Maternity care bed

• US 4,411,035 A
• Filed: 03/30/1981
• Issued: 10/25/1983
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/1981
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hill-Rom Company Incorporated Batesville Indiana 47006
• Original Assignee: Loel Fenwick
• Inventors: Fenwick, Loel
• Primary Examiner(s): Grosz, Alexander
• Application Number:
  US06/248,701
• Time in Patent Office: 939 Days
• Field of Search: 5/60-69, 5/90, 269/325, 269/327
• US Class Current: 5/602
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/0009 Obstetrical tables or delivery beds chairs for gynaecological purposes A61G15/005
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/015 divided into different adjustable sections, e.g. for Gatch position

Abstract

A maternity care bed having an elevationally adjustable framework supported on a floor. A patient support surface of a central seat section is movably mounted on the framework about a pivot axis adjacent the head of the bed. A head section is pivoted to the seat section. A foot section is located adjacent the remaining end of the seat section. It is also pivotally mounted adjacent the head of the bed for elevational adjustment of both the seat and foot section independently of one another. The foot section includes a patient support surface that can be raised to a position in which it serves as an extension of the patient support surface of the seat section. It also can be lowered and retracted beneath the seat section while the seat section is in a raised position.

Claims

1. A combination labor, delivery and patient care bed, comprising:

a seat section elevationally movable relative to the floor between a lowered position and a raised position;

a foot section elevationally movable independently of the seat section for movement between raised and lowered positions outward from the seat section, and longitudinally movable to a position beneath the seat section;

and common framework means supporting said seat section and foot section independently of one another for relative movement of either with respect to the other.

2. A bed as claimed in claim 1, wherein the seat section has a planar upper patient support surface;

said foot section also having a planar upper patient support surface;

the foot section further including an inner transverse end complementary to the remaining end of the seat section.

3. A bed as claimed in claim 1, wherein the seat section has a planar upper patient support surface;

said foot section also having a planar upper patient support surface;

the foot section further including an inner transverse end complementary to the remaining end of the seat section;

and releasable means on the seat section and foot section for selectively fixing them to one another with their respective upper patient support surfaces in a common plane.

4. A combination labor, delivery and patient care bed, comprising:

a seat section elevationally movable between a lowered position and a raised position, said seat section having an upper patient support surface;

a foot section at one end of the seat section, said foot section being movably mounted for elevational and longitudinal movement relative to the seat section and also having an upper patient support surface;

an operational framework means interconnecting the seat section and foot section for selectively supporting them relative to one another as follows;

a first condition in which both the seat section and the foot section are independently movable relative to one another;

a second condition in which the foot section is selectively fixed to the seat section for conjoint movement with the seat section with their respective upper patient support surfaces being coplanar;

a third condition in which the foot section is retracted beneath the seat section.

5. A combination labor, delivery and patient care bed, comprising:

a framework supportable on a floor;

seat means movably mounted on the framework for elevational adjustment relative to the bed framework between a lowered position and a raised position;

head means movably mounted about a transverse axis at one end of the seat means for angular adjustment relative to the seat means;

foot means adjacent the remaining end of the seat means, said foot means being movably mounted on the framework for both elevational and longitudinal movement independently of the seat means;

first means operably connected between the framework and seat means for selectively effecting elevational adjustment of the seat means independently from the foot means;

and second means operably connected between the framework and foot means for permitting the foot means to move between a raised position in which it is an extension of the seat means and a lowered position in which the foot means can be either located outward from the seat means or can be retracted beneath the remaining end of the seat means.

6. A bed as claimed in claim 5 wherein the bed framework is elevationally adjustable relative to the floor.

7. A bed as claimed in claim 5 wherein the remaining end of the seat means is transversely recessed to form an indentation across it.

8. A bed as claimed in claim 5 wherein the remaining end of the seat means is transversely recessed to form an indentation across it;

said foot means including an upwardly open receptacle which can be located elevationally below the indentation formed across the remaining end of the seat means while the foot means is retracted beneath the seat means.

9. A combination labor, delivery and patient care bed, comprising:

a framework supportable on a floor and having a transverse head end;

a seat section having an upper patient support surface spaced longitudinally from the head end of the framework, the seat section being pivotally mounted to the framework about a transverse axis adjacent its head end;

the upper patient support surface of the seat section having a first transverse end facing toward the head of the framework and a second transverse end facing oppositely;

a head section having an upper patient support surface, said head section being pivotally mounted to the seat section adjacent the first transverse end thereof;

and a foot section having an upper patient support surface, the foot section being movably mounted to the framework about a transverse axis adjacent its head end;

means mounting the foot section to the framework for independent elevational adjustment of the foot section relative to the seat section between an extended raised position at which the upper patient support surface of the foot section is an extension of the upper patient support surface of the seat section and an extended lowered position at which it is located below and outward of the seat section;

said last-named means further mounting the foot section for longitudinal retraction beneath the seat section.

10. A combination labor, delivery and patient care bed, comprising:

an elevationally adjustable framework supported on a floor;

a seat section pivotally mounted to said framework about a transverse axis, said seat section extending between a transverse upper end and a transverse lower end;

a head section pivotally mounted to said framework adjacent the transverse upper end of the seat section;

a foot section movably mounted to said framework at the lower end of said seat section;

first adjustment means operably connected between the framework and the foot section for selectively moving the foot section between a raised position where it serves as an extension of the seat section and a lowered position where it protrudes outwardly beyond the transverse lower end of the seat section;

section adjustment means operably connected between the framework and the seat section for selectively moving the seat section about said transverse axis relative to the framework and independently of said foot section;

and third adjustment means operably connected between the framework and the foot section for selectively moving the foot section to a retracted position beneath the seat section;

whereby the bed can be effectively converted between an elevationally adjustable bed configuration and an elevationally adjustable chair configuration.