Variable posture bed
OwnerToshihiro Niwa, Shoko Niwainventors
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Abstract
A variable posture bed includes a base rest located on a floor surface; a bed board arranged in a horizontal state above and opposite the base rest; a connection support portion disposed at the center of the base rest between the base rest and the bed board and that supports the bed board to be vertically movable in all directions around the center thereof; connection support portions disposed at four corners of the base rest and the bed board and that support the bed board to be vertically movable; and a drive control device that continuously moves the bed board in the vertical direction with a predetermined operation pattern and that limits the vertical movement of the head side of the bed board between the horizontal position and a predetermined upper position.
Claims36
A variable posture bed, wherein
- a bed board is arranged in a horizontal state above and opposite a base rest which is located on a floor surface,
- the bed board is supported on the base rest to be vertically movable in all directions around the center thereof by a connection support portion which is erected at the center of the base rest between the base rest and the bed board and the bed board includes a rectangular perimeter is supported at corners of the rectangular perimeter and at four corners of the base rest by support members such that the bed board is vertically movable,
- the bed board is configured to be moved in the vertical direction with a predetermined operation pattern while the vertical movement of a head side of the bed board is limited between the horizontal position and a predetermined upper position by a drive control device, and
- the operation pattern includes a series of operations of:
- one side of the left or the right of the head side of the bed board moving to an upper limit position;
- the other side of the left or the right of the head side moving to the upper limit position;
- one side of the left or the right of the head side moving to the horizontal position;
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- the other side of the left or the right of the head side moving to the horizontal position.
A variable posture bed comprising:
- a base rest which is located on a floor surface;
- a bed board which is arranged in a horizontal state above and opposite the base rest, the bed board including a rectangular perimeter;
- a connection support portion which is disposed at the center of the base rest between the base rest and the bed board and which supports the bed board, at corners of the rectangular perimeter such that the bed board is vertically movable in all directions around the center thereof;
- support members which are disposed at four corners of the base rest and the bed board and which supports the bed board to be vertically movable;
- a drive control device which continuously moves the bed board in the vertical direction with a predetermined operation pattern and which limits the vertical movement of the head side of the bed board between the horizontal position and a predetermined upper position;
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- the operation pattern includes a series of operations of:
- one side of the left or the right of the head side of the bed board moving to an upper limit position;
- the other side of the left or the right of the head side moving to the upper limit position;
- one side of the left or the right of the head side moving to the horizontal position;
- and
- the other side of the left or the right of the head side moving to the horizontal position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.