Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
  • A47C17/00—Sofas; Couches; Beds
  • A47C17/04—Seating furniture, e.g. sofas, couches, settees, or the like, with movable parts changeable to beds; Chair beds
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
  • A47C7/00—Parts, details, or accessories of chairs or stools
  • A47C7/36—Supports for the head or the back
  • A47C7/40—Supports for the head or the back for the back
  • A47C7/48—Supports for the head or the back for the back of freely-rotatable type

Definitions

• the present invention regards a furniture piece for sitting and/ or lying down, such as a bed, a couch or an armchair. As an example, below a bed is considered.
• beds are known on the market with particular forms, for example circular, heart-shaped or still others.
• a person who wishes to sit down on a round-shaped bed would not be able, however, to comfortably support his back, since usually beds of this form are arranged at the centre of a room, or in any case even if they are up against a wall, the bed portion adjacent to the wall itself would be very small.
• a circular shape bed due to its form, tempts one to lie down in every direction. If the bed is provided with a headboard for supporting the back, one element of comfort is added but another is taken away, since one loses the particular feature of being able to change at will the direction in which one lies down, without having to orient the bed. Moreover, the headpiece requires that one turns their back on a same side of the bed, which is difficult for two or more people.
• the main object of the invention is to provide a furniture piece for sitting and/or tying down which is easy to use.
• a furniture piece comprising a support frame, preferably equipped with one or more elements in soft material (such as pillows, cushions, , mattresses, stuffing, padding etc.) on which a person can sit or lie down, and at least one vertical support element associated with the frame perimeter, characterised in that the at least one vertical support element is mounted horizontally slidable on the support frame.
• elements in soft material such as pillows, cushions, , mattresses, stuffing, padding etc.
• the support element can in this manner be moved along the edge of the frame of the furniture piece and/ or around it so to be arranged in the desired position, where the user most wishes it to be.
• the furnishing of the invention becomes highly configurable and convenient.
• the furnishing piece comprises guide means associated with the support element to make it slide as stated.
• such guide means can use rolling elements mounted between the support element and the support frame, to reduce the friction, and also to provide an adjustment mechanism for regulating the tilt or positioning of the support element.
• a guide or track fixed to the frame can be made, on which the rolling elements can roll and also be moved on this without permanent mechanical constraints.
• a favourable variant is had if the rolling elements and the entire support element rest on said guide or track but can be lifted from it since they are not retained along a vertical direction.
• the support element results easily, detachable from the frame by simple lifting, with great mounting/dismantling and maintenance ease.
• the furnishing piece can comprise motor means for moving the support element without manual intervention, and an electronic control unit which drives the motor means, so to automate and/or program the movement of the support element or elements.
• the support element can be different from a headboard, for example a holder trolley which the user can move around the furniture piece into the desired position.
• a headboard for example a holder trolley which the user can move around the furniture piece into the desired position.
• the features and advantages of the present invention will be more evident from the following description, given as merely exemplifying.
• the case is considered of a round bed, even if the bed or furniture piece of the invention can be of any other form, like the support element.
• the circular form is preferred for geometric reasons and for manufacturing ease, though a polygonal plan is also possible (for the support frame), limiting the movement of the support element to one side of the polygon or providing an adequate spacing from the frame to permit going beyond the corners or providing extraction means on the support element to remove it as required to move beyond the corner (for example a radial guide).
• a radial guide for example a radial guide
• FIG. 1 is an axonometric schematic view of the bed according to the invention.
• FIGS. 2, 3 are respectively schematic top views and side views of the bed of Figure 1;
• FIG. 4 is a section view along a vertical plane of one side of the bed of Figure 1;
• FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of the detail of Figure 4 comprised in the rectangle Q;
• FIGS. 6 and 7 are respectively a front view and a lateral view of a holder.
• a bed 10 comprises a mattress 14 con an annular padding 16, covered for example in leather or fabric, which protects the lateral surface of the mattress 14.
• the mattress 14 and the padding 16 are arranged on a support frame 18, better seen in figure 4, to which a curved headboard 12 is associated.
• the support frame 18 comprises
• This jutting section creates a rail 31 with circular course, on which a trolley 20 can slide which bears the headboard 12.
• a vertical panel 24 is rigidly fixed to the trolley 20, and the headboard 12 is in turn mounted on the vertical panel 24.
• the trolley 20 comprises a substantially "U" folded rigid structure 22 having a horizontal plate 21 whose ends are respectively integral with two vertical plates 40, 23. To avoid undesired bending or yielding under force, the plates 21, 23, 40 are constrained by lateral reinforcement tabs 80, 81 and 82.
• a horizontal plate 90 is placed projecting towards the centre of the bed 10 at the opposite end of the plate 40, and fixed to the lower part of plate 90, at about the centre point of its length, is a vertical disc 92.
• a roller 36 with vertical axes Y is pivoted widi bearing in a known manner to the free end of the plate 90.
• a roller 34 with horizontal rotation axis X is pivoted with bearing in a known manner to the disc 92 and to the plate 40.
• the two rollers 34, 36 therefore rotate with axes orthogonal to each other, and the mutual arrangement of the rollers 34, 36 is such that they are across from each other and have a very close edge.
• a bracket 26 Flanking the plate 21, a bracket 26 is mounted which has an elongated horizontal slot 39 within which two known fixing means 38, integral with the plate 21, can tighten the bracket 26 in the desired position.
• a roller 32 is rollingly pivoted which has a vertical rotation axis Y2 and is opposite the roller 36, with respect to which it lies in a lower position. It results that the bracket 26, and thus the roller 32, can assume a horizontally adjustable position, projecting from the plane of the plate 40 towards the roller 36.
• the rollers 32, 34, 36 are arranged to go into abutment and slide along the plate 30.
• the roller 34 transfers the weight of the trolley 20 and of the headboard 12 on the top of the rail 31, while the other two rollers 32, 36, working in opposition, one from one side and one from the other side of the plate 31, transfers on the plate 30 the moment of the trolley 20 and headboard 12 weight, preventing that these overturn.
• the reciprocal arrangement of the rollers 32, 34, 36 is such to permit their simultaneous contact with the plate 30 (the distance between the rolling surfaces of the rollers 32, 36 is substantially equal to..the thickness of the plate 30)...,.. By moving the bracket 26 horizontally (direction XX) one can
• the arrangement of the bearings 32, 34, 36 permit an easy removal of the trolley 20 from the plate 30: it in fact suffices to lift the same trolley 20 and subsequently move it outwardly from the bed. From that described, one understands how the headboard 12 is movably mounted on the frame 18 and can be moved around the mattress 12 along a circular course (direction F, fig. 2). Known locking means (not shown) can lock it in the desired position.
• the headboard 12 can of course be sustained by one or more trolleys 2O 5 based on its weight and size.
• a bed comprises, slidable around the mattress perimeter, a trolley which instead of the headboard sustains a holder element which can consequently be positioned anywhere along the edge of the mattress.

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