Patent ID: 8850648
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
1. A bed and rail cover for use with a hospital bed having rails, the bed and rail cover comprising: a bed plate defining a length and a width; a pair of rail plates, one each hingedly coupled to a side of the bed plate along the length of the bed plate; a pair of first additional plates, one of the first additional plates coupled to each of the rail plates; a pair of second additional plates, one of the second additional plates coupled to each of the first additional plates: the bed and rail cover being positionable on top of a hospital bed, the bed plate configured to extend substantially over the entire length and width of the hospital bed, the rail plates being positionable to extend generally vertically from the top of the hospital bed and cover an inner portion of the rails of the bed, the first additional plates being postionable on top of the rails of the bed, the second additional plates being positionable adjacent the outer side of the rails of the bed, the bed and rail cover to aid in preventing a user of the bed from wedging a body part between a frame and/or a rail of the bed.