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US 4,375,707 AGranted
Invalid bed
AssigneeFleetwood Furniture Company
InventorMilton E. Boerigter
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Abstract
An invalid bed includes a frame and an overhead support structure which provides an elevated diagonally extending support surface for a pivot arm. The pivot arm is pivotally anchored to a corner post and extends over and is supported by the support surface. The pivot arm swings from a position at the side of the bed frame to its center and includes a strap which an invalid can grasp for elevating himself and swinging onto or out of the bed.
Claims20
An invalid bed comprising:
- a support frame for a mattress;
- means secured to said frame for defining a horizontally extending support surface extending diagonally from one end of said frame to an opposite end thereof;
- a generally horizontally extending pivot arm pivotally anchored at one end to said frame above said means defining a support surface such that said pivot arm is continuously supported by said support surface and is freely moveable thereon, said means defining a support surface being sufficiently above said frame to provide clearance thereunder for an individual;
- and
- gripping means extending from said pivot arm for assisting an individual to move into and out of the bed without assistance by hanging onto said gripping means and swinging into or out of the bed.
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An invalid bed comprising:
- a support frame for a mattress;
- means secured to said frame for defining a support surface extending diagonally from one end of said frame to an opposite end thereof;
- a generally horizontally extending pivot arm pivotally anchored at one end to said frame above said means defining a support surface such that said pivot arm is continuously supported by said support surface as it moves, said means defining a support surface being sufficiently above said frame to provide clearance therunder for an individual;
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- gripping means extending from said pivot arm for assisting an individual to move into and out of the bed by hanging onto said gripping means and swinging into or out of the bed, wherein said means for defining a support surface comprises generally vertically extending post means at opposite ends of said frame and diagonally extending generally horizontal support means extending between and supported by said post means, said support means having an upper surface providing said support surface, wherein said post means includes a pair of vertically extending posts secured to said frame at one end in horizontally spaced relationship to one another, and wherein said pivot arm is pivotally anchored to an upper end of one post of said pair of posts.
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An invalid bed comprising:
- a base for supporting a mattress;
- generally vertical and upwardly extending post means at opposite ends of said base with the post means at one end longitudinally offset from the post means at the other end;
- a generally horizontally extending cross support extending between and supported by upper ends of said post means;
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- a pivot arm freely slidably resting on said cross support and pivotally anchored at one end to one of said post means and including gripping means extending downwardly permitting a user to pivot himself into and out of the bed without assistance by hanging onto said gripping means while moving said pivot arm toward and away respectively, from the center of the bed.
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An invalid bed comprising:
- a base for supporting a mattress;
- generally vertical and upwardly extending post means at opposite ends of said base with the post means at one end longitudinally offset from the post means at the other end;
- a generally horizontally extending cross support extending between and supported by upper ends of said post means;
- and
- a pivot arm slidably resting on said cross support and pivotally anchored at one end to one of said post means and including gripping means extending downwardly permitting a user to pivot himself into and out of the bed by hanging onto said gripping means while moving said pivot arm toward and away respectively, the center of the bed, wherein one of said post means includes a pair of vertically extending posts secured to said base in horizontally spaced relationship, and wherein said pivot arm is pivotally anchored to an upper end of one post of said pair of posts and said post means further includes a generally horizontally extending support extending between said pair of posts and said cross support has one end secured to said generally horizontally extending support and an opposite end secured to post means at the opposite end of said bed.
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An invalid bed comprising:
- a support frame for a mattress;
- means secured to said frame for defining a horizontally extending support surface extending diagonally from one end of said frame to an opposite end thereof;
- a generally horizontally extending pivot arm pivotally anchored at one end to said frame above said means defining a support surface such that said pivot arm is continuously supported by said support surface and is freely moveable thereon, said means defining a support surface being sufficiently above said frame to provide clearance thereunder to an individual;
- gripping means extending from said pivot arm for assisting an individual to move into and out of the bed by hanging onto said gripping means and swinging into or out of the bed without assistance;
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- storage means secured to said frame and means defining a support surface for providing storage areas accessible to a person in said bed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.