# US 12,178,769 B2 · Adjustable hospital bed for laterally positioning a patient and related methods > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,178,769 B2 - Document ID: US12178769B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/830,926 - Filed: 2022-06-02 - Published: 2023-12-07 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2022-06-02 - Assignees: Life Concepts, Inc. - Applicants: Life Concepts, Inc. - Inventors: James Crandell; Rolonda Carmichael; Robin Nielsen; Vivienne Pearson; Violet Bennett; Judy Fitzpatrick; Lovenia Brokenborough; Latonya Fair; Timothy Jones; John R. Gill; Erica Plazibat - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12178769B2 ## CPC - A61G 7/005: tiltable around transverse horizontal axis, e.g. for Trendelenburg position {(rocking beds for physical therapy A61H1/003; hanging patient inclined downwardly for drawing him out A61H2203/0493)} - A61G 7/1025: {Lateral movement of patients, e.g. horizontal transfer} - A61F 5/3769: {for attaching the body to beds, wheel-chairs or the like} - A61G 7/018: Control or drive mechanisms - A61G 7/07: for the head or torso, e.g. special back-rests {(pillows in general A47G9/10)} - A61G 7/103: {Transfer boards} - A61G: TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS (appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H3/00); OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (embalming corpses A01N1/00) - A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) ## Abstract An adjustable hospital bed for laterally positioning a patient includes a support frame having a top end and a bottom end, a plurality of wheels secured to the bottom end of the support frame, and a body pad having a head end and a foot end and a plurality of back pad mortises around its periphery. The bed also includes a back pad having a top edge, a bottom edge, and a plurality of back pad tenons that extend from the bottom edge and are removably inserted into the plurality of back pad mortises of the body pad to support the back pad on its bottom edge at an angle relative to the body pad. In addition, the bed includes a linear actuator configured to lift the head end of the body pad and a tilt adjustment mechanism configured to laterally tilt the body pad. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An adjustable hospital bed for laterally positioning a patient comprising: a support frame having a top end and a bottom end; a plurality of wheels secured to the bottom end of the support frame; a body pad having a head end and a foot end, and a plurality of back pad mortises around a periphery of the body pad, the body pad adjustably secured to the top end of the support frame; and a back pad having a top edge, a bottom edge, and a plurality of back pad tenons extending from the bottom edge and removably inserted into the plurality of back pad mortises of the body pad to support the back pad on the bottom edge at an angle relative to the body pad; a tilt adjustment mechanism having a first portion secured to the top end of the support frame and a second overlapping portion in communication with an underside of the body pad, wherein the second overlapping portion of the tilt adjustment mechanism is configured to rotate relative to the first portion to laterally tilt the body pad relative to a front or rear of the support frame. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The adjustable hospital bed of claim 1, further comprising a linear actuator having a first end secured to the top end of the support frame and a second end secured to an underside of the body pad, the linear actuator configured to lift the head end of the body pad. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The adjustable hospital bed of claim 1, wherein the tilt adjustment mechanism having a handle and a plurality of adjustment holes cooperating to secure the body pad at a desired tilting angle relative to the support frame. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The adjustable hospital bed of claim 1, further comprising an upper push handle and a lower push handle, wherein the upper push handle is secured to the body pad, and the lower push handle is secured to the support frame. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The adjustable hospital bed of claim 1, wherein a rear surface of the back pad comprises at least one back pad handle secured thereto. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The adjustable hospital bed of claim 1, further comprising a foot pad extending from the foot end of the body pad, wherein the foot pad is configured to be rotated up and locked in alignment with the body pad or unlocked and rotated down. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The adjustable hospital bed of claim 1, further comprising a removable harness comprising a torso pad and at least one strap, wherein the torso pad is configured to be placed adjacent to a torso of the patient and the at least one strap slides around the back pad and body pad to secure the patient laterally on the patients side against the back pad. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The adjustable hospital bed of claim 2, wherein the support frame further comprising a power supply in electrical communication with the linear actuator. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The adjustable hospital bed of claim 1, wherein the support frame comprises a lower platform, an upper platform, and a plurality of vertical supports therebetween. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The adjustable hospital bed of claim 1, further comprising a back pad locking rod configured to removably secure the back pad tenons to the back pad mortises by sliding the back pad locking rod therethrough. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The adjustable hospital bed of claim 10, wherein the plurality of back pad tenons comprise a plurality of position apertures configured to receive the back pad locking rod therethrough and to secure the back pad at a desired angle relative to the body pad. ### Claim 12 An adjustable hospital bed for laterally positioning a patient comprising: a support frame having a top end and a bottom end; a body pad having a head end and a foot end, and a plurality of back pad mortises around a periphery of the body pad, the body pad adjustably secured to the top end of the support frame; a back pad having a top edge, a bottom edge, and a plurality of back pad tenons extending from the bottom edge and removably inserted into the plurality of back pad mortises of the body pad to support the back pad on the bottom edge at an angle relative to the body pad; a linear actuator having a first end secured to the top end of the support frame and a second end secured to an underside of the body pad, the linear actuator configured to lift the head end of the body pad; and a tilt adjustment mechanism having a first portion secured to the top end of the support frame and a second overlapping portion in communication with an underside of the body pad, wherein the second overlapping portion of the tilt adjustment mechanism is configured to rotate relative to the first portion to laterally tilt the body pad relative to a front or rear of the support frame. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The adjustable hospital bed of claim 12, wherein the tilt adjustment mechanism having a handle and a plurality of adjustment holes cooperating to secure the body pad at a desired tilting angle relative to the support frame. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The adjustable hospital bed of claim 12, wherein a rear surface of the back pad comprises at least one back pad handle secured thereto. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The adjustable hospital bed of claim 12, further comprising a foot pad extending from the foot end of the body pad, wherein the foot pad is configured to be rotated up and locked in alignment with the body pad or unlocked and rotated down. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The adjustable hospital bed of claim 12, further comprising a removable harness comprising a torso pad and at least one strap, wherein the torso pad is configured to be placed adjacent to a torso of the patient and the at least one strap slides around the back pad and body pad to secure the patient laterally on the patients side against the back pad. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The adjustable hospital bed of claim 12, further comprising a back pad locking rod configured to removable secure the back pad tenons to the back pad mortises by sliding the back pad locking rod therethrough, wherein the plurality of back pad tenons comprise a plurality of position apertures configured to receive the back pad locking rod therethrough and to secure the back pad at a desired angle relative to the body pad. ### Claim 18 A method of laterally positioning a patient using an adjustable hospital bed comprising a support frame having a top end and a bottom end, a body pad having a head end and a foot end and a plurality of back pad mortises around a periphery of the body pad, the body pad adjustably secured to the top end of the support frame, a back pad having a plurality of back pad tenons extending from a bottom edge and removably inserted into the plurality of back pad mortises of the body pad to support the back pad on the bottom edge at an angle relative to the body pad, a linear actuator having a first end secured to the top end of the support frame and a second end secured to an underside of the body pad, and a tilt adjustment mechanism configured to rotate to laterally tilt the body pad relative to a front or rear of the support frame, a tilt adjustment mechanism having a first portion secured to the top end of the support frame and a second overlapping portion in communication with an underside of the body pad, wherein the second overlapping portion of the tilt adjustment mechanism is configured to rotate relative to the first portion to laterally tilt the body pad relative to a front or rear of the support frame, the method comprising: positioning the patient on the body pad on the patients; placing a torso pad adjacent to a torso of the patient; sliding a strap that is attached to the torso pad around the back pad and body pad to secure the patient laterally on their side against the back pad; and using the linear actuator and the tilt adjustment mechanism to secure the patient at a desired lateral position.