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US 6,578,216 B1Granted
Toroidal shaped bed construction
AssigneeSunrise Medical HHG Inc.
InventorJerome K. Aarestad
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Abstract
A bed construction wherein a sleep surface has at least one toroidal shaped section, a toroidal shaped main frame supporting the sleep surface, and a pair of opposing toroidal shaped legs supporting the main frame.
Claims12
A bed comprising:
- a sleep surface having at least one section;
- a main frame formed from a continuous hoop and supporting the sleep surface;
- and
- a pair of opposing legs each formed from a continuous hoop and supporting the main frame, wherein said sleep surface includes a head section and a knee section, each said section being pivotally supported by said main frame, each said section further being in the form of a continuous hoop.
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A bed comprising:
- a sleep surface having at least one section;
- a main frame formed from a continuous hoop and supporting the sleep surface;
- and
- a pair of opposing legs formed from a continuous hoop and supporting the main frame, wherein said sleep surface includes a head section, a foot section, and a knee section disposed between said head and foot sections, each said section being in the form of a continuous hoop.
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A bed comprising:
- a sleep surface having at least one section;
- a main frame supporting the sleep surface;
- and
- a pair of opposing legs supporting the main frame, wherein said sleep surface, said main frame, and said legs are each continuous closed hoops constructed of tubular material.
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A bed comprising:
- a sleep surface having at least one section formed from a continuous hoop;
- a main frame formed from a continuous hoop and supporting the sleep surface;
- and
- a pair of opposing legs supporting the main frame, wherein each said leg is formed of a bent leg tube and a laterally extending foot tube, said foot tube being attached to opposing legs of said bent leg tube to form a continuous hoop.
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A bed comprising:
- a sleep surface having a head section, and foot section, and a knee section between said head and foot sections, each said section being in the form of a continuous hoop formed from a pair of opposing U-shaped tubular members having opposing legs joined together;
- a main frame pivotally supporting said head section and said knee section so that said head and knee sections can be moved between a lowered position and a raised, inclined position, said foot section being pivotally connected to said knee section to permit said foot section to move in response to movement of said knee section, said main frame being in the form of a continuous hoop constructed of tubular material;
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- a pair of opposing legs supporting said main frame, each one of said legs being pivotally connected to opposing ends of said bed, said legs being in the form of continuous hoops constructed of tubular material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.