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US 2009/0013465 A1Published application
Bed with a retractable side barrier
AssigneeHill-Rom, Inc.
InventorPascal Guguin
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Abstract
A bed has a retractable barrier combining vertical movement and transverse movement. The barrier comprises two parallel arms forming portions of a deformable parallelogram system, and each arm is attached the frame by a two-element telescopic mechanism comprising an inner element and an outer element that are constrained relative to each other by a shape connection suitable for varying the transverse position of the barrier element while it is being moved vertically.
Claims7
A bed with a retractable side barrier, the bed comprising
- a bed frame,
- a side barrier element extending along one side of said frame, and
- two parallel arms attached respectively via hinges to said frame and to said barrier element, wherein each arm is attached to said bed frame by a two-element telescopic mechanism comprising an inner element and an outer element, one of the elements being fastened to the frame and the other to said arm, and wherein these two elements are constrained relative to each other by a shape connection suitable for causing the transverse position of said barrier element to vary continuously while it is being moved in vertical pivoting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.