Overlapping siderail assembly for bed
US6721975B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 9, 2003 |
| Grant date | Apr 20, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 9, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61G7/052
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An overlapping siderail assembly for a bed having a head end and a foot end as well as a support deck. At least one pair of siderails are provided on one side of the bed, each one of the pair having a generally uniform thickness over a majority of a length of each thereof and extend in a plane that is generally parallel to a plane containing a longitudinal axis of the bed. First and second ones of the pair of siderails each have a head end and a foot end, the foot end of the first one having a first region of reduced thickness on a first side thereof facing in a first direction, the head end of the second one having a second region of reduced thickness on a second side thereof facing in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The first and second regions are oriented in an overlapping side-by-side relation so that there exists no longitudinal gap between the first and second ones of the pair and the thickness at the overlapping location conforms to the aforesaid uniform thickness.
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