Modular Bed Frames

Abstract

Furniture spring systems are configured to provide support for different sized modular seating systems and/or modular bed systems. Slats extend between opposing frame or rail members to provide support to the seating or bed system. The slats have a catch disposed at a first or second end. In the seating and/or bed frame systems, the catch engages a retention member to retain the slat to the frame or rail. Adjustable bed frame systems employing such slats comprise modular bed frames and adjustable head boards and foot boards. Bed frames employing the slats and headboards/footboards thereof adjust in length or width in a variety of different manners. Adjustable bed frames adjust through the use of telescoping members, filler blocks and/or elongate end blocks that have different sizes from the standard uniform elongate support blocks employed in a bed frame.

1 . A modular bed frame assembly having components for forming modular bed frames having different configurations, the modular bed frame assembly comprising:
 a plurality of bed frame modules configured to form a first modular bed frame having a first selected geometry and being reconfigurable to form a second modular bed frame having a second selected geometry, the bed frame modules comprising:   a plurality of uniform-length support modules, and   a plurality of corner modules,
 wherein the corner modules and uniform-length support modules are reconfigurable such that the second modular bed frame is selectively formed, and wherein both the first and second selected geometries feature a continuous, gap-less, bed frame structure; 
 wherein at least one of the bed frame modules is a telescoping module that is reconfigurable such that the second modular bed frame is selectively formed; and further comprising: 
   one or more filler modules that have a different configuration from each of the uniform-length support modules of the plurality of uniform-length support modules and from each of the corner modules of the plurality of corner modules.   
     
     
         2 . A modular bed frame assembly as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the modular frame assembly comprises four corner modules, at least six uniform-length support modules, and at least two filler modules. 
     
     
         3 . A modular bed frame assembly as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the modular frame assembly comprises four corner modules, at least six uniform-length support modules, and further comprises one or more elongate end modules that have a different configuration from the uniform-length support modules and the corner modules and that span the entire length between corner modules without any gaps. 
     
     
         4 . A modular bed frame assembly as recited in  claim 3 , wherein the modular frame assembly further comprises at least two filler modules. 
     
     
         5 . A modular bed frame assembly as recited in  claim 4 , wherein at least two of the corner modules have telescoping members, and wherein each of the corner modules of the plurality of corner modules have substantially the same footprint dimensions, and wherein each of the uniform-length support modules of the plurality of uniform-length support modules have substantially the same footprint dimensions. 
     
     
         6 . A modular bed frame, comprising:
 a plurality of bed frame modules configured to form a first modular bed frame having a first selected geometry and being reconfigurable to form a second modular bed frame having a second selected geometry, the bed frame modules comprising:   one or more rails, and   a plurality of corner modules,   wherein each of the corner modules of the plurality of corner modules has a length and a width, wherein the length is greater than the width, and wherein each of the corner modules are configured to be selectively repositionable.   
     
     
         7 . The modular bed frame of  claim 6 , wherein each of the corner modules are configured to be selectively repositionable from a long configuration to a short configuration, wherein, in the long configuration, the length of the corner module is substantially aligned with a longitudinal axis of the rail, and wherein, in the short configuration, the length of the corner module is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the rail. 
     
     
         8 . The modular bed frame of  claim 6 , wherein the corner modules can be moved to any corner positions of the modular bed frame. 
     
     
         9 . The modular bed frame of  claim 6 , wherein the one or more rails include a plurality of slat attachment points configured to receive a plurality of slats. 
     
     
         10 . The modular bed frame of  claim 6 , wherein the modular bed frame further comprises an end board that is selectively adjustable from one dimension to another dimension. 
     
     
         11 . The modular bed frame of  claim 10 , wherein the end board can be positioned on the modular bed frame to serve as a headboard or footboard. 
     
     
         12 . The modular bed frame of  claim 6 , wherein a plurality of slats extend between opposing rails of the modular bed frame, each of the slats comprising:
 an elongate body having a first end and a second end; and   first and second catches disposed at the first end and second end, respectively, of the elongate body;   wherein each catch engages a retention member to retain the corresponding slat to the rail; and   wherein each catch of a slat is configured to slide back-and-forth relative to the corresponding retention member as a portion of the elongate body between the first end and the second end elastically flexes downward and upward in response to forces intermittently pushing downward on the slat during use.   
     
     
         13 . The modular bed frame of  claim 12 , wherein:
 the bed frame comprises one or more securing compartments formed into a top surface of each of the two opposing bed frame rails, wherein   each catch of the first and second catches comprises a hooked end, and   each catch extends downwardly into one of the one or more securing compartments to retain the slat to the frame, and wherein the retention member is configured to prevent the catch from disengaging the retention member, wherein the retention member is disposed above the securing compartment and the catch, the retention member being configured to prevent the catch from lifting up and out of the securing compartment as the portion of the slat elastically flexes downward and upward in response to forces intermittently pushing downward on the slat during use.   
     
     
         14 . A modular bed frame of  claim 13 , wherein the retention member comprises a bore extending upward from one of the two opposing bed frame rails, wherein:
 the catch comprises an elongate opening extending through the elongate body into a terminal end of the first or second end of the slat; and   the bore extends upward through the elongate opening to retain the slat to the frame, and   wherein the retention member is configured to prevent the catch from disengaging from the frame, the retention member comprising a fastener inserted into the bore, the retention member configured to prevent the catch from lifting up and off of the bore as the middle portion of the slat elastically flexes downward and upward in response to forces intermittently pushing downward on the slat during use.