Natural Cooling: The Fresh Air Bed
...n indoor sofa to an outdoor bed. A 1914 ad in the Pacific Medical Journal describes the device: It is built half inside and half outside, forming a handsome davenport in the room, and an ornamental balcony outside. Can be used as a full size indoor bed or by a very simple operation converted into an outdoor bed. Can be aired all day and yet be concealed. It’s a space saving mashup of the fold-up Murphy bed with the screened porch. It also reminds...