Therapeutic turning bed

A therapeutic bed which comprises:

• (a) a trolley frame having floor-engaging feet or wheels,
• (b) an attitude frame pivotably mounted on a trolley frame so as to be pivotable in a turning movement through a predetermined arc about an axis extending longitudinally of the bed,
• (c) operating means for causing the attitude frame to pivot through said predetermined arc,
• (d) a plurality of air sacs supported on said attitude frame and inflatable to a pressure sufficient to provide a resilient surface for supporting a patient thereon, said air sacs together forming a shaped cavity within which the patient's body can be nested and supported so that the patient does not slide off the bed during the turning movement of said attitude frame, each of said air sacs individually extending across at least a full horizontal section of the patient's body and individually forming a shaped cavity within which the horizontal section can be nested and supported both laterally and vertically, and
• (e) control means for causing the turning movement in one direction of the attitude frame to be arrested in an inclined position when reaching the end of the predetermined movement in one direction and causing the operating means to reverse the direction of turning movement.