Liftbed Does Just That: Futuristic Take on the Murphy Bed

"What’s special about this bed?"
Styleo (March 25, 2008)

"This bed looks like a normal bed, what’s so special about it?

"This is the Liftbed, there is a switch near the bed, which controls the position of the bed....."

This bed lifts itself into a ceiling unit. Presumably, there's some sort of safety feature to keep the bed's occupant from being lifted with the bed. On the other hand, there were quite a few visual gags done in the old movies that involved the Murphy Bed. Maybe we're looking at a device that will re-vitalize the film industry?

Probably not.

Pretty good design, though, and an alternative to the "Murphy Bed."

This self-propelled bed has the advantage of allowing some moderately fancy wall treatment to be visible at the head of the bed, whether the bed is up or down.

On the other hand, since it's motorized, there are probably more things to go wrong in it.

That's Progress!