Leg support for rotating sleep surface transfer system
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Abstract
An occupant transfer system comprising a bed including a mattress or other sleep support structure mounted on an endless loop of flexible material, the loop extending over a plurality of rollers or guide members extending longitudinally of the bed; drive means adapted to cause rotation of the endless loop so that the sleep support structure moves laterally across the bed so that an occupant located on the sleep support structure is moved laterally across the bed in use.
Claims13
An occupant transfer system comprising a transfer table including a mattress or other sleep support structure mounted on an endless belt of flexible material, the belt extending in a loop over a plurality of rotatable drive members extending longitudinally of the table;
- drive means adapted to cause rotation of the belt so that the sleep support structure moves laterally across the table and so that an occupant located on the sleep support structure is moved laterally across the table in use;
- a leg support, a seat support and a back or head support arranged to be moveable from a first orientation wherein the supports form a horizontal surface and a second orientation wherein the supports form a chair in which the seat is generally horizontal, the back or head support extends upwardly and the leg support extends downwardly;
- the leg support being moveable between a deployed position in which it may be moved to the first orientation and a stowed position in which the leg position is located beneath the seat so that the leg support does not contact a user's legs in use.
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