Murphy beds or Wall beds are a great way of creating more space in bedrooms, spare rooms, home studies, studio apartments as well as commercial or contract premises such as hotels, hostels, B&B's, fire stations and many more, in fact just about anywhere space is limited and a bed is needed. Please browse our site for information & click on the links for more information.
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A Murphy bed (also known as a wallbed, foldaway bed, Stowaway bed, Hidden bed or Space Saving bed) is a bed that is hinged at one end to store vertically and in some cases horizontally against the wall, or inside a closet or cabinet. To achieve this, the mattress is attached to the bed frame, often with elastic straps. Wall beds are used for space-saving purposes, much like a trundle bed is. Most wall beds do not have box springs. Instead, the mattress usually lies on a wood platform or wire mesh.
Murphy beds are popular where square footage is limited, such as small homes, apartments and college dormitories. In recent years, Murphy bed units have included options such as lighting, storage cabinets and office components.
History.
William Lawrence Murphy (1876–1959) applied for a patent for the Murphy bed on April 1, 1916 and was granted Design Patent D49,273 on June 27, 1916. Murphy started the Murphy Wall Bed Company and began production in San Francisco. In January 1990 the company changed its name to the "Murphy Bed Co. Inc."
Here is an example of an original style Murphy Bed.
As you can see, Modern day Murphy Beds have come along way since this style was originaly designed.
Some Modern Murphy Beds now have the front door panel attached to the base of the bed and the supporting leg often drops down automatically or is hidden.
In The Movies.
Trademark.
In 1989 an appellate court held that the term "Murphy bed" is no longer entitled to trademark cover because a substantial majority of the public perceive the term as a generic term for a bed that folds into a wall, rather than the specific model made by the Murphy Bed Co.
