Hospital bed

• US 3,112,500 A
• Filed: 05/24/1961
• Issued: 12/03/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/1961
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Macdonald Benjamin R F
• Original Assignee: Macdonald Benjamin R F
• Inventors: MACDONALD BENJAMIN R F
• Application Number:
  US04/112,275
• Time in Patent Office: 923 Days
• US Class Current: 5/618
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/015 divided into different adjustable sections, e.g. for Gatch position

Claims

1. A HOSPITAL BED COMPRISING A BED FRAME INCLUDING HEAD AND FOOT PORTIONS CONNECTED BY PARALLEL SIDE RAILS, A CARRIAGE MOUNTED FOR TRANSLATION LONGITUDINALLY ALONG SAID SIDE RAILS, A GATCH SPRING FRAME INCLUDING FOLDABLE HEAD, CENTRAL, AND FOOT SECTIONS MOUNTED FOR ROTATION AND TRANSVERSE TRANSLATION UPON SAID CARRIAGE, GATCH FRAME ADJUSTING MEANS CARRIED BY SAID BED FRAME INCLUDING PIVOTED LEVER ARMS FOR SELECTIVELY BEARING UPON SAID HEAD AND CENTRAL SECTIONS TO PIVOT SAID SECTIONS RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER, MEANS CARRIED BY SAID SPRING FRAME FOR SELECTIVELY LOCKING SAID HEAD SECTION IN INCLINED POSITION RELATIVE TO ITS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT SECTION, AND LIMIT MEANS CARRIED BY SAID BED FRAME FOR PREVENTING ROTATION AND TRANSVERSE TRANSLATION OF SAID SPRING FRAME RELATIVE TO SAID CARRIAGE WHEN THE END OF SAID FOOT SECTION IS DISPOSED BETWEEN THE FOOT PORTION OF SAID BED FRAME AND A PREDETERMINED POSITION DISPLACED LONGITUDINALLY THEREFROM TOWARDS THE HEAD PORTION.