Moving bed

#The application relates to a moving bed according to the preamble of the independent claim.

#A bed of this kind that is known in the art (DE 102 46 760 B4) has a fixed bed part for a person's head and upper body and a longitudinally-moving bed part for a person's buttocks and legs.

#Specifically, by means of relative motor movements between the fixed bed part and the longitudinally moving bed part over a mattress with an expansion joint, which is arranged between the fixed and longitudinally moving bed part, sinusoidal movements and loads are exerted on a person's musculature during rest phases. This positively influences the muscles and indirectly the intervertebral discs, and serves in particular to alleviate or prevent chronic complaints and pain.

#The drawings show the following, in perspective view:

#FIG. 1 A fixed frame,

#FIG. 2 A moving frame,

#FIG. 1 shows a fixed frame 2 of a moving bed 1 according to the invention, manufactured from rectangular metallic angle profiles. To form an upper fixed bed part 3, 2 cross struts 5a, 5b are attached to the base frame 4 of the fixed frame, of which one cross strut 5a forms the upper end of the fixed frame 2 and at a distance therefrom, the second cross strut 5b defines the length of the fixed bed part 3. The cross struts 5a, 5b rest on longitudinal frame parts 6a, 6b.

#The upper bed part 3 has a length of about 30 to 40% of the total frame length, corresponding to about the ratio of the length of the upper body of a person 29 to the person's height.

#Four rollers 8a, 8b, 8c, 8d with roller axes running transversely are arranged in respectively opposite corner areas on the longitudinal frame parts 6a, 6b in a lower frame area 7; taking into account the roller circumference, these protrude slightly beyond the longitudinal moving frame parts 6a, 6b.