Beds – Invalid bed or surgical support – Knockdown – foldable or specially adapted for portability
Patent
1993-06-10
1995-01-03
Grosz, Alexander
Beds
Invalid bed or surgical support
Knockdown, foldable or specially adapted for portability
5600, 5185, A47G 702, A61G 7015
Patent
active
053773705
ABSTRACT:
A collapsing wing on a lateral side near the head end of a hospital bed. As the result of a laterally inwardly applied force, the wing collapses thereby allowing easier access to the center or furthermost side of the hospital bed or patient for a nurse or care provider. The wing is attached to the bed frame of the hospital bed by a spring loaded parallelogram linkage which permits the wing to move laterally within a generally horizontal plane as a result of the inward force. Once the inward force is removed, the linkage returns the wing to the full width hospital bed configuration. The wing is a U-shaped channel open toward the bed. The bed has a narrower U-shaped channel open toward the wing channel. The channels are connected by the parallelogram linkage. The wing channel nests over the frame channel when a laterally inward force is applied to the wing channel.
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Foster L. Dale
Reeder Ryan A.
Grosz Alexander
Hill-Rom Company, Inc.
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