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Hospital bed with inflatable and collapsible side edges and laterally-movable side guards

  • US 5,179,744 A
  • Filed: 11/04/1991
  • Issued: 01/19/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/28/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A hospital bed comprising:

  • a base,a bed frame mounted on said base,a plurality of patient support panels mounted on said base in a longitudinally-spaced series,a mattress overlying said panels;

    said mattress having a plurality of main mattress sections, each having an upper surface, and having a plurality of side sections substantially hollow on each side of said main mattress sections, each of which side sections is selectively individually inflatable to widen at least a portion of said bed, said side sections when inflated having upper surfaces substantially co-planar with said upper surfaces of said main mattress sections to provide a patient support surface of extended width, each of which side sections is selectively individually deflatable and inwardly collapsible to narrow at least a portion of said bed to provide a patient support surface of narrowed width.

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