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US 11,229,568 B2Granted
Mattress support for adding hospital bed functionality to an in-home bed
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorsDavid L. Ribble, Craig M. Meyerson, Lori Zapfe, Xuan Teng, Jotpreet Chahal, Thomas F. Heil, Kirsten M. Emmons, David L. Bedel, Kenneth L. Lilly, Nicholas Mann
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Abstract
A mattress support includes a base plate configured to be positioned on a box spring of a bed. A bladder may be coupled to a top surface of the base plate. A top plate is coupled to a top surface of the bladder. A top surface of the top plate is configured to support a mattress. The bladder is inflatable to adjust a height of the top plate.
Claims21
A mattress support comprising:
- a base plate, a bladder coupled to a top surface of the base plate, a top plate coupled to a top surface of the bladder and configured to pivot relative to the base plate about a pivot axis, a top surface of the top plate being configured to support a mattress, wherein the bladder is inflatable to adjust a height of the top plate, and wherein the top plate includes a coupling mechanism that includes an interlocking joint configured to enable the mattress support to be folded about an axis perpendicular to the pivot axis, wherein:
- the top plate includes a first half coupled to a second half by the coupling mechanism, the bladder includes a first bladder coupled to the first half of the top plate and a second bladder coupled to the second half of the top plate, and the base plate includes a first half coupled to the first bladder and a second half coupled to the second bladder.
A mattress support comprising:
- a base plate, the base plate having a first half and a second half, a first elevation assembly coupled to the first half of the base plate and a second elevation assembly coupled to the second half of the base plate, a top plate having a first half and a second half, the first half of the top plate coupled to the first elevation assembly and the second half of the top plate coupled to the second elevation assembly, a coupling mechanism coupling the first half of the top plate and the second half of the top plate, the coupling mechanism including an interlocking joint having a first notch and a first tab formed on the first half of the top plate, and a second notch and a second tab formed on a second half of the top plate, the first tab engageable with the second notch and the second tab engageable with the first notch such that the first and second halves of the top plate configured to be mated to move together and to enable the mattress support to be folded when the first and second halves of the top plate are separated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.