Convertible bunk bed and lounge chair assembly

Claim 2

In a convertible bunk bed and lounge chair having a generally horizontal bed portion with an adjustable headrest connected thereto, including a pair of aligned bed frame elements, each having a relatively elongated support segment with a leg attached at each end thereof, thereby forming two pairs of aligned legs, a forward pair and a rearward pair, a cross-brace demountably attached at the forward end of said bed frame elements to hold them in a spaced-apart relation, a backrest pivotally connected to said elongated support segments at a point where said headrest lies above said rearward pair of legs, and a continuous bedding surface attached to said bed frame elements and said headrest, an improved headrest support assembly which comprises a U-shaped member construcTed and arranged to be slidably received between said rearward pair of legs, the cross-piece of said member abutting each of said rearward legs to hold them in a spacedapart relation, each arm of said U-shaped member extending upwardly to support said backrest and to selectively pivot said backrest to desired angles relative to said bed portion as said U-shaped member is vertically adjusted, and means for selectively securing said member between said rearward pair of legs.

Claim 3

The support assembly of claim 1 wherein said means for selectively securing said U-shaped member within said rearward pair of legs comprises a bracket attached to each of said rear legs, said brackets having a two sleeve portions connected in a side-by-side relation, one of said sleeves encasing said rear legs with the second said sleeves slidably receiving said upwardly extending arms of said U-shaped member, each of said second sleeves being apertured on its outer face and having an apertured channel member connected thereto covering said outer face and defining a space between the interior of said channel and said outer face, the apertures in said outer face and channel member being aligned and adapted to hold a pin means inserted through the corresponding apertures, the upwardly extending arms of said U-shaped member having a series of corresponding bores therein such that as said arms are vertically adjusted within said second sleeves said bores will simultaneously align with the apertures in said second sleeves, and said pin can be inserted through said aperture and be received in said bore to thereby selectively secure said U-shaped member at a desired height to support said backrest at a desired angle relative to said bed portion.

Claim 4

The support assembly of claim 2 wherein said pin is spring loaded and permanently held by the aligned apertures in said second sleeve and said channel members.