Swing and slide bed rail with outer and inner frames

A bed rail for engagement to a bed having a mattress and mattress support, the mattress having a near side, the bed rail comprising:

• a) a rail portion;
• b) a base portion engaged to the rail portion and adaptable for engagement with the bed between the mattress and mattress support, the base portion having first and second base members spaced apart from each other;
• c) the rail portion having a first position and a second position, the first position being an operating position adjacent to the near side of the mattress, the second position being a stored position in the base portion between the mattress and the mattress support;
• d) the rail portion comprising an outer frame and an inner frame;
• e) the outer frame of the rail portion comprising a traversing member and first and second end members, the traversing member extending between and engaged to the first and second end members;
• f) the inner frame being slideable on the first and second end members of the outer frame and slideable to and away from the traversing member of the outer frame;
• g) the inner frame being engagable with and disengagable from the first and second base members of the base portion to prevent the rail portion from sliding relative to the base portion;
• h) wherein the inner frame includes an uppermost traversing member, the uppermost traversing member of the inner frame being slideably engaged to the first and second end members of the outer frame, the uppermost traversing member of the inner frame being slideable to and away from the traversing member of the outer frame;
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• i) wherein the inner frame includes a lowermost traversing member, the lowermost traversing member of the inner frame being slideably engaged to the first and second end members of the outer frame, the lowermost traversing member of the inner frame being slideable to and away from the first and second base members when the rail portion is in the operating position;
• j) wherein the traversing member of the outer frame is undulating and wherein the first and second end members are straight end members having respective first and second distal ends;
• k) the traversing member of the outer frame having a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, the first and third portions of the traversing member of the outer frame being spaced apart from the uppermost traversing member of the inner frame by a first distance, the third portion of the traversing member of the outer frame being spaced apart from the uppermost traversing member of the inner frame by a second distance, and the first distance being greater than the second distance;
• l) wherein the first portion includes a first straight portion having an axis, wherein the second portion includes a second straight portion having an axis, and wherein the third portion includes a third straight portion having an axis, wherein the axis of the first and third straight portions of the outer frame are co-axial, and wherein the axis of the second straight portion is offset from the axis of the first and third straight portions;
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• m) wherein the traversing member of the outer frame further comprises fourth and fifth straight portions, the fourth straight portion being disposed between the first and second straight portions, the fifth straight portion being disposed between the second and third straight portions, each of the fourth and fifth straight portions being oblique relative to the second straight portion.