Patent ID: 6381782
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: A47C,A61G

Abstract:
A body supporting tool for a bed comprising:a guide rail releasably fixed to a frame of said bed; a slide housing movable relative to said guide rail while guided by said guide rail; a turning support turnably held by said slide housing at a base end portion thereof and having an operating member on an upper end portion thereof; a slide housing movement control mechanism provided within said slide housing for switching states of said slide housing between a slide housing moving state in which said slide housing is allowed to move relative to said guide rail and a slide housing fixing state in which said slide housing is not allowed to move relative to said guide rail; a support turning motion converting mechanism for causing said slide housing movement control mechanism to switch said states of said slide housing from said slide housing moving state to said slide housing fixing state when said turning support is turned in a set direction by a set angle, and from said slide housing fixing state to said slide housing moving state when said turning support is turned in a direction opposite to said set direction by said set angle; and an abutment plate swingably supported around said turning support by said turning support, moving forward and backward along said guide rail together with said slide housing when said slide housing moves forward and backward along said guide rail, and supporting a body of a person lying on said bed while abutting said body.