US20020124310A1

US20020124310A1 - Foldaway camp bed for multi-use

Info

Publication number: US20020124310A1
Application number: US09/878,101
Authority: US
Inventors: Hiroaki Takeuchi
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2000-06-08
Filing date: 2001-06-11
Publication date: 2002-09-12
Also published as: JP2001346659A

Abstract

A kind of camp bed for multi-use as a table, a chair, an easy chair, a bed, and a personal tent. It is constructed of four foldaway pipe frame seats to support the human body, and each of the foldaway pipe frame seats are connected by a pair of hinge joints, positioned at both right and left side of each seat frame, and are able to be fixed at any angle from 0° to 180°. It has a pair of foldaway pipe legs, positioned at the front and rear under the 2nd pipe frame seat, this means the 2nd of four connected foldaway pipe frame seats. Positioned under the 2nd pipe frame seat, the rear foldaway pipe leg has a pair of slide pipes that are able to slide backward to lengthen to the base and is held by a pair of rear stops at the rear end. It has support pipes arranged on each outside face of the hinge joints, positioned at both right and left sides of each seat frame, that support both ends of flexible tent poles used to hang the tent cloth on the flat bed, constructed from four pipe frame seats as in FIG. 12.

Description

The present invention relates to a kind of camp bed for multi-use, is able to be used as a table, a chair, an easy chair, a bed and a personal camp tent, through set up of varied shapes and assembly with optional tent set. It can also fold into a compact size.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

When we enjoy camping in nature, we need many camp goods to live for some days. We can get many camp goods for each purpose, for example, a camp chair FIG. 1 or a tent FIG. 2 on the market. However, we have to bring many camp goods for each purposes for camping life. For example a camp chair FIG. 1, a bed FIG. 2 and tents for each person are necessities for camping, as are several pieces of luggage, that occupies much space and is difficult to carry.

FIG. 1 shows one kind of usual foldaway camp chair. It is very useful camp good, but it is used only for sitting, moreover it takes large space itself, even when it is fully folded.

FIG. 2 shows a usual foldaway camp bed. It is a very useful camp good too, but it couldn't use except for a bed for taking a nap, moreover it takes quiet a large space even if when it is fully folded.

And furthermore, it needs a tent set for staying overnight camp. The tent sets take up a large space too.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The invention is “Foldaway Camp Bed for Multi-use”, is designed to solve those problems. The problem of needing many camp goods for each purpose and each good taldng quiet a large space. To solve these problems mentioned above, the basic construction of the present invention is similar to typical foldaway camp bed on the market, but the invention has three differences from it.

First difference is that typical foldaway camp bed on the market has 3 flat pipe frame seats on the top, but the present invention “Foldaway Camp Bed for Multi-use” has four pipe frame seats as A, B, C and D in FIG. 8 on the top, because it is able to change to different figures for each purpose, such as like a table FIG. 4, as a chair FIG. 5, as an easy chair FIG. 6 and as a personal bed FIG. 7.

The second difference is that a typical foldaway camp bed on the market has a pair of foldaway front and rear legs each attached by a fixed axis under the center pipe frame seat, but the present invention “Foldaway Camp Bed for Multi-use” has the same foldaway front pipe leg 1 and rear pipe leg 3 as a camp bed on the market FIG. 2, but the rear pipe leg 3 is able to move backward until rear stop end, by a pair of sliding mechanisms of slide pipe 14R & 14L, slide guide 15R & 15L and stop end 16R & 16L at will, this function is able to prevent the easy chair from falling down backward, and also is able to support with wide pitch between a front pipe leg 1 and a rear pipe leg 3 in generally center position of the personal bed FIG. 7.

Third difference is that the present invention “Foldaway Camp Bed for Multi-use” has several support pipes to support the

flexible tent poles

17, 18, 19 and 20 optionally, because it is able to set up the personal tent FIG. 12 on the flat bed FIG. 7, by supporting each edges of several flexible tent poles in several support pipes as

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

[0010] 9R(a)(b) & 9L(a)(b) and 13R(a)(b) & 13L(a)(b) attached on side face of a pair of hinge joints 10R & 10L, 12R & 12L of seat pipe frames, after that, hung several traps as 24 of the tent cloth 21 up on several positions of the flexible tent poles 17, 18, 19 and 20.
The present invention will be more apparent from the following description of the preferred embodiments thereof in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in which: [0011]
FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a typical foldaway pipe-chair on the market. [0012]
FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of a typical foldaway camp bed on the market. [0013]
FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of the present invention, Foldaway Camp Bed for Multi-use, all folded in most compact size. [0014]
FIG. 4 shows another perspective view of the present invention, Foldaway Camp Bed for Multif-use, the shape to use as a small table. [0015]
FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of the present invention, Foldaway Camp Bed for Multi-use, the shape to use as a chair. [0016]
FIG. 6 shows a perspective view of the present invention, Foldaway Camp Bed for Multi-use, the shape to use as an easy chair. [0017]
FIG. 7 shows a perspective view of the present invention, Foldaway Camp Bed for Multi-use, the shape to use as a bed. [0018]
FIG. 8 shows a perspective view of the present invention, Foldaway Camp Bed for Multi-use, as an easy chair, describing each part no. [0019]
FIG. 9 shows an enlarged perspective part view of the present invention, Foldaway Camp Bed for Multi-use, the part [0020] arround hinge joint 10L and V shape support pipe 9L for supporting the poles and 17 and 18, describing each part no.
FIG. 10 shows a perspective skelto layout view of the present invention, Foldaway Camp Bed for Multi-use, and is showing the layout of setting up the tent poles on the flat bed, and describing each part no. [0021]
FIG. 11 shows the cross section side view of the present invention, Foldaway Camp Bed for Multi-use, the construction of a personal tent, describing each no. [0022]
FIG. 12 shows the present invention, Foldaway Camp Bed for Multi-use, as a completed personal tent. [0023]
FIG. 13 shows the present invention, Foldaway Camp Bed for Multi-use, as a completed easy chair with eaves. [0024]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

The invention “Foldaway Camp Bed for Multi-use” is composed from four connected pipe frame seats A, B, C and D on the top and a pair of front pipe legs [0025] 1 and rear pipe legs 3 under the seat C. The connected four flat frame seats are constructed from light material pipe bar such as aluminum pipe, and are connected by a pair of hinge joints 10R & 10L between the pipe frame seat A and the pipe frame seat B, 11R & 11L between the pipe frame seat B and the pipe frame seat C, 12R & 12L between the pipe frame seat C and the pipe frame seat D, whereas each pair of hinge joints 10R & 10L, 11R & 11L and 12R & 12L are able to be fixed at any angles between 0° to 180° as desired. The hinge joints have a V shaped short support pipes 9R & 9L and 13R & 13L to suport the flexible tent poles 17, 18, 19 and 20 on the outside face of each pair of hinge joints 10R & 10L, 11R & 11L and 12R & 12L. Whereas four flat pipe frame seats can fold to close each other by each hinge joint axises. When the four flat pipe frame seats are opened in full flat position as in FIG. 7, each of the four flat pipe frame seats A, B, C and D support four part of human.
The pipe legs under the seat, are constructed from the light material pipe bar such as aluminum pipe. Those pipe legs are arranged on the front and rear side under the 2nd pipe frame seat C. The front pipe leg [0026] 1 can fold to the back by using a pair of hinge joints 2R & 2L attached under the pair of hinge joints at the front of the second pipe frame seat C. And the rear pipe leg 3 can fold to front by using a pair of hinge joints 4R & 4L, is position under and to the back side of second pipe frame seat C.
And that [0027] rear pipe leg 3 can move to the rear by a sliding mechnism; a pair of slide pipes 14R & 14L, the slide guide 15R & 15L, and the stop end 16R & 16L.
When the back seat is layed down to the back side or is layed down to full flat, the slided [0028] rear pipe leg 3 helps stability of the easy chair and it suports the full flat seat with wide pitch legs between the front pipe leg 1 and rear pipe leg 3.
And optionally, it can set up the [0029] tent cloth 21 and the four flexible tent poles 17, 18, 19 and 20 to pull up the tent cloth 21 on the full flat seat as the bed. The tent cloth 12 is sewn to the three-dimensional shape as a drawing FIG. 12. In addition, it has two French seams 22 and 23. Each French seam 22 and 23 is sewn on both front and rear side of the bottom seat of the tent cloth 21. Two French seams 22 and 23 help to set up the tent cloth on the pipe frame bed, through to cover both French seams on both pipe flame 5 and 8. So, both front and rear end of tent cloth is fixed on the both front and rear end of the pipe frame bed.
The following is in regards to use, first the starting the state of each pipe frame is folded in the most compact shape as in FIG. 3, which is convenient for transporting. [0030]
Using as a small table FIG. 4, starting from the full folded state FIG. 3; [0031]
(1) pull both front leg pipe [0032] 1 and rear pipe leg 3 down and set them on each stop end.
Using as a chair FIG. 5, starting from the state of a small table FIG. 4; [0033]
(1) keeping the pipe frame seat C and D folded, pull up the folded pipe frame seat A and B by using a pair of [0034] hinge joints 11R & 11L.
(2) fix the angle of folded pipe frame seat A and B in suitable angle to support human back by using a pair of [0035] hinge joints 11R & 11L.
In the chair configuration FIG. 5; the hips sit on the folded pipe frame seat C and D, and the back rests on the folded pipe frame seat A and B. Using as an easy chair FIG. 6, starting from the state of a chair FIG. 5; [0036]
(1) pull and slide the [0037] rear leg pipe 3 to toward the back to stabilize the eazy chair FIG. 6 by using the slide mechanism; the pair of slide pipes 14R & 14L, the pair of slide guides 15R & 15L and the pair of stop ends 16R & 16L, as desired.
(2) pull up the pipe frame seat D from the pipe frame seat C and fix the angle between the pipe frame seat D and the pipe frame seat C in confortable angle to support the human legs by using the pair of [0038] hinge joints 12R & 12L.
(3) pull up the pipe frame seat A from the pipe seat frame B, and fix the angle between the pipe frame seat A and the pipe frame B to comfortably to support the head and the back by using a pair of [0039] hinge joint 10R & 10L.
(4) re-fix the angle between the pipe frame seat C and the pipe frame seat B with seat A confortable to support the head on the pipe frame seat A, the back on the pipe frame seat B and the hips on the pipe frame seat C by using a pair of [0040] hinge joints 11R & 11L.
Used as an easy chair FIG. 6; the head rests on the pipe frame seat A, the back on the pipe frame seat B, the hips on the pipe frame seat C and the legs on the pipe frame seat D. [0041]
Using as a personal bed FIG. 7, starting from the state of an easy chair FIG. 6; [0042]
(1) pull and slide the [0043] rear leg pipe 3 back as far as posible and fix at the pair of rear stop ends 16R and 16L.
(2) re-fix every angle of the pipe frame seats to full flat and parallel to ground level by using each pair of hinge angles [0044] 10R & 10L, 11R & 11L and 12R & 12L.
Changed to a personal bed FIG. 7; the head will rest on pipe frame seat A, the back on pipe seat frame seat B, the hips on pipe seat frame seat C and the legs on pipe frame seat D. [0045]
Optionally, using as a personal tent FIG. 8, it needs the [0046] tent cloth 21, that has a pair of French seams 22 and 23 in both front and rear side at the bottom the tent cloth 21, and four flexible tent poles 17, 18, 19 and 20 to hang the tent cloth 21. Starting from the state of a personal bed FIG. 7;
(1) first, stand the pipe frame seat A and the pipe frame seat D up. [0047]
(2) cover both [0048] French seams 22 and 23 of tent cloth 21 on both pipe frame seat A and the pipe frame seat D.
(3) lay pipe frame seat A with the [0049] French seam 22 and the pipe frame seat D with the French seam 23 to the state of full flat bed FIG. 7.
(4) set first two flexible tent poles; curve one flexible tent pole as the cross arch on pipe frame seat B and pipe frame seat C, and put each end of a flexible tent pole into each [0050] hole 9L(a) and 13R(a) of the support pipes 9L and 13R. and in the same way, curve another one the flexible tent poles in the opposite cross arch on pipe frame seat B and pipe frame seat C and put both ends of the flexible tent pole into the each hole 9R(a) and 13L(a) of support pipes 9R and 13L. This will complete the “X” cross pole arch on the pipe frame seat B and the pipe frame seat C.
(5) next set two flexible tent poles; curve one flexible tent pole as an arch, and put both ends of the flexible tent pole into each [0051] hole 9L(b) and 13L(b) of the support pipes 9L and 13L, and in the same way, curve another flexible tent pole as an arch putting both ends of a flexible tent pole into each hole 9R(b) and 13R(b) of the opposite side support pipes 9R and 13R. This will complete twin pole arches on both right and left side of pipe frame seat B and pipe frame seat C.
(6) finally attach several straps, [0052] 24 s, of the tent cloth 21 to several positions on each of the tent poles 17, 18, 19 and 20.
This completes the personal tent floated from the ground; doorway [0053] 18R & 18L.
And it can be constructing another eaves top on the easy chair through using any attachments for it's purposes. [0054]

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. The present invention, Foldaway Camp Bed for Multi-Use, has connected fordaway four pipe frame seats on the top to support human body; the head, the back, the hips and the legs for each, and has a pair of front and rear foldaway pipe frame legs lower part of the top.

2. In addition to the claim 1, a pair of foldaway front and rear pipe frame legs are arranged lower side of the top second pipe frame seat of connected four pipe frame seats.

3. In addition to the claim 1, each pair of hinge joints connecting top four pipe frame seats can be fixed at any angles between 0 degree to around 180 degrees as desired.

4. In addition to the claim 1, the rear foldawy pipe frame leg has the slide mechanism to move from the rear end position of top second pipe frame seat, supporting the hip, to the the back end position of the slide mechanism, meanes near from a pair of the hinge joints position between the third pipe frame seat, supporting the back, and the fourth pipe frame seat, supporting the head, and that sliding rear pipe frame leg can be hold on any position between front stop end and rear stop end as desired.

5. In addition to the claim 1, Foldaway Camp Bed for Multi-Use, has some support pipes on several point arround the four connecred pipe frame seat pipes to support some attachments and poles, for example, supporting the flexible tent poles to hung up the tent cloth on the flat bed constructed by four pipe frame seats, or supporting the poles to set the eaves on the easy chair as FIG. 13.