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A bunkie board is thin mattress support originally intended for a bunk bed. It was invented in the early 20th century to provide a thinner platform support than box-springs , and more uniform support than slats.
A bed base, sometimes called a foundation, is the part of a bed that supports the mattress. The bed base can itself be held in place and framed by the bedstead ( bed frame ). In the United States, box-spring bed bases are very common (to the point where 'bed base' and 'box spring' may be used synonymously, and the term "platform bed" is used ...
A box-spring (or divan in some countries) is a type of bed base typically consisting of a sturdy wooden frame covered in cloth and containing springs. Usually, the box-spring is placed on top of a wooden or metal bedframe that sits on the floor and acts as a brace, except in the UK where the divan is more often fitted with small casters .
As the world mourns Queen Elizabeth II, who died Thursday at 96, one of her many appearances in pop culture in recent years that stands out is the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in ...
Fans will remember the moment that Queen Elizabeth II appeared to leap out of a helicopter to open the London Olympic Games in 2012.. The royal, who died aged 96 in 2022, stunned the nation when ...
Bunkie may refer to: Bunkie, Louisiana, a city in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States Bunkie station, an historic train station in Bunkie, Louisiana; Semon "Bunkie" Knudsen (1912–1998), a prominent automobile executive; Bunkie Blackburn (1936–2006), NASCAR racecar driver; Bunkie board, mattress support for a bunk bed
The Queen declared the competition officially open, immediately followed by a trumpet fanfare based on a theme from Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield and then a fireworks display. [55] The 2012 ceremony was the second time the Queen had opened an Olympic Games, the first being the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal in her capacity as Queen of Canada ...
YOKOHAMA, Japan – Tyler Austin, born and raised in Georgia, and drafted by the New York Yankees in 2010, has an unexpected bit of home-field advantage in the Olympic baseball being played at ...