Device and method for reversibly connecting a rehabilitation mechanism to a bed, and method for operating a rehabilitation mechanism connected to a bed

A method for reversibly connecting a rehabilitation mechanism to a bed, the method comprising:

• arranging the rehabilitation mechanism on a height-adjustable transport device and transporting the rehabilitation mechanism in a transport position to the bed, wherein the bed is height-adjustable;
• moving the rehabilitation mechanism to a first connection position, aided by adjusting a height of the height-adjustable transport device or the height-adjustable bed;
• moving the rehabilitation mechanism from the first connection position to a second connection position by the height-adjustable transport device and/or by the height-adjustable bed, wherein the height-adjustable transport device interacts with at least one receiving unit, is arranged at a side and/or at a foot end of the height-adjustable bed, in order to unlock the receiving unit;
• unlocking the receiving unit by pressing a trigger arranged on the height-adjustable transport device, when approaching the height-adjustable bed, against a connection frame which is mounted to a transverse side of the height-adjustable bed, extending at least along a portion of the transverse side, and being mounted such that the connection frame can pivot about a pivot axis with respect to the one or more receiving units;
• moving the rehabilitation mechanism from the second connection position to a third connection position with the height-adjustable transport device or the height-adjustable bed;
• wherein at least one connection element arranged on the rehabilitation mechanism comes into operative connection with the at least one receiving unit or, in the case of the at least one receiving unit being a plurality of receiving units, with at least one receiving unit of the plurality of receiving units;
• moving the height-adjustable transport device and/or the height-adjustable bed from the third connection position to the transport position;
• and
• moving the height-adjustable transport device away from the bed, and whereby in order to lock the receiving unit while the height-adjustable transport device is moving away from the bed, increasing the pressure which the trigger exerts on the locking device, which is operatively connected to the connection frame.