Bed and vertically compact side barrier therefor
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorsJoshua W. Shenk, Jean Bernard Duvert, Mickael Maho, Jean Luc Guillemot
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Abstract
Side barrier retractable bed made up of parallel bars (e.g. 14, 15, 16) that may be retracted to a low position along the length of the bed. To minimize the height of the barrier when in the low position, at least two of the bars (15 and 16) have profiles and positions to allow that they fit together lengthwise.
Claims14
A side barrier for a bed, the barrier comprising at least two bars adapted to extend between two end supports on the bed, the bars, as installed on the bed, forming a substantially horizontal stack movable to different heights, all of the bars having substantially similar profiles when viewed in cross-section and being arranged so that the residual height of the stack is less than the sum of the heights of the individual bars in the stack.
A bed comprising longitudinally spaced apart end supports and a side barrier for the barrier comprising at least two bars adapted to extend between the end supports, the bars, as installed on the bed, forming a substantially horizontal stack movable to different heights, all of the bars having substantially similar profiles when viewed in cross-section and being arranged so that the residual height of the stack is less than the sum of the heights of the individual bars in the stack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.