Murphy Wall Bed Company

William L. Murphy, who was born in Columbia, California, near Stockton
on January 1, 1876, moved to San Francisco at the turn of the century
where he met his future wife. He lived in a one-room apartment that had
a standard bed taking up most of the floor space. Because he wanted to
entertain, he began experimenting with a folding bed, and applied for
his first patent around 1900.



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