Patent ID: 7559102
Filing Date: 2009-07-14
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
1. An adjustable bed comprising: a head end and a foot end; a patient support surface; a patient support structure for supporting the patient support surface; the patient support structure comprising a plurality of adjacent lateral patient support sections, including a first support section adjacent to second support section; the first support section being adapted to support the torso of a patient lying on the patient support surface; the first support section being adapted to articulate about a transversal axis of rotation between a substantially level position and an inclined position; and an axis-displacement mechanism mounted on the second support section, the axis-displacement mechanism being adapted to linearly and horizontally translate the transversal axis of rotation away from the second support section and toward the head end of the bed as the first support section articulates from the substantially level position toward the inclined position and to linearly and horizontally translate the transversal axis of rotation toward the second support section and toward the foot end of the bed as the first support section articulates from the inclined position toward the substantially level position.