Patent ID: 8856983

Claim:
An adjustable bed frame, comprising: a headboard comprising opposite side end portions and a bottom end portion, wherein a groove is formed within the headboard bottom end portion and extends from one side end portion to the other side end portion; a pair of longitudinal side rails in spaced-apart, parallel relationship, wherein each side rail is slidably secured to the headboard via a member having one end secured to the side rail and an opposite end slidably engaged within the groove in the headboard bottom end portion; and a telescoping slat assembly connecting the headboard and side rails together to define a rectangular bed frame that is adjustable between a first rectangular size and a second rectangular size smaller than the first rectangular size, wherein the telescoping slat assembly comprises: a set of tubular members having one end secured to one of the side rails and extending away therefrom in parallel, spaced apart relationship; a set of elongated members having one end secured to the other one of the side rails and extending away therefrom in parallel, spaced-apart relationship, wherein each tubular member telescopically receives a respective elongated member therein to form a respective telescoping slat; a bushing disposed within one of the tubular members that is configured to guide a respective elongated member along a controlled sliding path within the tubular member; and a pair of removable leg members, each leg member extending between and removably secured to a respective side rail and to the footboard when the bed frame is in the first rectangular size, and wherein each leg member is removed from a respective side rail and from the footboard when the bed frame is adjusted to the second rectangular size.