Beds – Invalid bed or surgical support – Sectional user supporting surface
Reexamination Certificate
2001-06-15
2002-10-15
Shackelford, Heather (Department: 3673)
Beds
Invalid bed or surgical support
Sectional user supporting surface
C005S612000, C005S634000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06463607
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a mattress support, in particular a bed lath grid having longitudinal beams and transverse beams, a backrest with side beams and transverse beams hinged thereto with hinges, a neck support with side beams and transverse beams, and an adjustment mechanism. The neck support is hingedly connected to the backrest.
German Utility Model No. G 94 10 304 U1 discloses a lath grid having a backrest, which is adjustable through the use of an electric motor, and a neck support. The adjusting motion is generated with an erecting lever, which is pivotally positioned on a longitudinal beam and whose free end engages with a guidance beneath the neck support so that, when the adjusting motion starts from a horizontal position of the backrest and the neck support, initially the neck support is raised and only then the backrest is pivoted as well.
This conventional adjustable lath grid is disadvantageous because its mechanism is very massive and heavy due to its strong lever forces and thus requires a lot of space and its embodiment is economically disadvantageous. In the erected state of the backrest and the neck support, due to the unfavorably great lengths of the levers, very strong forces are created in the hinges so that this device provides only a very unstable construction which strongly contorts when it is loaded on its sides, away from the center.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is accordingly an object of the invention to provide a mattress support, in particular a bed lath grid which overcomes the above-mentioned disadvantages of the heretofore-known devices of this general type and which has a neck support that can be raised with respect to an adjustable back rest, which has an adjustment mechanism that can be produced easily and economically and which allows a direct support on the back rest.
With the foregoing and other objects in view there is provided, in accordance with the invention, a mattress support, in particular a bed lath grid, including:
longitudinal support beams;
transverse support beams;
a back rest having back rest side beams, back rest transverse beams, and back rest hinges for hingedly connecting the back rest to at least one of the longitudinal and transverse support beams;
a neck support having neck support side beams, neck support transverse beams, and neck support hinges for hingedly connecting the neck support to the back rest;
an adjustment mechanism having an adjustment lever with a guidance arc and a lever arm;
the back rest having a first back rest side and a second back rest side opposite the first back rest side, the back rest hinges being provided on the first back rest side, the adjustment lever defining a rotational axis and being pivotably connected to the back rest at the second back rest side for rotating about the rotational axis;
the neck support having a first neck support side and a second neck support side, the neck support hinges being provided on the first neck support side, the lever arm supporting the neck support at the second neck support side; and
a restricted guidance attached to one of the longitudinal and transverse support beams for guiding the guidance arc, such that, when the backrest is raised, the adjustment lever pivots about the rotational axis and the lever arm raises the neck support.
According to another feature of the invention, an axle extends along the rotational axis. The axle is disposed on one of the back rest transverse beams. The restricted guidance is provided on one of the transverse support beams, and the neck support includes a bearing support provided on one of the neck support transverse beams at the second neck support side such that the lever arm bears against the bearing support.
According to yet another feature of the invention, the longitudinal support beams and the transverse support beams form a bed lath grid, and a further adjustment mechanism is provided on the bed lath grid.
According to a further feature of the invention, a base plate is connected to one of the longitudinal and transverse support beams, and the restricted guidance has two bolts provided on the base plate, the two bolts are spaced from one another such that the guidance arc is guided between the two bolts.
According to yet a further feature of the invention, the neck support includes a bearing support provided on one of the neck support transverse beams at the second neck support side, the bearing support has a planar gliding and support surface, and the lever arm has a support surface at an end thereof for supporting the planar gliding and support surface.
According to another feature of the invention, the neck support has a given weight, and the lever arm has a planar support surface at an end thereof, the lever arm stands in a vertical position when the neck support is in a raised position, the planar support surface is positioned perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the lever arm and it vertically above the rotational axis such that the adjustment mechanism is in a locked state in order to prevent a reverse pivoting of the adjustment lever by the given weight of the neck support and a weight of a mattress lying on the neck support.
According to yet another feature of the invention, a lateral stop is provided on the adjustment mechanism for stopping the adjustment lever.
According to another feature of the invention, a releasable catching device is provided on the adjustment mechanism, the releasable catching device holds the adjustment lever in place when the neck support is in a raised position.
According to a further feature of the invention, a stop is provided for stopping the adjustment lever when the adjustment lever is in a vertical position, and a spring acts on the adjustment lever close to the rotational axis, the spring holds the adjustment lever in the vertical position against the stop when the neck support is in a raised position and the guidance arc is disposed outside the restricted guidance such that the guidance arc is reinsertable in the restricted guidance when the back rest is lowered.
According to another feature of the invention,the lever arm includes an extension device.
According to the invention, the adjustment mechanism is provided with an adjustment lever which is pivotally positioned on a rotational axis provided on the side opposite to the hinge of the back rest and which is provided with a guidance arc, guided in a restricted guidance fixed on the longitudinal or transverse beam, and an opposite lever arm, which is supported on the neck support on the side opposite of its hinge, so that the adjustment lever is pivoted around the rotational axis by the restricted guidance of the guidance arc when the back rest is raised and the neck support is raised by the lever arm immediately at the beginning of the adjustment process of the back rest and moves correspondingly up to its maximum deflection, and then, with the neck support in the erected position, the back rest alone is being further pivoted.
Therefore, in the erected or raised state the neck support is supported directly on the transverse beam of the back rest through the use of the lever and the rotational axis so that no torque or bending moments are transferred into the backrest via the neck support.
Furthermore, it is advantageous that this adjustment mechanism of the neck support is entirely separate from the backrest so that both adjustment systems each can be embodied in an optimized fashion. Since no fixed connection exists between the adjustment mechanisms, the constructive requirement is facilitated as well, so that possible motion processes impeding each other need not to be considered.
Furthermore, it is advantageous that the adjustment speed and the height of the adjustment can be selected simply by the geometry of the levers. Particularly advantageous is an embodiment in which the lever is embodied such that it is variable in its length so that the pivoting angle of the neck support can be optionally adjusted.
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Greenberg Laurence A.
Lagman Frederick L.
Locher Ralph E.
Shackelford Heather
Stemer Werner H.
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