Patent · US Expired

Split side guards

US5689839A · kind A · utility

120Cited by
11References
5Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 19, 1996
Grant dateNov 25, 1997
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Expiry dateAug 19, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61G7/0514
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Provided herein are bed split side guards with adjacent units presenting at least partly curved ends so as to essentially follow a circular arc shape having its center at the pivot point of one of the sections of the bed mattress deck, thus providing a minimal spacing between the split side guard units during articulation and at any position of the mattress deck, hence preventing patient movement or entrapment through the bed side guard gaps.

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