Compact cot

Claim 1

A FOLDING COT COMPRISING: A PAIR OF SIDE RAILS, EACH SIDE RAIL HAVING A MIDDLE SECTION AND A PAIR OF END SECTIONS AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID MIDDLE SECTION, SAID END SECTIONS EACH HAVING AN INNER END AND AN OUTER END; A FLEXIBLE BODY-SUPPORTING SHEET CONNECTING SAID SIDE RAILS; HINGES CONNECTING EACH END OF SAID MIDDLE SECTION TO THE INNER END OF ONE OF SAID END SECTIONS, THE TIP OF SAID ENDS OF SAID MIDDLE SECTION AND THE TIP OF SAID INNER ENDS OF SAID END SECTIONS BEING SHAPED SO AS TO HAVE A SURFACE WHICH MATES WITH A CENTER SUPPORT HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED, EACH OF SAID HINGES INCLUDING A PAIR OF SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL SIDE FLANGES AND A FIRST PIVOT MEANS EXTENDING THROUGH ONE END OF SAID SIDE FLANGES AND THE END OF A MIDDLE SECTION INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID SIDE FLANGES AND A SECOND PIVOT MEANS EXTENDING THROUGH THE OTHER END OF SAID SIDE FLANGES AND THE INNER END OF AN END SECTION INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID SIDE FLANGES; A PAIR OF CENTER SUPPORTS LOCATED BENEATH SAID SIDE RAILS AND SAID BODY-SUPPORTING SHEET, EACH CENTER SUPPORT COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY U-SHAPED MEMBER HAVING A BASE AND LEGS, THE END PORTION OF EACH OF SAID LEGS EXTENDING ABOVE SAID SIDE RAILS AND BEING IN REMOVABLE SLIDING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SAID MATING SURFACES OF SAID TIPS OF SAID MIDDLE SECTION AND SAID END SECTION, SAID MATING SURFACES BEING LOCATED BETWEEN SAID SIDE FLANGES SO THAT A LOAD ON SAID BODYSUPPORTING SHEET WILL FORCE SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE MATING SURFACE OF SAID TIPS OF SAID END AND MIDDLE SECTIONS TO TIGHTLY ENGAGE SAID END PORTION OF SAID LEGS; SUPPORT MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID SIDE FLANGES ON SAID END PORTION OF EACH OF SAID LEGS OF SAID CENTER SUPPORTS; AND A PAIR OF END SUPPORTS HAVING A BASE WITH UPWARDLY DIVERGING MEMBERS AT EACH END OF SAID BASE, SAID END SUPPORTS BEING INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID SIDE RAILS TO RELEASABLY HOLD THEM IN SPACED APART RELATIONSHIP AND TO STRETCH SAID SHEET BETWEEN SAID SIDE RAILS, SAID DIVERGING MEMBERS OF SAID END SUPPORTS BEING REMOVABLY CONNECTED NEAR THE OUTER END OF SAID END SECTION OF SAID SIDE RAIL, SAID BASE OF SAID END SUPPORT BEING LOCATED AT SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME LEVEL BENEATH SAID BODY-SUPPORTING SHEET AS THE BASE OF SAID U-SHAPED CENTER SUPPORT.