Bedside support

• US 3,176,322 A
• Filed: 12/06/1963
• Issued: 04/06/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Ruth Mulcahy
• Original Assignee: Ruth Mulcahy
• Inventors: Mulcahy, Ruth
• Application Number:
  US04/328,629
• Time in Patent Office: 487 Days
• US Class Current: 5/503.1
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/053 Aids for getting into, or out of, bed, e.g. steps, chairs, cane-like supports

Claims

1. A BEDSIDE SUPPORT COMPRISING A FRAME INCLUDING A PAIR OF GENERALLY PARALLEL UPSTANDING SIDE WALLS, MEANS DEFINING AN UPRIGHT BACK WALL EXTENDING AND SECURED BETWEEN ONE PAIR OF CORRESPONDING ENDS OF SAID SIDE WALLS, SAID SIDE WALLS EXTENDING UPWARDLY A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE ABOVE THE UPPER END OF SAID BACK WALL AND INCLUDING GENERALLY HORIZONTAL MEMBERS EXTENDING ALONG THE UPPER ENDS THEREOF, SAID SUPPORT BEING ADAPTED TO BE PLACED ON THE FLOOR ADJACENT A BED WITH SAID BACK WALL AGAINST ONE SIDE OF SAID BED, SAID SIDE WALLS AND SAID HORIZONTAL MEMBERS PROJECTING AWAY FROM SAID ONE SIDE OF THE BED, SAID BACK WALL HAVING A VERTICAL EXTENT ADAPTED TO POSITION THE UPPERMOST PORTION OF AT LEAST A CENTRAL PORTION OF SAID BACK WALL A SPACED DISTANCE BELOW A MATTRESS OF SAID BED, SAID SIDE WALLS BEING FREE OF BRACE MEMBER EXTENDING THEREBETWEEN FORWARDLY OF SAID BACK WALL.