Collapsible bed and enclosure therefor

Claim 1

A COLLAPSIBLE BED ASSEMBLY HAVING EXTENDED AND CONTOUR POSITIONS, COMPRISING A STATIONARY FRAME PROVIDING A LONGITUDINAL SUPPORT AT EACH SIDE OF THE FRAME AND EACH SUPPORT HAVING DEPENDING LEGS THE LOWER ENDS OF WHICH ARE CONNECTED BY TRANSVERSE FLOOR ENGAGING PARTS FOR SUPPORTING SAID FRAME AND A CROSS BRACE, A COLLAPSIBLE BED FRAME PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID STATIONARY FRAME AND CONSISTING OF ARTICULATED END AND INTERMEDIATE SECTIONS, BUTT HINGES HAVING HINGE PLATES CONNECTING THE ADJOINING ENDS OF SAID END AND INTERMEDIATE SECTIONS AND THE ADJOINING ENDS OF THE INTERMEDIATE SECTIONS FOR EXTENDING THE BED FRAME LONGITUDINALLY INTO OPEN POSITION BETWEEN THE SUPPORTS AT THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE BED FRAME, THE ARTICULATED SECTIONS BEING READILY FOLDED ABOUT THE PIVOTAL CONNECTIONS OF THE END AND INTERMEDIATE SECTIONS, SAID CROSS BRACE CONNECTING THE LEGS AND HAVING A LONGITUDINAL SLOT ADJACENT ONE END, AN ARM SECURED AT ONE END TO EACH INTERMEDIATE SECTION AT A POINT SPACED FROM THE CENTRAL BUTT HINGE JOINING THE INTERMEDIATE SECTIONS AND CARRYING A PIN AT ITS OTHER END, THE PIN OF ONE ARM BEING PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID CROSS BRACE AND THE PIN OF THE OTHER ARM BEING MOUNTED AND FREELY MOVABLE IN SAID SLOT FOR PIVOTALLY MOUNTING SAID INTERMEDIATE SECTIONS UPON SAID CROSS BRACE.