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Bed with built-in commode

  • US 5,077,845 A
  • Filed: 10/16/1990
  • Issued: 01/07/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/20/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A bed with a built-in commode, comprising:

  • a bed frame;

    a mattress having a through-hole formed at a substantially central portion thereof and placed on said bed frame;

    a commode having left and right opposed edge parts and attached to said mattress at said through-hole;

    a water inlet port disposed in said commode;

    a discharge passage communicated with said commode;

    an inflatable valve disposed in said discharge passage;

    a pair of outer tubular pads, one of said outer tubular pads being arranged along said left opposed edge part and the other of said outer tubular pads being arranged along said right opposed edge part;

    a pair of inner tubular pads arranged between said pair of outer tubular pads;

    wherein said bed has a first mode of operation wherein said valve and said pair of outer tubular pads are inflated while said pair of inner tubular pads are deflated to permit excretion by a patient, and wherein said bed has a second mode of operation wherein said pair of outer tubular pads and said pair of inner tubular pads are deflated while said valve is inflated to permit hip bathing of the patient.

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