Safety bed frame mounting system
AssigneeSleep Safe Beds, LLC
InventorsJoseph H. Hallock, Gregg Weinschreider
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Abstract
A safety bed including a bed frame with a head board, side boards and a footboard, pivotally attached guard members, and a vertically adjustable mattress support structure which is attached to the side boards. The mattress support structure is capable of being lowered within the confines of the bed frame to prevent a patient from crawling out of the safety bed. The mattress support structure capable of being raised within the bed frame to grant a health care provider access to the patient. The raising and lowering of the mattress support frame does not affect height of the side boards or guard members.
Claims19
A safety bed for patients with physical and developmental disabilities, the safety bed comprising:
- a) a bed frame of substantially rigid construction to prevent gaps from forming between the bed frame and a mattress positioned within the bed frame, the bed frame including a headboard, a footboard, and a pair of opposing side boards which interconnect the headboard and the footboard;
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- b) a mattress support frame that is connected to the pair of opposing side boards and disposed within the bed frame for supporting the mattress and for independently raising and lowering the mattress within the bed frame in the absence of any corresponding vertical movement on the part of the headboard, footboard and pair of opposing side boards, wherein the headboard and footboard extend below the mattress;
- and wherein the mattress is in compressive contact within the bed frame such that there are no gaps between the mattress and the bed frame.
A safety bed for patients with physical and developmental disabilities, the safety bed comprising:
- a) a bed frame of substantially rigid construction to prevent gaps from forming between the bed frame and a mattress positioned within the bed frame, the bed frame including a headboard, a footboard, and a pair of opposing side boards which interconnect the headboard and the footboard;
- b) a mattress support frame that is connected to the pair of opposing side boards and disposed within the bed frame for supporting the mattress and for independently raising and lowering the mattress within the bed frame in the absence of any corresponding vertical movement on the part of the headboard, footboard and pair of opposing side boards, wherein the headboard and footboard extend below the mattress;
- and wherein the mattress is in compressive contact within the bed frame such that there are no gaps between the mattress and the bed frame;
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- c) at least one pair of rotatable guard members each of the guard members being disposed on an opposing lateral side of the bed frame, the guard members being sized to occupy the entirety of the lateral space between the footboard and the headboard such that there are no gaps there between.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.