Bed apparatus

Abstract

A pair of sliders (4, 5) are mounted on both end portions of a bed body (3) for sliding along said end portions in the cross direction of the bed body (3). Upright bars (6, 7) are mounted on the respective sliders (4, 5) to upwardly extend from the sliders (4, 5). Support members (8, 9) mounted on the respective upright bars (6, 7) are movable along the upright bars (6, 7) and stoppable at adjusted positions. Two parallel side bars (10, 11) couple the support members (8, 9) of a pair with each other. The respective upright bars (6, 7) are movable with respect to the sliders (4, 5) along the cross direction of the bed body (3), whereby the upright bars (6, 7) can be moved to ends of the sliders (4, 5) when the sliders extend laterally from the bed body (3) and outside the bed body (3). As the result, the bed body (3) will not hinder any nursing of a sick person or the like, who is held by the side bars (10, 11) and can be attended at the side of the bed body (3).

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