IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
UP-0224691
(2005-09-12)
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등록번호 |
US-7757318
(2010-08-09)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Poulos, Craig
- Harris, Patrick
- Soltani, Sohrab
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
35 인용 특허 :
247 |
초록
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A mattress for a hospital bed is provided. The mattress includes an encasing enclosing a compressible mattress portion and a rigid mattress portion. The compressible mattress portion has an integral construction extending from a head end of the bed to a foot end of the bed. The rigid mattress portio
A mattress for a hospital bed is provided. The mattress includes an encasing enclosing a compressible mattress portion and a rigid mattress portion. The compressible mattress portion has an integral construction extending from a head end of the bed to a foot end of the bed. The rigid mattress portion contracts from a first elongated position to a second retracted position, and the rigid portion contracting the compressible mattress portion therewith. The rigid mattress portion may be provided at any side or end section of the mattress. Accordingly, the width or length of the mattress can be modified.
대표청구항
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What is claimed is: 1. A patient support for a bed, the patient support comprising: a deck supported on a frame, the deck having a head end and a foot end, the head end being adjacent a head end of the bed and the foot end being adjacent a foot end of the bed, wherein the deck has a first deck sect
What is claimed is: 1. A patient support for a bed, the patient support comprising: a deck supported on a frame, the deck having a head end and a foot end, the head end being adjacent a head end of the bed and the foot end being adjacent a foot end of the bed, wherein the deck has a first deck section, a second deck section and a third deck section, the first deck section located adjacent the head end of the bed, the third deck section located adjacent the foot end of the deck and having an edge that is an endmost edge of the deck at the foot end thereof, and the second deck section between the first deck section and the third deck section, wherein the first deck section is moveable from a generally horizontal position to a more vertical back-support position, and wherein the second deck section is pivotable upwards; and, a mattress supported on the deck, an end portion of the mattress extending a distance beyond a foot end edge of the third deck section a length, L1, when the mattress is in a first position, such that the end portion of the mattress is cantilevered and overhangs the foot end edge of the third deck section a distance greater than a thickness of the mattress in the first position, and wherein the mattress retracts to a second position, in the second position a portion of the mattress extending a distance beyond the edge of the foot deck a length L2, wherein L2, is less than L1. 2. The patient support of claim 1, wherein the mattress has a first end adjacent the head end of the deck. 3. The patient support of claim 1, wherein the mattress has a compressible mattress portion and a rigid mattress portion. 4. The patient support of claim 3, wherein the compressible mattress portion extends about a plurality of deck sections, and wherein the rigid mattress portion is positioned adjacent a foot deck section of the deck. 5. The patient support of claim 3, wherein the rigid mattress portion is fixed to the compressible mattress portion, and wherein the rigid mattress portion is retractable from the first position to a second position to shorten the mattress. 6. The patient support of claim 1, wherein the mattress is fixed to the deck. 7. The patient support of claim 1, wherein the third deck section is moveable from a generally horizontal position to a substantially vertical position. 8. A patient support for a bed, the patient support comprising: a frame; a deck supported on the frame, the deck having a first deck section, a second deck section and a third deck section, the first deck section located adjacent a head end of the deck, the third deck section located adjacent a foot end of the deck and having an edge that is an endmost edge of the deck at the extreme foot end of the deck, and the second deck section between the first deck section and the third deck section, the deck further having a first side and an opposing second side, wherein the first deck section is moveable from a generally horizontal position to a more vertical back-support position, and wherein the third deck section is moveable from a generally horizontal position to a substantially vertical position; and, a mattress supported on the deck, the mattress extending to a first position located a distance beyond a distal edge of the third deck a length, L1, when the third deck is in the generally horizontal position, the mattress retracting to a second position such that the mattress overhangs the distal edge of the third deck a length, L2, when the third deck is in the generally vertical position, length L1 being greater than length L2. 9. The patient support of claim 8, wherein a length of the third deck is static at all positions.
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