Hospital bed and assemblies of hospital care apparatus
First Claim
1. A hospital bed comprising,a base,patient support panels mounted on said base, said panels including a head panel for supporting the upper part of a patient'"'"'s body, said head panel having longitudinal wingsa mattress, covering said panels,said mattress being formed in part by inflatable side sections overlying said wings, which, when deflated, narrow a patient'"'"'s support area thereby permitting a nurse to stand closer to a patient on one side of said bed and to bring patient care equipment closer to the patient and nurse on the other side of said bed.
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Abstract
A hospital bed has, at least at its head end, longitudinally extending inflatable mattress sections on each side of the bed. When those mattress sections are deflated, that portion of the bed can be narrowed to permit a nurse to move into the vacated space along side the bed and to permit hospital equipment such as an IV rack to be moved into the vacated spaced on the other side of the bed. Thus, the nurse can conveniently reach the patient as well as the patient care instruments on the opposite side of the bed.
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14 Claims
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1. A hospital bed comprising,
a base, patient support panels mounted on said base, said panels including a head panel for supporting the upper part of a patient'"'"'s body, said head panel having longitudinal wings a mattress, covering said panels, said mattress being formed in part by inflatable side sections overlying said wings, which, when deflated, narrow a patient'"'"'s support area thereby permitting a nurse to stand closer to a patient on one side of said bed and to bring patient care equipment closer to the patient and nurse on the other side of said bed.
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14. In a hospital room having a floor and ceiling,
a generally rectangular bed, a power column having upper and lower ends, arms pivotally mounted at their first ends to the floor and ceiling, respectively, on an axis passing through the head end of said bed and connected at their second ends to said lower and upper ends of respectively of said power column, to permit said power column to pivot through an arc of about 180° - ,
the corners of said bed at said head end being removed at permit said power column to swing on as small a radius as possible free from obstruction with bed corners.
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