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US 4,240,169 AGranted
Patient transferring apparatus
OwnerKjell E. H. Roosinventor
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Abstract
A bed and wheelchair arrangement is disclosed in which a center portion of the bed includes, or is attachable to, apparatus for forming a chair on wheels. The center section of the bed mattress is hinged so that it can be bent to form a chair seat and back. In one embodiment, a support portion for the center mattress section is hinged to support the mattress in the chair configuration. In another embodiment, the carrier structure swings through the bed structure.
Claims8
An apparatus for facilitating the transfer of a person from a bed to a wheelchair comprising the combination of
- a bed having
- an integral frame extending the entire length of said bed and having head, foot and center sections,
- a mattress having head and foot portions supported by said head and foot sections of said frame, respectively, and a center portion, and
- carrying means for supporting said center portion removably supported on said center section of said frame;
- at least said center portion being bendable along a line substantially parallel with the longitudinal centerline of the bed so that a section thereof on one side of the line can be pivoted upwardly into the position of a chair-like back support for the person while the other section thereof serves as a seat;
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- wheeled carriage means operatively associated with said carrying means and said center portion for supporting and laterally extracting said center portion and carrying means as a unit from the remainder of the bed to serve as a wheelchair.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.