Nursing bed with side rails movable between stowed and deployed positions

• Main Authors: Zhao, Kui, Jiang, Hai Guo, Liu, Chih Hsiung
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 16.07.2024
• Subjects: CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; TRANSPORT OR ACCOMODATION FOR PATIENTS

A nursing bed comprises a bed frame, a bed platform which is disposed atop the bed frame for supporting a patient who is normally disposed in a supine position, and a pair of side rails mounted upon opposite sides of the bed platform so as to be movable between deployed or raised positions and stowed or lowered positions. The side rails are movable by a pair of linear actuators, which may be simultaneously actuated or independently actuated, and a pair of linkage systems operatively connecting the pair of side rails to opposite sides of the bed frame. When the side rails are moved to their deployed or raised positions, the side rails will be disposed at positions adjacent to the side edge portions of the bed platform so as to effectively protect bed-ridden patients by preventing them from inadvertently or unintentionally falling out of bed, and when the side rails are moved to their stowed or lowered positions, the side rails will be stowed beneath the opposite side edge portions of the bed platform so as to provide an esthetically pleasing appearance to the nursing bed as well as to in permit hospital personnel or family members to more easily approach a side of the bed, without interference with the side rails, so as to thereby easily attend to a particular need of the patient.