Beds – Having safety device – Side guard
Patent
1997-04-09
1998-07-28
Trettel, Michael F.
Beds
Having safety device
Side guard
5424, 16350, 16361, A47C 2108
Patent
active
057847320
ABSTRACT:
A bed enclosure is provided with a side rail which is movably mounted to a frame of the bed enclosure by a hinge assembly. The hinge assembly allows the side rail to pivotally move between a raised position, in which the side rail is adjacent a side of a mattress supported by the frame, and a lowered position, in which the said rail is below a top surface of the mattress, thereby permitting a person to easily enter and exit the bed enclosure. The hinge assembly retains the side rail in a locked position flush against the side of the mattress so that there is substantially no gap between the side rail and the side of the mattress when the side rail is in the raised position. The hinge assembly can be manually operated to disengage the side rail from the raised position to pivot the side rail in a direction outwardly from the side of the mattress to the lowered position. In accordance with another embodiment of the invention, a hinge assembly is provided with a spring assembly to help retain the side rail in the locked position.
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