Zero gap foldable powered bed

A zero gap foldable powered bed, comprising:

• a bed frame;
• a head end frame member of said bed frame defining a vertically oriented plane;
• a sliding mechanism slidably mounted upon said bed frame;
• a back deck operatively connected to said sliding mechanism and having a free, unattached end portion which is disposed adjacent to said vertically oriented plane defined by said head end frame member of said bed frame;
• a linkage system operatively connecting said bed frame, said back deck, and said sliding mechanism together;
• and a back deck actuator, mounted upon said bed frame and operatively connected to said back deck and said linkage system connecting said bed frame, said back deck, and said sliding mechanism together, configured to cause said back deck to undergo movements between elevated and lowered positions, as a result of which said sliding mechanism is moved along said bed frame in response to said movements of said back deck between said raised and lowered positions, such that regardless of the elevation of said back deck to any predetermined elevational level by said back deck actuator, said free, unattached end portion of said back deck will always remain disposed adjacent and disposed a fixed distance away from said vertically oriented plane, defined by said head end frame member of said bed, as a result of said sliding mechanism moving along said bed frame as said back deck is being elevated and lowered, whereby shoulder and back portions of a person sitting upon said bed will remain at a substantially same position relative to said vertically oriented plane defined by said head end frame member whereby the person can readily access items disposed adjacent to said vertically oriented plane defined by said head frame member.