Patent ID: 7996938
Filing Date: 2011-08-16
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
1. A bed cover lift, comprising in combination: a base; said base adapted to be supported by a bed adjacent a foot of the bed; at least one elongate arm coupled to said base; said arm having an upper end adapted to support a bed cover; said at least one arm adapted to move relative to said base to move said upper end of said arm from a lowered position to a raised position with said raised position lifting bed covers adjacent the upper end higher than when said arm is in said lowered position; wherein at least two elongate arms are coupled to said base, said at least two elongate arms oriented substantially parallel to each other and spaced from each other, said at least two elongate arms each including upper ends joined together by an elongate element adapted to be located below a bed cover adjacent a foot of a bed, said elongate element maintaining a substantially horizontal orientation both when said arms are in said lowered position and in said raised position; wherein said at least two elongate arms are a first pair of arms and wherein a second pair of elongate arms are provided parallel with each other and spaced from each other by a second elongate element extending substantially horizontally between said second pair of elongate arms; and wherein both said first pair of elongate arms and said second pair of elongate arms are each driven by a common driver, said driver adapted to move said pairs of arms between said lowered position and said raised position.