Bed rail

A bed rail comprising

• a side rail including an inclined inner panel,
• a side-rail support base coupled to a lower portion of the side rail and arranged to be inserted into a space provided between a mattress and a box spring underlying the mattress to support the side rail in an upright orientation extending along an outwardly facing perimeter side edge of the mattress, wherein the side rail further includes a stationary unit coupled to the side-rail support base, the stationary unit includes two upright stationary posts arranged to lie in spaced-apart parallel relation to one another to define a vertical reference plane, the side rail also includes a movable panel-support mounted for up-and-down movement on each of the upright stationary posts under the control of a caregiver, the inclined inner panel has an upper portion coupled to the movable panel supports included in the side rail and a lower portion that is arranged to extend downwardly toward the underlying base to mate with a mattress lying on the base, the inclined inner panel is arranged to lie in angular relation to the vertical reference plane established by the upright stationary posts in the side rail to slope downwardly toward an inner region on the top surface of the mattress, the inclined inner panel is arranged to be moved on the movable panel supports included in the side rail relative to the side-rail support base to trap the mattress therebetween so that the bed rail is clamped to the mattress, the lower portion of the inclined inner panel is arranged to overlie a top surface of the mattress to extend along an offset mattress-contact line that is arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the perimeter side edge of the mattress, and
• wherein the mattress includes a shell formed to include an interior region and the top surface and vertically oriented mattress springs located in the interior region of the shell and the distance between the perimeter side edge and the offset mattress-contact line is greater than a horizontally extending width of an outermost vertically oriented spring located in the interior region of the shell of the mattress.

A bed rail comprising

• a side-rail support base adapted to be positioned under a mattress in a stationary position and
• a side rail including a stationary foundation unit coupled to the side-rail support base to extend upwardly along and above a perimeter side edge of the mattress and a movable barrier unit mounted for up-and-down movement on the stationary foundation unit relative to the side-rail support base between a lowered clamped position to clamp the mattress between the side-rail support base and the movable barrier unit and a raised unclamped position separated from the mattress to unclamp the mattress, wherein the movable barrier unit includes an inclined inner panel coupled to inclined panel supports, the inclined inner panel includes a lower portion that is arranged to overlie a top surface of the mattress to extend along an offset mattress-contact line that is provided on the top surface of the mattress and arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the perimeter side edge of the mattress when the side-rail support base is positioned under the mattress and the movable barrier unit occupies the lowered clamped position, the inclined inner panel includes an outwardly facing surface arranged to face toward the stationary foundation unit and an inwardly facing surface arranged to face away from the stationary foundation unit and toward a person at rest on the mattress, and the inwardly facing surface of the inclined inner panel and the top surface of the mattress cooperate to define an obtuse included angle therebetween when the movable barrier unit occupies the lowered clamped position.