Guard including electrical controls and slidable underneath the bed
AssigneeHill-Rom, Inc.
InventorsJames S. Adams, Leslie Dale Foster, William H. Peck
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Abstract
Bed guard rotatable between elevated and lowered positions and slidable from the latter to a position underneath the bed. While elevated, it prevents accidental falling off, and when underneath, it allows facile patient management and movement of the bed through narrow passageways. Where the bed incorporates one or more electric motors to alter its configuration, the guard may additionally or alternatively include the patient controls for the motors.
Claims11
In a guard structure for a bed having:
- A. body restraining means for preventing unintended egress of an occupant from said bed, said restraining means being movable between an elevated and a lowered position;
- B. retaining means coupled to said restraining means for holding said restraining means in an elevated position;
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- C. release means coupled to said retaining means for disengaging said retaining means and allowing said restraining means to descend, the improvement comprising moving means for permitting said restraining means to move between an inner limit toward the center and an outer limit away from the center of a bed to which affixed, said moving means prohibiting motion toward the center of said bed beyond a predesignated point located between said inner and outer limits when said restraining means occupies a position substantially above said lowered position.
In a guard structure for a bed having electrical facilities, said structure having body restraining means for preventing unintended egress of an occupant from said bed, the improvement wherein said restraining means includes controls for said electrical facilities.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.