Combined bed and wheelchair
OwnerBenjamin Sharoninventor
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Abstract
This invention provides a combined bed and wheelchair wherein the bed frame and any mattress thereon have a cut-out extending from the foot end thereof. An insert having a head section, a center section and a foot section which are normally aligned in a common plane is adapted to fit in and substantially fill the cut-out. The sections are hingedly connected together with the insert being automatically transformable into a chair as the insert is removed from the frame. Wheels are connected to at least one section of the insert to permit the insert to be rolled and removed from the frame. The automatic transformation is preferably performed through the operation of first and second coacting elements mounted, respectively, to the frame and insert.
Claims12
A bed for use by invalids and incapacitated persons comprising:
- a bed frame and a mattress, the said mattress and bed frame having complementary cut-out areas, an insert comprising a multiple number of upholstered parts which are hingedly connected with one another, said insert when its parts are made to be in a common plane, fitting in and substantially filling said cut-out area and forming part of the mattress surface, the said hingedly connected parts extending in succession to each other from near a head part of the bed to, and including an opposite foot part of the bed, wheels functionally connected to at least one of said insert parts, said insert being removable from the frame, and means a means disposed on said bed frame and cooperating with said insert for automatically transforming said insert into a chair as said insert is removed from the frame.
A combined bed and wheelchair comprising:
- a bed frame having a head end and a foot end;
- a cut-out formed in said frame and extending from the foot end thereof;
- an insert having at least a head section, a center section and a foot section, each said sections being hingedly connected to each adjacent section, said sections being normally aligned in a common plane and adapted when so aligned to fit in and substantially fill said cut-out, said head section being erectable to a substantially upright orientation and said foot section being lowerable to transform said insert into a chair having a back, seat and leg support;
- wheel means connected to at least one section of said insert to permit said insert to be rolled and removed from said frame;
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- means a means disposed on said bed frame and cooperating with said insert for automatically transforming said insert into a chair as said insert is removed from the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.