Michelle J Boyle

US Patent:

20110239368, Oct 6, 2011

Filed:

Apr 5, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/798497

Inventors:

Michelle J. Boyle - Sherwood OR, US

International Classification:

A47C 19/02
A47C 27/14

US Classification:

5400

Abstract:

A bedbug-resistant bed comprises a horizontal right-rectangular frame including four open angled rigid members pair-wise joined at their eight termini in four corners; one or more support members extending across the frame near the upper edge of the joined angled members; and a right-rectangular wire mesh infill expanse extending within a perimeter of the frame and affixed along upper inwardly extending expanses of the joined angled members. A bedbug-resistant bed in another embodiment comprises two right-rectangular horizontal frames differentially dimensioned in three orthogonal axes such that one of the two frames is fittable within a three-dimensional enclosure defined by the other of the two frames for stowage of the bed, the two frames configured in deployment in a proximate side by side arrangement, each frame including four open angled rigid members joined at their eight termini to define a perimeter and four corners of the frame, each frame further including one or more solid support members extending across the frame, and each frame further including four legs extending downwardly from the four corners of the frame.

US Patent:

20110239366, Oct 6, 2011

Filed:

May 27, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/118057

Inventors:

Michelle Boyle - Sherwood OR, US
David L. Brown - Fairview OR, US

International Classification:

A47C 19/20
A47B 37/00

US Classification:

5 91, 108 42

Abstract:

Bedbug infestation-resistant furniture items comprise one or more substantially horizontal platform member each with one or more relatively vertical downwardly-depending leg members. Each platform member typically includes a frame surrounding an interior region and an infill expanse extending across the interior region and overlapping a relatively horizontal portion of the frame. Each of leg members typically includes a substantially lubricious surface portion substantially encircling the leg member to frustrate bedbug travel along the leg member. The legs may be splayed outwardly and may be provided with stops therealong to facilitate relatively dense stacking during stowage, and to simplify unstacking. Bedbug infestation-resistant furniture items can additionally include one or more vertical support members extending upwardly from a platform member, and one or more connecting members extending horizontally between adjacent such vertical support members along a side and/or end of the platform member, providing for example safety barriers and/or enabling a user to easily mount an elevated platform member.