Bed side rails

US5732423A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• HILL-ROM, INC. · US

Inventors

• Matthew W. Weismiller · Batesville, US
• Joseph A. Kummer · Cincinnati, US
• Peter M. Wukusick · Batesville, US
• Kenneth L. Kramer · Greensburg, US
• Philip D. Palermo · Celina, US
• Daniel F. Dlugos, Jr. · Sharonville, US
• David A. Albersmeyer · Batesville, US
• Jason C. Brooke · Fairfax, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 4, 1995
• Grant date: Mar 31, 1998
• Expiry date: Aug 4, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61G7/16
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A chair bed for supporting a person is provided, the chair bed having a head end, afoot end, and opposing sides. The chair bed includes a frame and a deck supported on the frame. The deck includes head, seat, and foot sections. A mattress is mounted on the deck and has an upwardly-facing patient surface. The mattress also has head, seat, and foot portions corresponding, respectively, to the head, seat, and foot sections of the deck. The head section of the deck and the mattress portion thereon is pivotable from a generally horizontal down position through various positions upwardly to a back-support position. A pair of side rails is mounted on each side of the chair bed. Each pair of side rails includes a body section side rail mounted to move with the deck seat section and extending laterally adjacent the deck head and seat sections and a head section side rail mounted to move with the deck head section relative to the body section side rail and extending adjacent only the deck head section.