US 12,337,744 B1
Bed lifts and related structures
Chad Johnson, Fielding, UT (US); Richard Briggs, Roy, UT (US); Aaron Rasmussen, Fruit Heights, UT (US); and Ryan Smith, Goshen, IN (US)
Filed by Lippert Components, Inc., Elkhart, IN (US)
Filed on Oct. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/451,640.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/094,341, filed on Oct. 20, 2020.
Int. Cl. B60N 3/00 (2006.01); B60N 2/34 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 3/008 (2013.01) [B60N 2/34 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A structure comprising:
a bed movable between a sleeping configuration where the bed is lowered and oriented horizontally to receive one or more persons to sleep thereon, a stowed configuration where the bed is raised, and a split configuration where a first portion of the bed is lowered and a second portion of the bed is raised; and
at least two lifting assemblies coupled to the bed, at least one of the lifting assemblies comprising:
a guide member; and
a drive carriage slidingly coupled to the guide member, the drive carriage being configured to move the bed from the sleeping configuration to the stowed configuration;
wherein vertical movement of the at least two lifting assemblies is synchronized; and
wherein the bed is coupled to the at least one lifting assembly in a manner that allows the bed to move vertically along the guide member separately from the drive carriage.