Safety bed for children and adults
AssigneeSensory Medical Inc.
InventorCaleb Polley
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Abstract
A safety bed for children and adults who may have special needs includes a frame having a base frame, an upper frame and four vertical poles between the base frame and the upper frame at their respective corners; a mattress support structure supported by the base frame; and an enclosure attached to the frame, said enclosure comprising a ceiling, a base and four walls. A mattress within the enclosure is supported by the mattress support structure so that a sheet may be attached to the four walls of the enclosure at a position approximately equal to the top of the mattress. The enclosure may include a variety of device for monitoring and communicating with an occupant of the bed, including a camera, a light source and other sensors that may be remotely controlled over a network.
Claims17
A safety bed, comprising:
- a frame, said frame comprising:
- a base frame having four corner brackets, each corner bracket receiving one end of a side pole and an end pole, the side and end poles having hook-and-loop tape secured along their length;
- four vertical poles, a lower end of each vertical pole received in a respective one of the four corner brackets;
- four top corner connectors attached to an upper end of a respective vertical pole;
- two top end poles connected between top corner connectors parallel to the end poles of the base frame;
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- arch poles connected between top corner connectors parallel to the side poles of the base frame;
- a mattress support structure supported by the base frame;
- an enclosure attached to the frame, said enclosure comprising:
- a ceiling, a base and four walls, wherein the four walls are secured to each other at vertical sides and the ceiling and base are secured to the four walls at a top and bottom, respectively, of the four walls to form the enclosure;
- a plurality of extensions incorporated at each of top and side edges of the enclosure, for securing the enclosure to the frame;
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- bottom extensions incorporated at the bottom of the four walls, the bottom extensions including hook-and-loop tape for connecting to the hook-and-loop tape on the side and end poles of the base frame;
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- one or more sensors for monitoring a condition within the enclosure;
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- one or more devices for providing a stimulus to an occupant of the safety bed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.