Cradle type hospital bed
OwnerHans D. Baumanninventor
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Abstract
A cradle type bed for immobile patients, comprising a bed frame supporting a curved center portion being able to be tilted around the longitudinal axis of a supine patient and its center of gravity in order to relief constant pressure points between the skin and a mattress.
Claims8
A cradle type hospital bed comprising, a bed frame containing therein a tilt able center portion with a curved cross-sectional shape extending throughout the length of said center portion, dimensioned to retain a person resting supine in a horizontal plane, said tilt able center portion being supported by journal bearings attached at both terminal ends of the longitudinal axis of said tilt able center portion to the bed frame, to allow for a rocking action of said tilt able center portion while a person would remain resting supine in a horizontal plane.
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