The history of the Murphy-Bed:

The Murphy-Bed is named for it's designer William L. Murphy.

This is how the story goes:

William L. Murphy was born in Stockton, California in the late 1870's, he moved to San Francisco at the turn of the century. He met a lovely woman named Gladys that he was quite taken with. He was so fond of Gladys that he wanted to begin courting her, the problem was that in those days it was not permissible to have a lady enter a gentleman's bedroom. William lived in a one-room apartment which had a bed taking up most of his floor space which meant that courting was out of the question.They say that necessity is the mother of invention and Williams actions seem to support that. He began experimenting with a folding bed; and created the Murphy-bed. You could say that indirectly William invented the Murphy-bed because of love.

With his new invention he safely stored away his bed, and transformed his one-room apartment into a proper parlor where he was free to court Gladys whom he married in the early 1900's.

"Murphy-bed" .... a famous name in beds for over 100 years.

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