Hospital beds with a rotating sleep surface that can translate into a chair configuration
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1. A method of translating a hospital bed, comprising:
- rotating a patient sleep support surface having back, seat and leg sections to a side egress chair position;
rotating side rails attached to each side of the patient sleep surface with the sleep surface;
tilting the seat section down with a forwardmost part of the seat section residing below a rearwardmost part of the seat section while the back section is held upright above the seat section to define a stand side egress position thereby facilitating a patient'"'"'s egress from the bed; and
translating the side rails to extend upright on either side of the patient sleep support surface so that lower end portions thereof are proximate a floor when the bed is in the side egress stand position.
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Abstract
A vehicle for use in hospitals, and the like, giving better mobility, steering, braking and passenger handling while providing comfort to the passengers from the time they lay down until they are standing on the side through the rotation and tilting ability of the frame.
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1. A method of translating a hospital bed, comprising:
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rotating a patient sleep support surface having back, seat and leg sections to a side egress chair position; rotating side rails attached to each side of the patient sleep surface with the sleep surface; tilting the seat section down with a forwardmost part of the seat section residing below a rearwardmost part of the seat section while the back section is held upright above the seat section to define a stand side egress position thereby facilitating a patient'"'"'s egress from the bed; and translating the side rails to extend upright on either side of the patient sleep support surface so that lower end portions thereof are proximate a floor when the bed is in the side egress stand position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of translating a hospital bed, comprising:
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slidably rotating a plate that supports back, seat and leg sections of a patient sleep support surface from a hospital bed position to a side chair position, wherein in the side chair position the seat section is substantially horizontal; and tilting the seat section down with a forwardmost part of the seat section residing below a rearwardmost part of the seat section while the back section is held substantially upright to define a stand side egress position thereby facilitating a patient'"'"'s standing egress from the bed; and wherein the rotating step allows a user to selectively rotate the bed to a left or right side for the side chair and side stand egress positions. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of translating a hospital bed with back, seat and leg sections, comprising:
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moving the hospital bed sections through a plurality of different positions, including;
(a) from a comfort position where, when viewed from a side, the seat section angles upwardly and the back and leg sections angle downwardly;
to a (b) side chair position; and
to (c) a side stand exit position, wherein, in the side stand exit position, the seat section angles downwardly so that the forwardmost portion of the seat section is closest to a floor,wherein the moving is carried out so that a user can selectively position the bed sections so that the side chair and side stand exit positions can be on either side of the bed at either 90 degrees or 270 degrees.
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11. A method of translating a hospital bed to different configurations, comprising:
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rotating a hospital bed having articulating back, seat and leg sections to a side chair position; and tilting the seat section downward so that a forwardmost end is closer to a floor to define a side stand-exit position. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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