Bed rail assembly
AssigneeAndrew J Hart Enterprises Limited
InventorAndrew J. Hart
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Abstract
A method of providing a portable bed rail for a user include the steps of: (a) positioning a user support member of a bed rail assembly on a first longitudinally extending side of a mattress, the user support member comprising a hand grip portion; (b) positioning a mattress securing member on an opposed second longitudinally extending side of the mattress, the mattress securing member having a lower end and an upper end; and, (c) securing the user support member a fixed distance from the mattress securing member wherein the user support member is adjacent the first longitudinally extending side of the mattress and the mattress securing member is adjacent the second longitudinally extending side of the mattress.
Claims20
A bed rail assembly for a bed, the bed comprising a mattress positioned on a bed frame, the bed rail assembly comprising:
- a. a user support member having a lower support member end, an upper support member end, at least one vertical member extending between the lower and upper support member ends, and a hand grip portion;
- b. a mattress securing member having a lower securing member end, an upper securing member end, and at least one vertical member extending between the lower and upper securing member ends;
- c. at least one elongated connecting member, each connecting member having a first connecting member end couplable to the user support member and a second connecting member end couplable to the mattress securing member whereby, when the bed rail assembly is assembled and provided on the bed frame, the at least one connecting member secures the mattress securing member a fixed distance from the user support member;
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- d. a first flexible anchor member operable to secure the user support member to the bed frame and a second flexible anchor member operable to secure the mattress securing member to the bed frame whereby, when the bed rail
- assembly is assembled and provided on the bed frame, the first and second anchor members positionally fix the bed rail assembly on the bed frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.