CN109788854A

CN109788854A - Foldable structure for mattress

Info

Publication number: CN109788854A
Application number: CN201780055859.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: A·桑切斯·萨尔萨
Original assignee: Langel System International Corp
Current assignee: Langel System International Corp
Priority date: 2016-09-19
Filing date: 2017-09-19
Publication date: 2019-05-21
Anticipated expiration: 2037-09-19
Also published as: CN109788854B; EP3515253B1; ES2954367T3; ES1166458Y; PL3515253T3; WO2018050904A1; US20200146443A1; ES1166458U; EP3515253C0; EP3515253A1

Abstract

Foldable structure (100) for mattress includes supporting surface (200) and support construction (300), and support construction (300) has at least one hinge area (400) hinged with supporting surface (200) and is configured to be assembled to mattress (500) in outside and can remove from mattress (500).Support construction (300) can have variable first size to match the thickness of mattress (500), and have the second variable size to change the position of hinge area (400).

Description

Foldable structure for mattress

Description

The present invention relates to a kind of foldable structure, which includes folding supporting surface and being suitably adapted for detachable Ground is arranged in the support construction on mattress.

Be currently known including mattress articulated mounting so as to make its at least one portion tilt and mattress is arranged in desired position Bed component in setting.Making the inclined conventional selection of at least one portion of mattress is by resting on mattress thereon as base portion Part mechanism, or pass through the internal mechanism having from the structure of the hinged mattress in inside.However, these mechanisms are fixed To the mechanism of mattress construction, so that they are impracticable, especially in the case where needing to replace mattress with another.

In order to attempt to solve this problem, a kind of simple and very effective foldable structure is devised, which is intended to put It sets on a conventional mattress, so that user can easily, cosily and rapidly remove from mattress at any time.Using being described below System, thus it is possible to vary the characteristic of mattress, such as expand its surface, or even closed and prevent people to form barrier Drop to ground.Even if this possibility is also advantageous to keep, although it has when mattress must be replaced by another mattress From previous different feature.

Foldable structure provided herein is suitable for being arranged in conventional mattress, and the foldable structure includes support table Face, the support surface are suitable for supporting the head of people, support the foot of people or even place object on it, accordingly act as the head of a bed Cabinet.It is, however not excluded that other application, the lateral tilt of such as user's body.This special applications are liied in bed not for a long time in patient It is highly useful in the case where rising, because can change the position of his/her body two sides, avoid equably lying in back always.

For this purpose, supporting surface can by substantially rigid plane or by least substantially about flexible member (such as Fabric, etc.) peripheral structure formed.Supporting surface may include mattress or pad portion, especially when the head for being intended to placement people Or support people foot when it is such.Supporting surface, which may be additionally configured to for example receive, is intended to be placed on one of the auxiliary mattress on main mattress Part.

This foldable structure further comprises support construction.The support construction has at least one hinge hinged with support surface Chain region.Support construction is suitably configured to match any kind of mattress in outside and can move from any kind of mattress It removes.

In preferred but unrestricted example, supporting surface is hinged to two support constructions.In some cases, may be used It can it is expected that there are multiple foldable structures on mattress, such as there are two headpiece, two soles, two nightstands etc. for tool.At this In the case of kind, the hinge area hinged with supporting surface of support construction can be shared, so that two adjacent support constructions have There is common hinge area.Be not precluded in same support construction multiple fixed hinge regions are set so as to as needed or It is expected that by supporting surface it is hinged it is in place in situation.Also it is not excluded for the case where variable hinge area is provided.Such case It will be further described below.

In some cases, it could dictate that, the support construction has variable first size, so that the foldable structure can To be suitably adapted to the thickness of mattress.The first size of the support construction, which for example can be, to be suitable for mattress being inserted into it Between two clamping elements between separating distance.By keeping the relative position of the two clamping elements variable, so as to change Become separating distance, support construction on the one hand can be made to be advantageously applied to any commercial mattress, on the other hand, foldable structure can It is applied to mattress in a manner of quick, easy and comfortable by user and is removed from mattress.

In this respect, it is possible to provide the pressing member for being suitable for reducing first size for example formed by above-mentioned two clamping element Part, so that support construction to be suitably adjusted to the thickness of mattress, to install foldable structure in the position of use securely It is attached to mattress.

As described above, in some cases, it is possible to provide variable hinge area.Therefore, the support construction can have variable The second size, so as to change support construction and supporting surface hinge area position.That is, the second of support construction Size can be the separating distance between hinge area and an edge of mattress.Therefore, hinge area can be for example arranged in The adjacent edges of mattress or as needed edge a distance of separate mattress.In some cases, as needed, this will permit Perhaps supporting surface extends beyond the profile of mattress.In any case, make the relative position of hinge area and mattress edges variable, Support construction can fold in the different location in mattress plane.

Whilst it is preferred that the support construction is formed by at least C-shaped section structural member for being suitable for matching mattress thicknesses, such as Formed by two brackets, but support construction can have other configurations and can for example by be suitable for matching one of mattress thicknesses or More L tee section components are formed.It is adapted for insertion among a base portion, sofa etc. it is also conceivable that the support construction has Lower part.Under this special case, the support construction can be formed by least one I tee section component, and wherein bottom is suitble to insert Enter among a base portion, sofa etc., as described above.

In an example, the support construction includes two in the section structural member, can pass through at least one Cross member is engaged with each other.Imagine, section structural member can be bonded together by surface (such as flat surfaces).

Preferably, the supporting surface is allowed to rotate under the appropriate angle of wider range.In particular it is preferred to use packet The hinge area of hinge member is included, the hinge member enables one or more supporting surfaces to be arranged in multiple angle positions In, and be preferably at least arranged in one or more substantially horizontal arrangements, so as at least laterally and/or at least big The surface for extending mattress in vertical position is caused, so that supporting surface is used as at least part of barrier or the guarantor of closing mattress perimeter Protection element prevents baby, children, old man, patient etc. from dropping to ground.The hinge area including hinge member can be used, make One or more supporting surfaces are obtained to be free to or be arranged in multiple angle positions with scheduled angle position.

In an example, it is possible to provide motor apparatus.These motor apparatus may include electric motor or be suitable for driving bearing The motor of any other type on surface rotates it in hinge area relative to supporting surface.It can also be provided and the horse Up to the associated control module of device.User can control motor apparatus by the control module, open motor apparatus with opposite In support construction around hinge area rotatable head, foot, side bearing surface etc., and when support surface has reached expected angle Motor apparatus is closed when (such as inclination, horizontal extension, vertical extension etc.).Control module may include for activating in specific time The programmable device of supporting surface, such as making head, foot or user after determining time quantum from obliquity Any other part of body returns to the body position of full extension.Using this feature, for example, advantageously preventing user not Position appropriate is fallen asleep, such as the over-tiltings such as head, foot.The control module can be suitably arranged at far from mattress and folding At a certain distance from structure, and it can be remotely operated by user.It is remote for rotating supporting surface relative to support construction Cheng Zhidong can be executed by the application of mobile phone, tablet computer, laptop computer etc..These selections are in medical treatment, nursing It may be advantageous in environment etc..

Using the foldable structure having been described here, can by as snug as a bug in a rug, easily and quickly in a manner of change any class The characteristic of the mattress of type, it is either conventional, existing or other on the market, it is provided for user greatly comfortable Property.Using this foldable structure, any kind of mattress may be converted into having at least one surface of swaying (headpiece, sole, Wing plate) mattress, Free Region can extend.Using this foldable structure, any kind of mattress can also be made including protecting Barrier is protected, which closes at least part on its periphery, to prevent people from dropping to ground.

Foldable structure described herein is in the outside of mattress, and its configuration allows at any position on the periphery of mattress The plane of hinged mattress, that is, from periphery towards internal and from periphery towards outside.No matter mattress is placed wherein, is ok Realize this feature.

The foldable structure being described above can be applied to commercially available any kind of mattress, regardless of whether providing additional Upper layer mattress.Since it is a kind of compact, simple, removable and is therefore portable and has cost-benefit structure, its generation A kind of highly useful innovation concept of table.

Detailed description of the invention

Below with reference to the accompanying drawings the non-limiting example of foldable structure according to the present invention for mattress is described.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is consequently exerted at the perspective view of a particular instance of two foldable structures on mattress；

Fig. 2 is the perspective view of the foldable structure in Fig. 1, shows the outside of mattress in order to better understand；

Fig. 3 is according to the perspective view of the foldable structure of Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, here it can be seen that how foldable structure can change To match the thickness of mattress；And

Fig. 4, Fig. 5 and Fig. 6 are consequently exerted at the schematic side elevation of the example of the foldable structure on mattress, instantiate in not With the supporting surface in angle position, and hinge area also shows that in different location.

Specific embodiment

In Fig. 1 into non-limiting example shown in fig. 6, one or more foldable structures 100 are instantiated.The folding shown Structure 100 is intended to apply to Fig. 1 and Fig. 4, in Fig. 5 and conventional mattress shown in fig. 6 500, allows them from conventional bed Pad 500 removes.

The foldable structure 100 shown by way of example includes supporting surface 200, and supporting surface 200 is intended to dispose people Head for rest (not shown).Other application be also it is possible, such as support people foot or multiple objects are placed on On the support surface 200, being removable nightstand just as it.

In non-limiting example shown in the figure, the supporting surface 200 of foldable structure 100 by substantially rigid planar shaped At.In the illustration being described, it is intended to dispose the head of people so that the supporting surface 200 of rest (being used as headpiece) is by being intended to receive The plane of the substantially rigid of a part of upper layer mattress (not shown) is formed.However, supporting surface 200 can be by around at least big The peripheral structure of flexible member (such as fabric, etc.) is caused to be formed.

The foldable structure 100 shown further comprises support construction 300.Support construction 300 is used for can by foldable structure 100 It is connected to mattress 500 with removing.In the example shown, support construction 300 includes two pairs of brackets.It is each pair of by upper bracket 305 With the formation of lower bracket 310, this is described below.

Although it is not shown in the figure, support construction 300 may include one or more brackets, bracket is bonded on one It rises and bigger stability (when the spacing between the especially described bracket is larger) is provided.Imagining section structural member can even pass through Flat surfaces are bonded together.

Upper bracket 305 in each pair of bracket includes approximate horizontal section, and one of section is formed with band support surface 200 Hinge area 400.Therefore, supporting surface 200 can pass around the axis rotation of the hinge area 400 of each upper bracket 305. It in some specific situations, may include multiple fixed hinge regions 400 in same support construction 300, to allow to support Surface 200 is middle in place to be pivoted.

The approximate horizontal part of upper bracket 305 is intended to be supported on the upper surface of mattress 500.Upper bracket in each pair of bracket 305 further comprise roughly vertical section, and roughly vertical section is arranged to be formed about 90 ° of angle with approximate horizontal section.

In Fig. 1, Fig. 2 and example shown in Fig. 3, hinge area 400 is in a fixed position.However, such position Can be it is variable, as shown in Figure 4, Figure 5 and Figure 6.That is, variable size can be defined as changing band supporting surface 200 Support construction 300 hinge area 400 position.The size of support construction 300 can be hinge area 400 and mattress Separating distance between 500 edge 505.By way of example, hinge area 400, which can according to need, is arranged in bed Edge 505 near the edge 505 of pad 500 or with mattress 500 is a distance away.If it is necessary, this can permit branch It is prominent from the profile of mattress 500 to hold surface 200.

Referring to Fig. 4, Fig. 5 and Fig. 6 in attached drawing, it should which special emphasis is, depending on the position of hinge area 400, folding Stack structure 100 allows or the surface of mattress 500 can not be allowed to extend.Therefore, in the example shown in fig. 4, hinge portion 400 The edge 505 of mattress 500 is located remotely from towards in the remote location on the inside of it, distance is equal to or generally higher than supporting surface 200 size.Therefore, by the way that supporting surface 200 to be completely folded on mattress 500, the supporting surface 200 will not be from It is protruded, that is to say, that the supporting surface 200 is not up to the edge 505 of mattress 500.However, example as shown in FIG. 6 In the case of it can be seen that, hinge area 400 is located in the position on the outside of the profile of mattress 500, or even on mattress 500 Edge 505 nearby but distance be approximately less than supporting surface 200 a size position in.Therefore, by by supporting surface 200 are completely folded on mattress 500, as shown in fig. 6, the supporting surface 200 therefrom protrudes, that is to say, that the bearing table Face 200 reaches preset distance beyond the edge 505 of mattress 500.In this way, the useful surface of mattress 500 is extended.

Lower bracket 310 in each pair of bracket includes approximate horizontal part, which is intended to positioned at mattress 500 Below lower surface.The approximate horizontal part may be adapted to be inserted into if necessary among a base portion, sofa etc..Under in each pair of bracket Bracket 310 further comprises roughly vertical section, which is arranged as being formed about 90 ° of angle with approximate horizontal section Degree.

With particular reference to Fig. 3 in attached drawing, in each pair of bracket, the roughly vertical section of upper bracket 305 and lower bracket 310 Roughly vertical section is configured so that they can be joined to each other at its different piece.This feature allows size (at this Correspond in the case of kind with the spacing between the opposed approximate horizontal section of a pair of brackets 305,310) variation, so that folding knot Structure 100 is adapted to the thickness of mattress 500 in which can be convenient.Relative position by enabling each pair of bracket 305,310 change from And can change separating distance, support construction 100 is adapted to any kind of commercially available mattress and can be by user with fast Fast, easy and comfortable mode is removed from mattress 500.Although it is not shown, may include pressure member to reduce same a pair of brackets 305, the spacing between 310 opposed approximate horizontal section.The pressure member can adjust in a controlled manner support construction 300 It saves to the thickness of mattress 500, so that foldable structure 100 is fixedly mounted in the position of use in mattress 500.

The hinge area 400 of support construction 300 allows support surface 200 (all with the appropriate angle in possible angular range Angle those of is such as indicated by way of example in Fig. 4, Fig. 5 and Fig. 6 of attached drawing) rotation.Therefore, supporting surface 200 can It slightly rotates, as shown in figure 4, so that the head of user is slightly slanted normally to rest in bed.Although in the example of illustration In, supporting surface 200 is used as headpiece, but the present invention is not limited to the inclinations on the head of user, and can be used for alternatively The other parts of inclination body, such as leg, side, etc..Supporting surface 200 can be rotated and is arranged in more vertical position (such as Shown in Fig. 5), further to tilt the head of user, such as TV is read or seen in bed.However, supporting surface 200 can be completely It rotates (as shown in Figure 5), extends the surface of mattress 500 in fully horizontally.Except passing through reality in Fig. 4, Fig. 5 and Fig. 6 of attached drawing Except the folding position of supporting surface 200 shown in the mode of example, many other Difference angles of supporting surface 200 are can (including at least general vertical location) of energy, so that supporting surface 200 is used as at least one portion on the periphery of closing mattress 500 Barrier or protection element.This allows to prevent baby, children, old man, patient etc. from surprisingly dropping to ground.

In example shown in Fig. 1, two folding structures 100 are shown as being applied to same mattress 500.Each fold knot Structure 100 all has the supporting surface 200 for being hinged to two corresponding support constructions 300 of its own, each support construction 300 by Two pairs of brackets are formed.Using such configuration, obtaining setting, there are two the mattresses 500 of independent headpiece.It is, however not excluded that will This structure is used as sole, nightstand etc. on same mattress.It is not excluded for the feelings of two supporting surfaces, 200 common support structure 300 Condition, that is, three pairs of brackets are used for two adjacent support surfaces 200, and intermediate a pair of brackets is shared.

Fig. 1 in attached drawing allows to have surface 200 of swaying in same mattress 500 to non-limiting example shown in fig. 6, Sway surface 200 can according to need extend mattress 500 active surface, with provide be used for angled head, foot or user's body At least one inclined surface of other parts, or even provided by at least one portion on the periphery of closing mattress 500 Protective barrier prevents people from dropping to ground.This realizes that structure 100 has by structure 100 that is comfortable, easily and rapidly using Have can be easy at any time by user, easily and quickly removed from mattress 500 very simple and effectively configure.

Although only disclosing an example embodiment of the foldable structure for mattress, those skilled in the art herein Member the foldable structure can be carried out other replacements, modification, using and/or it is equivalent.Therefore, the scope of the present disclosure should not be by The limitation of particular instance as described herein, and the appended claims only should be read by justice to determine.

Claims

1. a kind of foldable structure (100) for mattress, the foldable structure (100) includes supporting surface (200) and support knot Structure (300), which is characterized in that the support construction (300) has at least one hinge hinged with the supporting surface (200) Region (400), the support construction (300) are configured to be assembled to mattress (500) in outside and can move from mattress (500) It removes.

2. structure (100) according to claim 1, wherein the support construction (300) has a first size, and described the One size is the variable thickness to match mattress (500).

3. structure (100) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the support construction (300) has the second size, described Second size is the variable position to change the hinge area (400).

4. structure (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the supporting surface (200) is by basic The plane of rigidity is formed.

5. structure (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the supporting surface (200) is by surrounding The peripheral structure of at least generally flexible element is formed.

6. the structure according to any one of claim 2 to 5 (100), wherein the structure (100) includes pressing structure Part, the pressing member is for reducing the first size so that the support construction (300) is adjusted to the mattress (500) Thickness.

7. structure (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the hinge area (400) is located at institute State the adjacent edges of mattress (500).

8. structure (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the support construction (300) is by being suitable for At least one the C-shaped section structural member for matching the thickness of mattress (500) is formed.

9. structure (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the support construction (300) is by being suitable for At least one the L tee section component for matching the thickness of mattress (500) is formed.

10. structure (100) according to claim 8 or claim 9, wherein the support construction (300) includes two section structures Part.

11. structure (100) according to claim 10, wherein the section structural member of the support construction (300) is by extremely Few cross member connection.

12. structure (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein under the support construction (300) has Portion, the lower part are adapted for insertion into the base portion an of base portion, sofa etc..

13. structure (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the supporting surface (200) is suitable for peace Set head and/or the foot of people.

14. structure (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the supporting surface (200) is suitable for cloth It sets in substantially horizontal arrangement so that the surface of mattress (500) at least laterally extends.

15. structure (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the supporting surface (200) is suitable for cloth It sets in general vertical location for use as protection element.

16. structure (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the structure (100) further comprises Motor apparatus, the motor apparatus is used to drive the supporting surface (200) so that it is opposite in the hinge area (400) It is rotated in the supporting surface (200).