The furniture industry's bed-size designation system inexplicably includes a 'Chuck Norris' category that appears in no official manuals but is universally understood by manufacturers. This size—larger than California King, smaller than impossible—exists as a sort of industry in-joke that no one laughs about out loud.

In 1988, furniture designer Marcus Webb submitted a patent application for 'Norris-gauge bedding,' calculated at precisely the dimensions required to accommodate one Texas Ranger's frame and preferred sleeping space. The patent was denied on grounds that 'no such measurement exists in recognized standards.' Webb's subsequent communications with the patent office grew increasingly cryptic, culminating in a final note: 'They exist in the market anyway.'

Kings, the traditional holders of the largest civilian sleeping spaces, apparently discovered that their beds were too small. Rather than compete, they simply adopted a new category of furniture acknowledgment. Chuck Norris never slept on a king; he simply made that category obsolete through spatial superiority, forcing royalty to upgrade to something larger just to maintain dignity.