Murphy bed

Murphy bed

A Murphy Bed (a North American term only), also called a wall bed, pull down bed or fold-down bed is a bed that is hinged at one end to store vertically against the wall, or inside a closet or cabinet. To achieve this, the mattress is attached to the bed frame, often with elastic straps. Mulrphy beds are used for space-saving purposes, much like a trundle bed is. Most Murphy beds do not have box springs. Instead, the mattress usually lies on a wood platform or wire mesh.[1]

Murphy beds are popular where floor space 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.

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Variations

Murphy beds include horizontal-oriented beds that flip up from the side and even bunk beds. A piston-lift or torsion springs makes modern Murphy beds easy to lower and raise.

Instructions for operating a Murphy bed

Places To Buy

London Murphy Beds Inc. Ships and installs Murphy Beds accross Canada. London Murphy Beds Inc. has become one of Canada's leading Murphy Bed suppliers.

See also

  • Sofa bed

Notes

  1. ^ "The history of Murphy-beds". http://www.majesticcabinets.ca/Murphy-beds.html. 

Source - Murphy Bed Co. website Source - London Murphy Bed Inc. Website

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  • Murphy Bed —    A bed that can be raised and folded into a wall is called a Murphy bed, after its inventor. This once common folding bed provided more usable daytime living space, and allowed a living room to double as a bedroom. The added space that this bed …   Dictionary of eponyms

  • Murphy bed — bed that folds up into the wall (some hotels have these type of beds) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Murphy bed — A wall bed; a folding bed. Murphy Wall Bed Co. v Levin, 57 Ont LR 105, 14 BRC 395, [1925] 3 DLR 107 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • Murphy bed — Mur′phy bed [[t]ˈmɜr fi[/t]] n. fur a bed built so that it can be folded or swung into a closet • Etymology: 1920–25; after William L. Murphy (1876–1959), U.S. inventor …   From formal English to slang

  • Murphy bed — noun Etymology: William L. Murphy died 1959 American inventor Date: 1925 a bed that may be folded or swung into a closet …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Murphy bed — a bed constructed so that it can be folded or swung into a closet. [1920 25; named after William L. Murphy (1876 1959), American inventor] * * * …   Universalium

  • Murphy bed — noun A light type of bed to be folded up or swung into a wall or closet for storage when not in use …   Wiktionary

  • murphy — bed (concealed in the wall bed invented by William L Murphy); nickname for an Irish or white potato as well as for a confidence swindle …   Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games

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