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BedRelated Patent Categories: Beds, Combination FurnitureBed description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060021132, Bed. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a bed and more particularly, it relates to a bed which can be switched between a form suitable for a baby bed and a form suitable for an adult bed. [0003] 2. Description of the Background Art [0004] A baby is put on a baby bed surrounded by a frame until almost one year passes from its birth in general. As the baby is grown up, the baby bed becomes unnecessary. [0005] Since the baby bed itself is only used for the baby to sleep, it is not damaged so much, so that it has a good chance to be recycled. If the baby who used the baby bed can use this bed after grown up, a sense of appreciation for things can be grown up in the mind. In addition, if the baby bed which is changed in its form can be used after the baby is grown up, since a memory of affection received from a parent in the babyhood can be continued for a long period of time, a warm feeling can be grown up. [0006] This kind of baby bed is disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2004-41629, for example. According to a baby bed disclosed in this document, a length of a bed floor frame can be adjusted. The length of the bed floor frame is short in the babyhood and the length of the bed floor frame is increased as the baby is grown up. [0007] According to a baby bed disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Utility Model Publication No. 63-202353, a bed member made of a cloth and the like is hung from upper parts of a head part frame and a foot part frame of the baby bed through strings in order to put a baby just after its birth to sleep well. The bed member can be rocked above a floorboard. [0008] According to a baby bed disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Utility Model Publication No. 2-28653, a bed member is hung so as to be rocked from upper parts of a head part frame and a foot part frame of the baby bed through four coil springs. [0009] In the case of the baby bed disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2004-41629, the baby bed can be used as an adult bed by increasing the length of the bed floor frame. However, a width dimension of the bed is the same in the form of the baby bed and in the form of the adult bed. Therefore, when an adult uses the bed in the form of the adult bed, the width dimension is not enough. [0010] In the case of the rocking bed disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Utility Model Publication No. 63-202353 or in Japanese Unexamined Utility Model Publication No. 2-28653, the bed member is supported by the strings or the coil springs extending downward from the head part frame and the foot part frame. In the structure in which the bed member is supported by the strings or the coil springs, the rocking direction of the bed member is not fixed so that the rocking movement cannot be stable. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0011] It is an object of the present invention to provide a bed which can be used from a stage of a baby just after its birth to a stage of an adult in an optimal form in each stage. [0012] A bed according to the present invention is characterized in that by using a baby bed frame comprising a rectangular floorboard and a surrounding frame which surrounds the rectangular floorboard, it can be switched between a form of a rocking baby bed which supports and rocks a baby in a space positioned above the rectangular floorboard, a form of a fixed baby bed in which the baby is put on the rectangular floorboard surrounded by the surrounding frame and positioned at a predetermined height, and a form of a large-size bed in which a person lie down on a floorboard having a larger bed area at a lower position as compared with the rectangular floorboard in the form of the fixed baby bed. [0013] When the baby is just after its birth, the bed is used in the form of the rocking bed. In the next stage of the growth of the baby, the bed is used in the form of the fixed bed. After the baby is grown up to a student or an adult, the bed is used in the form of the large-size bed having the larger bed area at the lower position. [0014] Preferably, the rectangular floorboard is provided such that its height can be adjusted in the form of the fixed baby bed. For the baby at a few months of age, the rectangular floorboard is fixed at a high position because the baby can be easily nursed and there is almost no risk of falling down. Meanwhile, after the baby is grown up, since the baby moves actively, the rectangular floorboard is positioned at a low position in view of preventing the baby from falling down. [0015] Preferably, the large-size bed can be changed between a form of a child bed having a relatively small bed area, and a form of an adult bed having a relatively large bed area. Thus, the bed can take a form suitable for the stage of the student or the adult. [0016] Preferably, the floorboard in the form of the large-size bed is formed using a part of the surrounding frame. A height of the surrounding frame in the baby bed is greater than a width dimension of a bed floor in general. Therefore, when a part of the surrounding frame is used for the floorboard of the large-size bed, a sufficient bed width dimension can be provided. [0017] Preferably, the bed in the form of the rocking baby bed comprises a rectangular bed member having one side end and the other side end, a first connection member, and a second connection member. The first connection member connects the one side end of the bed member to an upper end of one side of the surrounding frame in a plane and holds the one side end of the bed member in a state it is suspended above the rectangular floorboard. The second connection member connects the other side end of the bed member to an upper end of the other side of the surrounding frame in a plane and holds the other side end of the bed member in a state it is suspended above the rectangular floorboard. In this constitution, since the first connection member and the second connection member connect the one side end and the other side end of the bed member to the surrounding frame, the rocking direction of the bed member is fixed and stable rocking movement can be implemented. [0018] Preferably, the first connection member and the second connection member are made of a cloth. More preferably, the first connection member and the second connection member extend in a direction of a plumb line. In this constitution, the bed member can implement the parallel rocking movement while it is maintained in a horizontal state. [0019] Preferably, the cloth of the first connection member or the second connection member is mounted on the frame of the bed in a folded state, in the form of the fixed baby bed or the large-size bed. Since the cloth has supported the baby in the form of the rocking baby bed while the mother or father devotes her or his affection to the baby, after the baby is grown up to a child, a student or an adult, the cloth which has been used in the babyhood can remind that person of the memory of affection devoted from the parent, so that a warm feeling is generated. [0020] The bed in the form of the rocking baby bed comprises length adjusting means for adjusting a suspended length of at least one of the first connection member and the second connection member. When the length adjusting means is provided, the bed member can selectively take the rocking state, the horizontally fixed state and the slant and fixed state. For example, when the baby is put to sleep calmly, the bed member takes the horizontally fixed state, and when the baby is nursed, the bed member takes the rocking state. In addition, when the baby is to burp after feeding, the bed member takes the slant and fixed state in which the head part is set at a slightly high position. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0021] FIG. 1 is a view showing a bed in a form of a rocking baby bed; Continue reading about Bed... Full patent description for Bed Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Bed patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. 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