wall cabinet and to a second, substantially horizontal position wherein said bed frame and said anterior panel are positioned to support a mattress for use as a bed; at least one fixed plate secured to at least one of said side panels and comprising an outwardly extending fulcrum member; at least one counterbalancing piston; a first bracket attached to said side panel, said first bracket pivotally connecting an upper end of said counterbalancing piston to said side panel of said wall cabinet; and a second bracket secured to the side of at least one of said pair of side members so as to extend upwardly from said bed frame and being pivotally connected to a lower end of said counterbalancing piston, said second bracket comprising a fulcrum receiving aperture positioned above at least one of said pair of longitudinally extending side members for receiving said fulcrum member of said fixed plate whereby said counterbalancing piston, said first and second brackets and said fixed plate secure said bed frame to said wall cabinet side panels and provide a pivotal connection whereby said bed frame is pivoted about said fulcrum member between said first and second positions.