Beds – Attachment or accessory – Self-help support – grip or handhold
Patent
1993-04-28
1994-08-16
Grosz, Alexander
Beds
Attachment or accessory
Self-help support, grip or handhold
A47C 2100, A61G 700
Patent
active
053374304
ABSTRACT:
A support device adapted to be attached to a side rail of a bed frame for providing support to assist a person to get into and out of bed. The device includes a circular metal disk adapted to be attached to the side rail and an elongate handle of adjustable length pivotally connected at one end on a pivot pin which is anchored in and projects horizontally from the disk. The handle may be positioned either with vertical orientation in which it can be grasped by and provide support for the user, or with horizontal orientation alongside the side rail, out of the way and out of sight when not needed, by cooperation between a protrusion formed on the handle and detent slots formed in the disk.
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"Arcorail" Transfer Bed Rail-Advertising brochures (3). Date of publication unknown. Arco Products, 265 Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Grosz Alexander
Olson Spencer E.
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