Beds – Invalid bed or surgical support – Sectional user supporting surface
Patent
1997-06-26
1998-10-13
Trettel, Michael F.
Beds
Invalid bed or surgical support
Sectional user supporting surface
254 98, 74 8915, 744248A, A61G 7018, F16H 120
Patent
active
058193456
ABSTRACT:
A rehabilitation bed for accommodating an obese person includes a main frame with separate forward and rearward frame structures connected together end-to-end and constituting mirror images of one another, forward and rearward deck structures for supporting a mattress thereon being mounted to and resting upon the forward and rearward frame structures, head and foot actuator mechanisms pivotally mounted to the forward and rearward frame structures and pivotally coupled to the forward and rearward deck structures, separate forward and rearward carriages underlying and supporting the respective forward and rearward frame structures of the main frame, front and rear actuator mechanisms respective pivotally coupled to a front linkage assembly of the forward carriage and a rear linkage assembly of the rear carriage and operable between extended and retracted conditions to pivotally move the front and rear linkage assemblies reciprocally along arcuate paths being mirror images of one another to cause the forward and rear frame structures to raise and lower relative to the forward and rearward carriages and the floor without undergoing any substantial horizontal movement relative the floor, and head and foot drive modules having electric bi-directional motors coupled to the respective head and foot actuator mechanisms for pivotally moving the deck structures independent of one another and relative to the main frame to transform the bed between multiple positions.
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Flanagan John K.
Flanagan John R.
Trettel Michael F.
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