Patent ID: 6473922
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
An articulated bed comprising:a main frame; a leg tube having an upper portion that is longitudinally and pivotally displaceable relative to said main frame at an upper movable pivot point; a stabilizer having an upper portion and a lower portion, a lower intermediate portion of said leg tube being pivotally connected to said lower portion of said stabilizer at a-lower orbital pivot point, said upper portion of said stabilizer being pivotally connected relative to said main frame at an upper fixed pivot point; and a wheel pivotally attached to a lower portion of said leg tube at a pivot axis, wherein said upper movable pivot point said lower orbital pivot point, and said pivot axis do not coalign and the distance between said upper fixed pivot point and said upper movable pivot point being maximized when said main frame is in a raised position.