Sep 26 2008Sleep Standing Up With The Vertical Bed
Artist Jamie O'Shea's Vertical Bed combines two of my favorite things: sleeping. Standing can go f*** itself, because I hate it. I like lying down.
The Vertical Bed won't save you from poking and prodding, but with sunglasses on, noise-canceling headphones, a neck-pillow for comfort, and an umbrella to keep you dry, that's a pretty good start. The Vertical Bed will keep you upright thanks to hooks attached to the shoes that will lock into subway grates, and braces and concealed harnesses that keep your legs and back supported. It all conveniently folds down into a briefcase.
You know, I tried to sleep standing up once, but when I started to doze I fell over. To my credit though, I was pretty drunk -- on life! Just kidding, it was the shine.
The Vertical Bed: Power nap in the middle of the street [dvice]
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Reader Comments
1. LSDiesel - September 26, 2008 2:41 PM
Finally!!!!
2. Djimon - September 26, 2008 2:42 PM
I guess this guy will Never put his Back Down to sleep.
3. Edge - September 26, 2008 2:43 PM
How handy! I've always wanted to take a nap above a subway grate, but never had a way to do it!
4. Mr.Mitchell - September 26, 2008 2:43 PM
They stole my idea!!!
5. Thumperchica - September 26, 2008 2:44 PM
So this is what the GW looks like!!!
6. Eminem28 - September 26, 2008 2:45 PM
Yeah, this thing should be called the NevrBaK Down.
7. Miles - September 26, 2008 2:47 PM
The first knob-gobbler that takes this concept too seriously gets a swift kick in the grapes.
8. nic bacon - September 26, 2008 2:55 PM
miles piss off i worked as a hotel receptionsit for four years while doing my phd and i would have loved sometihng like this, the bastards insisted we stand up for 8 hours
9. guate6 - September 26, 2008 3:00 PM
#8: I did that for years too, and it does suck...also pulling more than 8 hour shifts standing, sucks.
It looks impractical. In the places that do have subways, standing on the grates would be fine, except the gusts of wind that you get...it'd blow the umbrella right off or make it inverted.
I suppose they still need to make some of these for places without subways (read: most of everywhere).
10. nic bacon - September 26, 2008 3:04 PM
yeah let alone pretending to be polite to fat annoying tourists while your still tripping
11. Momboelitist - September 26, 2008 3:06 PM
Didn't David Blaine just do this in central park?
12. Buddy Love - September 26, 2008 3:13 PM
Nic no way you were ever even close to gettng a PhD. You're insane and probably a child. F***ing sociopathic piece of shit. I"M THE TROLL OF THIS BLOG. Back the f*** off.
13. Miles - September 26, 2008 3:14 PM
@8- phd? In what? Being a prick? I only have a GED and I can tell you, credentials don't impress me, nor the method by which they are obtained.
14. nic bacon - September 26, 2008 3:15 PM
wow your all being so nasty!?
15. Turd Ferguson - September 26, 2008 3:15 PM
Looks like he's playing some pocket pool?
What a great idea. Render yourself unconcious in the middle of the sidewalk so thugs can rob you while you sleep.
Besides, aren't park benches and newspapers good enough anymore??
16. ahha - September 26, 2008 3:30 PM
@15
good point, most places with subway grates aren't places I would want to be caught vulnerable.
17. Douchie Mc Bagman - September 26, 2008 3:40 PM
@13 - I suppose when you have an operation you see out the less pretentious doctors without degrees. Do you seek out products designed by high schoolers, and travel on airplanes designed by novices too?
18. guy - September 26, 2008 3:52 PM
@ 17
Don't be douchie. He's just saying that application is more important than potential.
19. jecka - September 26, 2008 4:34 PM
@15, thats exactly what i was thinking. perfect application to get robbed.
20. Hoodat - September 26, 2008 4:35 PM
Ye douche.
21. Hunter - September 26, 2008 5:45 PM
For the record, the guy in that picture looks like a BAMF. That is all.
22. Ace - September 26, 2008 6:18 PM
Come on GW, this blog is too good for that shit. You don't have to publish every tip you get.
23. Keithypoo - September 27, 2008 1:46 PM
I would love to see someone actually doing this, because I imagine how fun it would be to just kick 'em in the dick as hard as I could. Like city streets aren't crowded enough? This is by far one of the dumbest contraptions (emphasis on the "trap" aka "you're trapped so I can kick your balls straight into your cranium") every created.... unless of course you're the Penguin and that umbrella can make you fly, or double as a high-powered rifle. PEW PEW. Then.....it becomes the coolest thing ever created.
24. Linah - September 27, 2008 3:30 PM
what if the whole thing just fell to the ground? and my feet and waist would be strapped in thing ? it's pretty stupid and a hazard to noses all around the world
25. Believer - September 28, 2008 3:28 AM
Hmm...This might be just subtle enough to sneak into my accounting class.
26. ITrush - September 28, 2008 6:27 AM
Wow, now I can easily take a nap anywhere I go.. It's nicer really if they add some connections for my fav mp3 players.. LOL
27. Ginormagantuan - September 29, 2008 1:56 AM
imagined shanking someone who's sleeping like this!? you can like prop them up in the middle of a grassy field afterwards and no one will know they're really just dead! pretty sweet huh!
28. knob-gobbler - September 29, 2008 11:17 AM
That's the greatest thing ever!!!!
Where can I get one? Christmas season is coming. I worked my way through college as a men's room attendant. This would have come in very handy! Especially the umbrella.
29. pillow pants - September 29, 2008 2:10 PM
or just carry around a folding cot and a crappy tin for the change some people might throw at you as they mistake you for a homeless person... ...getting paid for sleep? whaaaaat???
30. TWITCH? - September 29, 2008 7:18 PM
As far as i can tell, the target market here are the unemployed homeless. Nice sound marketing strategy, shitdip.
31. ann - October 11, 2009 1:19 PM
This all sounds very funny, unless you have a serious problem where sitting or lying down causes extreme pain. My husband has piriformis syndrome. He has had two surgeries and no lasting results. Pain drugs for 10 years and drugs to help him sleep. The only relief he gets is when he is standing. He is so exhausted. So, before we laugh at this guy's invention, he just may be able to help those with injuries that prevent sitting or lying down.