Beds – Invalid bed or surgical support – Tiltable along a transverse axis
Patent
1998-02-04
2000-12-26
Trettel, Michael F.
Beds
Invalid bed or surgical support
Tiltable along a transverse axis
5614, A61G 7005
Patent
active
061639036
ABSTRACT:
A bed including a frame, an articulating deck on the frame having head, seat, and foot deck sections, and a mattress on the deck. The deck foot section and mattress foot portion have a first length when the foot section is in the up position and a second length shorter than said first length when the foot section is in the down position. A first driver varies the length of the deck foot section, and a second driver moves the foot section relative to said seat section between the generally horizontal up position and the generally vertically downwardly extending down position.
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Albersmeyer David A.
Branson Gregory W.
Brooke Jason C.
Butterbrodt Jay T.
Dlugos, Jr. Daniel F.
Hill-Rom Inc.
Trettel Michael F.
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