Patent ID: 7908689
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: A47C,A61G

Abstract:
1. A bed rail for engagement between a mattress and box spring of a bed, with the bed having a head end, a foot end, a first side and a second side, with the bed having a sleeping surface, with the bed rail comprising: a) an operating position at one of the sides of the bed; b) a stored position below the sleeping surface, with the stored position being generally between the first and second sides of the bed and below the sleeping surface, with the stored position further being generally between the head end and the foot end of the bed, with the stored position being between the mattress and the box spring; c) a first frame of the bed rail being pivotable and slideable relative to a second frame of the bed rail such that the first frame can be placed in each of the operating position and stored position, with the first frame being slideable into the second frame, and with the second frame being between the mattress and box spring; d) wherein in the stored position the first frame is in the second frame, and wherein in the stored position each of the first frame and second frame is between the mattress and box spring; e) a track and rider between the first frame and the second frame to effectuate sliding of the first frame relative to the second frame, with the track engaging the rider, with the first frame having one of the track and rider, with the second frame having the other of the track and rider, with the track comprising a tube having an interior and a longitudinal slot, and with the rider extending laterally through the longitudinal slot to ride in the interior of the tube of the track; and f) with the first frame having the rider, with the second frame having the track and further having another track, and wherein the first frame lies in substantially the same plane as the tracks in the stored position.