Hospital bed
AssigneeIndustrie-Wert Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH
InventorsHeinz Holter, Heinz Gresch
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Abstract
A hospital bed has ducts with openings in a frame and a mattress and blanket connected by a hose to an exhauster and filter. A hood formed of several panels at a head of a bed reduces noise and provides ventilation.
Claims8
The hospital bed apparatus comprising vertical leg supports, a frame positioned on the leg supports, a sound proof head board at one longitudinal end of the frame, the head board having an upper edge, a hinge connected to the upper edge of the head board, guide frames connected to opposite sides of the head board, guide frames connected to opposite sides of the frame near the head board, a top sound proof panel connected to the hinge on the upper edge of the head board for swinging to a position parallel to the frame, sound proof side panels connected to the guide frames for moving upward to a position whereby an upper edge of each side panel connects with a lateral area of the top panel, and ventilation openings in the panels.
A hospital bed apparatus comprising leg supports, a generally horizontal frame positioned on the leg supports and forming a surface-bearing area for a mattress, the frame having at least one hollow section, a mattress disposed upon the surface-bearing area, a hose and means for connecting a hose to the hollow sections of the frame, exhaust means connected to the hose and filter means connected to the hose for exhausting and filtering air from the said hollow section of the frame through the hose, exhausting means and filtering means, whereby air is withdrawn from spaces immediately adjacent to the mattress for controlling and reducing spread of odors and disease from the spaces, said hospital bed apparatus further comprising a noise barrier headboard connected to the frame, a sound proof panel hingedly connected to the headboard for lowering to a position substantially parallel with the mattress bearing area, guide frames attached at opposite sides to the frame, and sound proof side panels connected to the guide frames for moving upward to join the top panel in completion of a soundproof enclosure at a head end of the bed, and air ventilation slots in the panels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.