Patent ID: 6058532
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: A47C,A61G

Abstract:
Apparatus for elevating one end portion of a bed frame that includes a pair of floor engaging feet, comprising:a) a support beam member having opposed end portions, each end portion including a platform and a receptacle on said platform for holding one of the floor engaging feet of one end portion of the bed frame;b) the support beam member having a intermediate transverse portion positioned at a higher elevation than said platforms and receptacles;c) a pair of jacks positioned to engage said intermediate transverse portion of said support beam respectively adjacent said receptacles, each jack having a base for resting upon the floor, a lifting portion for lifting the support beam member and a moving portion that elevates the lifting portion relative to the base, each lifting portion connected to the lower surface of said intermediate transverse portion;d) a reversible motor drive;e) a gearbox having a motor drive shaft connectable to the motor drive and a pair of opposed drive shafts that extend in opposing directions from the gear box respectively to the pair of jacks for simultaneously operating each of said jacks to move the lifting portion between minimum and maximum elevational positions;f) a control for controlling the motor drive, the control having ""up"", ""down"" and ""stop"" control positions; andg) wherein when a user operates the motor drive with the control by selecting the ""up"" or the ""down"" positions to activate the motor drive, it simultaneously raises or lowers each of the jacks and the support beam adjacent the floor engaging feet of the bedframe thereby supporting the raising and lowering of the bed frame with the floor engaging feet securely received in said receptacles.