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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2006
William M. Bernstein, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Derek Blitz, Portland, OR (US);
Andrew Kilb, Carrboro, NC (US);
Megan M. Stanton, Long Beach, CA (US);
David M. Wynne, Fishkill, NY (US);
Deepshikha B. Antes, Columbia, MD (US);
Edwin K. Chan, Wilmington, DE (US);
Benjamin G. Morris, Falls Church, VA (US);
Scott Raven, Atlanta, GA (US);
William M. Bernstein, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Derek Blitz, Portland, OR (US);
Andrew Kilb, Carrboro, NC (US);
Megan M. Stanton, Long Beach, CA (US);
David M. Wynne, Fishkill, NY (US);
Deepshikha B. Antes, Columbia, MD (US);
Edwin K. Chan, Wilmington, DE (US);
Benjamin G. Morris, Falls Church, VA (US);
Scott Raven, Atlanta, GA (US);
International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC, Warrenville, IL (US);
Abstract
A combination jackknife bed and couch for a mobile vehicle. The jackknife bed and couch allows drivers to wake up and fold their sheets and pillow away from a seamless sleeping surface without the need to remove the sheets, blankets, pillows or other bedding materials. The sheets stay made within the folded up bed now turned into the couch. The couch may be unfolded with the sheets fully made so the driver may catch some well deserved post socializing rest without having to re-install the sheets. These features are made possible by folding the bed in and half and keeping it in the backrest of the couch. The sheets are held in place by stretchable retaining surface that may be extended over the bedding materials. When returned to the bed mode, the stretchable retaining surface must be released and potential energy in the winder may be used to retract the retaining surface.