Articulable bed with a translatable and orientation adjustable deck section and volumetrically adjustable compensatory element

A bed comprises a deck having at least one section that is orientation adjustable about a laterally extending, longitudinally translatable axis and a mattress assembly including at least one volumetrically adjustable element associated with the orientation adjustable deck section. The volumetrically...

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Main Authors TURNER JONATHAN D, HORNBACH DAVID W
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 21.04.2015
Subjects
CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY
FUNERAL DEVICES
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS
TRANSPORT OR ACCOMODATION FOR PATIENTS
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Summary:A bed comprises a deck having at least one section that is orientation adjustable about a laterally extending, longitudinally translatable axis and a mattress assembly including at least one volumetrically adjustable element associated with the orientation adjustable deck section. The volumetrically adjustable element is adapted to change the thickness of a portion of the mattress assembly adjacent to the deck section in a direction nonparallel to the orientation of the section and in response to a change in orientation of the deck section.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201213412129