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Adjustable bed for morbidly obese patients

  • US 4,409,695 A
  • Filed: 07/07/1981
  • Issued: 10/18/1983
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/03/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An adjustable bed comprising:

  • (a) a ground engaging frame;

    (b) a mattress support including a head section, a center section, and a foot section, each section being pivotally interconnected and having opposite sides;

    (c) said center section being mounted to said frame with said head and foot sections swingably attached to said center section for respective relative raising and lowering;

    (d) a sidearm having one end pivotally attached to said center section at a side thereof and having a pivot connection with rotation locking means to selectively position said sidearm in an upright position against said center section and an outwardly swung position in an upwardly inclined relation to said center section;

    (e) said sidearm having a remote end adapted for providing support to confine a patient on said bed and to provide additional restive area when in said outwardly swung position;

    (f) said sidearm pivot connection including a bearing support member and a pivot pin extending through said sidearm one end and said bearing support;

    (g) said bearing support having at least two catch portions thereon; and

    (h) a catch arm affixed to said side arm and having an end portion receivable in a selected one said catch portion for maintaining said side arm in a selected one of said upright position and outwardly swung position.

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