Motorized bed preventing a person from being jammed

• US 8,418,290 B2
• Filed: 01/11/2011
• Issued: 04/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PPJ, LLC
• Original Assignee: Ruoey Lung Enterprise Corporation
• Inventors: Shih, Lung-Tan
• Primary Examiner(s): Cuomo, Peter M
• Assistant Examiner(s): WILSON, BRITTANY M
• Application Number:
  US13/004,078
• Publication Number:
  US 20120174316A1
• Time in Patent Office: 826 Days
• Field of Search: 560/0, 5612-618
• US Class Current: 5/616
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2203/726 for automatic deactivation, e.g. deactivation of actuators or motors
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/015 divided into different adjustable sections, e.g. for Gatch position
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/018 Control or drive mechanisms

Abstract

A motorized bed includes a bed body and a driving device. The bed body includes a base frame, a fixed frame, and a movable frame. The driving device includes a drive unit mounted on the fixed frame, a guide tube mounted on the drive unit, a threaded rod mounted in the guide tube, an extension tube mounted in the guide tube and having a first end provided with a push portion and a second end connected with the movable frame, and a threaded mover moved by the threaded rod and movable to abut the push portion. Thus, when a human body is disposed between the movable frame and the base frame, the human body only needs to overcome the weight of the movable frame to detach the extension tube from the mover, so that the movable frame stops moving immediately.

Claims

1. A motorized bed comprising:

a bed body; and

at least one driving device connected with the bed body;

wherein the bed body includes;

a base frame;

a fixed frame fixedly mounted on the base frame; and

at least one movable frame pivotally movable relative to the fixed frame and the base frame;

wherein the driving device includes;

a drive unit pivotally mounted on the fixed frame of the bed body;

a guide tube mounted on the drive unit;

a threaded rod rotatably mounted in the guide tube and driven by the drive unit;

an actuating source connected with the drive unit to drive the threaded rod;

an extension tube movably mounted in the guide tube and having a first end provided with a push portion movable in the guide tube and a second end provided with a pivot portion pivotally connected with the movable frame of the bed body to drive and move the movable frame of the bed body relative to the fixed frame of the bed body; and

a threaded mover screwed onto and moved by the threaded rod to abut the push portion of the extension tube, with the threaded mover movable relative to the extension tube to space the threaded mover from the push portion of the extension tube.

2. The motorized bed of claim 1, wherein:

the drive unit of the driving device has a first side provided with a pivot section pivotally connected with the fixed frame of the bed body;

the guide tube of the driving device is mounted on a second side of the drive unit;

the guide tube of the driving device has an inner wall provided with at least one axial guide track protruding from the inner wall and having an opening;

the threaded mover of the driving device has an inner wall provided with an inner threaded portion screwed onto the threaded rod and has an outer wall provided with at least one limit block extending into the opening and axially slidable in the at least one axial guide track of the guide tube, wherein when the threaded rod is rotated, the threaded mover is moved axially on the threaded rod by limit and guidance of the at least one limit block and the at least one axial guide track; and

the threaded mover of the driving device has a periphery provided with a stepped resting shoulder movable to abut the push portion of the extension tube to push and move the extension tube toward the movable frame of the bed body.

3. The motorized bed of claim 1, wherein:

the threaded rod of the driving device has a first end driven by the drive unit and a second end provided with a screw bore; and

the driving device further includes;

a stop washer mounted on the threaded rod to stop the threaded mover; and

a locking screw extended through the stop washer and screwed into the screw bore of the threaded rod to lock the stop washer onto the threaded rod.

4. The motorized bed of claim 2, wherein:

the extension tube of the driving device has a periphery provided with an annular retaining groove; and

the driving device further includes a snap ring snapped into the annular retaining groove of the extension tube and having an outer wall provided with at least one guide block slidable in the at least one axial guide track of the guide tube to limit and guide movement of the extension tube in the guide tube.

5. The motorized bed of claim 4, wherein:

the annular retaining groove of the extension tube is located adjacent to the push portion of the extension tube;

the snap ring of the driving device has a periphery provided with a slit; and

the snap ring is flexible by the slit and is snapped elastically into the annular retaining groove of the extension tube.

6. The motorized bed of claim 4, wherein:

the guide tube of the driving device has a first end connected with the drive unit and a second end provided with an open end portion;

the driving device further includes an end cap mounted on the open end portion of the guide tube to stop the snap ring to prevent the snap ring and the extension tube from being detached from the guide tube; and

the guide block of the snap ring is movable to abut the end cap.

7. The motorized bed of claim 6, wherein:

the open end portion of the guide tube has a periphery provided with a plurality of screw holes;

the end cap of the driving device has a periphery provided with a plurality of through holes aligning with the plurality of screw holes of the guide tube respectively; and

the driving device further includes a plurality of fastening screws extended through the plurality of through holes of the end cap respectively and screwed into the plurality of screw holes of the guide tube respectively to lock the end cap onto the guide tube.

8. The motorized bed of claim 6, wherein:

the end cap of the driving device has an inner wall provided with a passage to allow passage of the extension tube; and

the at least one guide block of the snap ring is movable to abut the passage of the end cap.

9. The motorized bed of claim 3, wherein the stop washer of the driving device is located between the threaded rod and the locking screw and has an outer diameter greater than an inner diameter of the mover, and wherein the mover is movable to abut the stop washer to prevent the threaded mover from being detached from the threaded rod.

10. The motorized bed of claim 1, wherein:

the driving device is pivotally mounted between the fixed frame and the movable frame of the bed body;

the threaded rod of the driving device is disposed in the guide tube;

the extension tube of the driving device is movably disposed between the threaded rod and the guide tube; and

the bed body further includes at least one bent connecting arm having a first end affixed to the movable frame and a second end pivotally connected with the pivot portion of the extension tube.