Patient moving bed assembly

A bed assembly comprising:

• a frame;
• a mattress;
• a mattress support panel, said frame supporting said mattress support panel, said mattress being coupled to said mattress support panel;
• a pair of tracks, each track extending along a respective end of said mattress support panel;
• rollers coupled to said frame and engaging said tracks for facilitating lateral movement of said mattress;
• a motor coupled to said frame, said motor being operationally coupled to said rollers for moving said rollers to laterally move said mattress;
• a control mechanism coupled to said motor for selectively activating said motor;
• a plurality of said rollers being coupled to pivoting support arms extending from said frame for facilitating engagement of said plurality of rollers to said tracks when said mattress is positioned laterally from said frame;
• wherein each of said rollers is disengageable from said tracks to permit release of said mattress from said frame such that said mattress is supported on a gurney positioned adjacent to said frame;
• wherein said tracks and rollers are positioned such that said mattress remains positioned in a substantially horizontal plane as said mattress is moved laterally;
• a bed tilting means coupled between said mattress and said mattress support panel for selectively raising a foot portion and a head portion of said mattress;
• wherein said mattress support panel is positioned to remain in a horizontal position when said head and foot portions of said mattress are raised;
• wherein said rollers are engageable to said tracks when said mattress support panel is supported on a gurney positioned adjacent to said frame for facilitating lateral movement of said mattress support panel to return said mattress to said frame;
• and
• wherein said rollers are selectively disengageable from said tracks such that said support mattress is supported directly on said frame.