Cover for hospital bed rails

In combination:

• bed rail means including a framework defining an opening and including a generally horizontally disposed top rail, a generally horizontally disposed bottom rail spaced from said top rail, and a pair of end rails spaced from each other and interconnecting said top and bottom rails, said bottom rail being connected to a bed frame by connector elements extending between said bottom rail and said bed frame, and said bed rail means having equipment housing means at a predetermined location within said framework;
• a cover of unitary construction for said bed rail means, said cover including first and second primary cover elements spaced from one another and having an outer peripheral configuration generally corresponding to the outer peripheral configuration of said framework, a top cover element extending between said first and second primary cover elements at upper edges of said first and second primary cover elements, and side cover elements extending between and connected to said first and second primary cover elements at side edges of said first and second primary cover elements along the lenghts of said side edges and downwardly from said top cover element whereby the cover is closed at the sides to cover said end rails, said first primary cover element, said top cover element and said side cover elements each being of construction adapted to provide flexible and resilient cover elements for padding said framework, said cover defining an interior for snugly receiving said framework, said first and second primary and said side cover elements defining an opening communicating with said interior for allowing ingress and egress of said framework relative to said interior, and said cover additionally defining an aperture disposed in at least partial registry with said equipment housing means when said framework is disposed within said cover interior with said framework covered by said cover to permit manual access to said equipment housing means, said aperture being located in the first primary cover element and adapted to provide access through said primary cover element to said equipment housing means;
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• attachment means for releasably attaching said cover to said framework when said framework projects through said opening and is snugly retained within said cover interior.