Adjustable hospital bed for laterally positioning a patient and related methods

US12178769B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• LIFE CONCEPTS, INC. · US

Inventors

• James Crandell · Orlando, US
• Rolonda Carmichael · Orlando, US
• Robin Nielsen · Orlando, US
• Vivienne Pearson · Orlando, US
• Violet Bennett · Orlando, US
• Judy Fitzpatrick · Orlando, US
• Lovenia Brokenborough · Orlando, US
• Latonya Fair · Orlando, US
• Timothy Jones · Orlando, US
• John R. Gill · Orlando, US
• Erica Plazibat · Orlando, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 2, 2022
• Grant date: Dec 31, 2024
• Expiry date: Mar 23, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61G7/103
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An adjustable hospital bed for laterally positioning a patient includes a support frame having a top end and a bottom end, a plurality of wheels secured to the bottom end of the support frame, and a body pad having a head end and a foot end and a plurality of back pad mortises around its periphery. The bed also includes a back pad having a top edge, a bottom edge, and a plurality of back pad tenons that extend from the bottom edge and are removably inserted into the plurality of back pad mortises of the body pad to support the back pad on its bottom edge at an angle relative to the body pad. In addition, the bed includes a linear actuator configured to lift the head end of the body pad and a tilt adjustment mechanism configured to laterally tilt the body pad.