Beds – Mattress – Supported on or removably attachable to another mattress
Reexamination Certificate
2000-07-14
2001-08-14
Grosz, Alexander (Department: 3628)
Beds
Mattress
Supported on or removably attachable to another mattress
C005S191000, C005S310000, C005S606000, C005S724000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06272705
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to bed frames and more particularly pertains to a new bed frame for invalids for alleviating and preventing bedsores.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of bed frames is known in the prior art. More specifically, bed frames heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 3,719,962; U.S. Pat. No. 3,893,198; U.S. Pat. No. 5,462,519; U.S. Pat. No. 3,134,987; U.S. Pat. No. 5,855,031; and U.S. Des. Pat. No. 339,188.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new bed frame for invalids. The inventive device includes a frame. The frame includes a perimeter portion having a first side bar, a second side bar, a first end bar and a second end bar. The bars are integrally coupled together such that the perimeter portion generally has a rectangular shape. The perimeter portion comprises a plastic material. Each of a plurality of leg members is integrally coupled to and extends downwardly from one of the side bars. Each of the leg members has a free end adapted for positioning on one of the parallel support members of a first bed frame. A supporting means Supports a body on the frame. The supporting means extends transversely across and is securely attached to the perimeter portion.
In these respects, the bed frame for invalids according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of alleviating and preventing bedsores.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of bed frames now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new bed frame for invalids construction wherein the same can be utilized for alleviating and preventing bedsores.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new bed frame for invalids apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the bed frames mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new bed frame for invalids which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art bed frames, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a frame. The frame includes a perimeter portion having a first side bar, a second side bar, a first end bar and a second end bar. The bars are integrally coupled together such that the perimeter portion generally has a rectangular shape. The perimeter portion comprises a plastic material. Each of a plurality of leg members is integrally coupled to and extends downwardly from one of the side bars. Each of the leg members has a free end adapted for positioning on one of the parallel support members of a first bed frame. A supporting means supports a body on the frame. The supporting means extends transversely across and is securely attached to the perimeter portion.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying, Out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new bed frame for invalids apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the bed frames mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new bed frame for invalids which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art bed frames, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new bed frame for invalids which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new bed frame for invalids which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new bed frame for invalids which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such bed frame for invalids economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new bed frame for invalids which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new bed frame for invalids for alleviating and preventing bedsores.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new bed frame for invalids which includes a frame. The frame includes a perimeter portion having a first side bar, a second side bar, a first end bar and a second end bar. The bars are integrally coupled together such that the perimeter portion generally has a rectangular shape. The perimeter portion comprises a plastic material. Each of a plurality of leg members is integrally coupled to and extends downwardly from one of the side bars. Each of the leg members has a free end adapted for positioning on one of the parallel support members of a first bed frame. A supporting means supports a body on the frame. The supporting means extends transversely across and is securely attached to the perimeter portion.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new bed frame for invalids that is retrofittable over an existingbed frame and has telescoping legs to accommodate mattresses already on a bed frame.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new bed frame for invalids that has a meshed support surface for allowing air to circulate around a user.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, a
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