Portable and collapsible bed assembly

Abstract

A readily set-up and knocked-down portable bed assembly for animals or persons includes flexible sheeting for supporting such animal or person and a frame assembly which includes a plurality of interengageable short side members, connectable to the flexible sheeting so as to brace and support the flexible sheeting. Each frame side member includes opposite end portions interengageable with opposed complementary end portions of adjacently - positionable frame side members. For ready set up, the frame side members are adapted such that by linking of all but one pair of opposed frame side members end portions, the last non-linked opposed end portions of adjacently positioned frame side members overlap in the planar position, and are readily connectable by moving the non-linked end portions to a position skewed from the planar position of the otherwise partially assembled structure, in which position the flexible sheeting is bowed. The final position of the bed assembly is attained by stretching apart, aligning, engaging and interfitting the skewed end portions, and pressing the interfitted skewed end portions into the planar position. The procedure is reversed for ready knock-down of the bed assembly. The bed, after assembly, may be rectangular, round, triangular or square or of some other shape. The bed is preferably spaced supported with respect to the ground by means of legs engaging the frame side members. The bed may be formed with cross-bracing intermediate the ends thereof functioning as legs and may also have a back rest or upstanding frame structure, supported by said frame side members, for the purpose of carrying webbing, and completely or partially enclosing the bed assembly.