Patent ID: 9038214
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: A47C,A61G

Abstract:
1. A moveable privacy screen configured for attachment to a bed having a mattress having a top surface, and at least four side surfaces, the privacy screen being extendable along at least three sides of the bed and being configured for restricting a view of a patient on the bed by persons passing by the bed, the privacy screen comprising a plurality of privacy screen segments attachable to the bed, the plurality of screen segments including at least first and second screen segments, each of the first and second screen segments including: a first support pole having a variable length to permit the first support pole to move between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration; a second support pole having a variable length to permit the second support pole to move between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration; a coupler for movably coupling the first and second support poles to the bed in a spaced relation to permit the first and second support poles to move between an upstanding use position and a lowered storage position; and a non-transparent flexible sheet screen member coupled to each of the first and second support poles, and being sized to extend between the first and second support poles, the screen member being movable between a raised use position wherein first and second support pole and screen member extend above the mattress to thereby substantially prevent a patient on the mattress from being viewed by persons passing by the bed and a lowered storage position wherein the first and second support poles and screen member are disposed below the top surface of the mattress to thereby allow a patient on the mattress to be viewed by persons passing by the bed.