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US 6,886,196 B2Granted
Bed rail with fold controller
AssigneeCosco Management, Inc.
InventorsKurt Nygren, Jorge Tomas, Steve Lepke
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Abstract
A bed rail is disclosed for use with a bed. The bed rail includes a fold controller to control foldable movement of the bed rail.
Claims33
A bed rail comprising
- a side rail and
- a clamp arranged to cooperate with the side rail to clamp a mattress to mount the side rail alongside the mattress and to unclamp the mattress, the clamp including a base adapted to extend under the mattress in a fixed position and means for controlling movement of the side rail relative to the base between a raised position extending higher than the base so that the side rail extends higher than a top surface of the mattress when the base is positioned under the mattress in the fixed position and a fold-down position extending lower than the base so that the side rail extends lower than the top surface of the mattress when the base is positioned under the mattress in the fixed position.
A bed rail comprising
- a side rail and
- a clamp including a fixed jaw adapted to be positioned under a mattress in a fixed position, a movable jaw coupled to the side rail and arranged to move toward the fixed jaw to cause clamping of the mattress to mount the side rail alongside the mattress and to move away from the fixed jaw to cause unclamping of the mattress, and a fold controller coupled to the fixed jaw and the movable jaw and arranged to control movement of the movable jaw relative to the fixed jaw to move the side rail relative to the fixed jaw between a raised position in which the side rail extends higher than the fixed jaw and a fold-down position in which the side rail extends lower than the fixed jaw.
A bed rail comprising
- a side rail,
- a leg coupled to the side rail to support the side rail,
- a foot adapted to extend under a mattress in a fixed position, the foot including a socket, and
- an articulated ankle joint coupled to the leg and the foot for movement of the leg relative to the foot to move the side rail relative to the foot between raised and fold-down positions when the foot extends under the mattress in the fixed position,
- wherein the leg is arranged to be inserted into the socket to position the side rail in the raised position and to be removed from the socket to position the side rail in the fold-down position.
2 more elements
A bed rail comprising
- a side rail and
- a clamp coupled to the side rail and adapted to cause clamping of a mattress to mount the side rail alongside the mattress and to cause unclamping of the mattress, the clamp including a base adapted to extend under the mattress in a fixed position, the clamp being configured for foldable movement to move the side rail relative to the base between raised and fold-down positions when the base is positioned under the mattress in the fixed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.