Improvements in or relating to beds

1,006,957. Retaining occupants in bed. EVERED & CO. Ltd. May 22, 1964 [May 31, 1963], No. 21826/63. Heading A4J. A dropside assembly for a bed comprises a dropside 10 and supporting means consisting of a tube 19, sleeves 27, 28 and spigots 29 for interposition between the dropside and the bed fr...

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Main Author SCREEN STAFFORD THOMAS
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 06.10.1965
Subjects
BEDS
CHAIRS
CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY
COFFEE MILLS
DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES
FUNERAL DEVICES
FURNITURE
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS
SOFAS
SPICE MILLS
SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
TRANSPORT OR ACCOMODATION FOR PATIENTS
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Summary:1,006,957. Retaining occupants in bed. EVERED & CO. Ltd. May 22, 1964 [May 31, 1963], No. 21826/63. Heading A4J. A dropside assembly for a bed comprises a dropside 10 and supporting means consisting of a tube 19, sleeves 27, 28 and spigots 29 for interposition between the dropside and the bed frame on which the assembly is to be supported. The dropside has a lower tube 13 rotatably mounted in the tube 19 which is provided with female dog-clutch elements 20, 24 to cooperate with male dog-clutch elements 16, 15 on the tube 13. To hold the dropside in raised position a spring-loaded plunger is mounted in the sleeve 28 and engages between a sleeve 23 on the tube 19 and the male dog-clutch element 15 to hold the latter in engagement with the female dog-clutch element 24, Fig. 4. To drop the dropside the plunger 25 is retracted by means of an operating pin 29a and the dropside slid longitudinally to the left in Fig. 1 relative to the tube 19 to disengage the dog clutches as shown in Fig. 1. Specifications 1,006,955 and 1,006,956 are referred to.
Bibliography:Application Number: GB19630021826