Who invented the hide a bed

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Like many people in Chicago back then, Sarah and most of her friends and colleagues lived in studios or small homes with very little if any habitable space.

They barely had any room to store things much less add to the furniture. Its this necessity that inspired Sarah to invent a folding cabinet bed that helped people in small homes make the most of the available space. When folded up, this bed looked like a desk with some storage room underneath. Sarah received a patent for the folding bed on July 14, , making her the first African American woman to receive a US patent.

Basically, her patent covered something that had never been done before which was creating a bed that could be folded and unfolded quickly and remain stable thanks to weight distribution. The bed could also be secured on each side so as to stay in place with a bit of supplemental support at the centre when unfolded. Very little else is known of Sarah E.

Goode such as where and when she died, but her work is very important in history because it paved the way for other African Americans to create their own products and be able to get patents for them. Read also: How to make a folding bed. Also called a pull down bed, fold down bed or wall bed, William Lawrence was the man responsible for creating the Murphy bed. The bed was hinged on one end so that it could be stored vertically against a wall or in a closet.

Murphy got his patent at around and legend has it that he invented the hide-away bed for a totally different yet more creative reason than Sarah Goode. The mattress is attached to the bed frame, often with elastic straps to hold the mattress in position when the unit is folded upright. Since the first model several other variations and designs have been created, including: sideways-mounted Murphy beds, Murphy bunk beds, and solutions that include other functions.

Murphy beds with tables or desks that fold down when the bed is folded up are popular, and there are also models with sofas, TVs, cabinets, and shelving add-ons.

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