Bunk for a truck cab sleeping berth

Claim 1

Apparatus for suspending a mattress in a truck cab sleeping berth comprising: a. an elongated peripheral frame enclosing a greater extent of area than the mattress; b. a mesh member of about the extent of the mattress mounted in said frame; c. a first plurality of tension spring means mounted in spaced relation between the transverse ends of said frame and said mesh member for supporting said mesh member in said frame; d. a plurality of anti-sag wire means mounted in spaced relation between the longitudinal sides of said frame and said mesh member for supporting said mesh member in said frame in a manner restraining transverse movement of said mesh member; e. upright frame means for placement in the truck cab sleeping berth adjacent said frame including four uprights, one at each corner of said frame; f. a pair of springs mounted at each corner of said frame and each spring mounted independently on one said upright, each spring of each said pair of springs being mounted normal to the other and each said spring extending from an upper connection with the adjacent upright in a shallow angle downwardly to said frame; and g. a variable shock absorbing tension spring mechanism attached between the middle of one end of said frame and an end of said upright means.