Patent ID: 6253399
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
A supplemental support surface for use with beds having a pair of side support rails, the surface comprising:a tray having a receiving surface formed thereon, a lateral extent of said receiving surface peripherally defined by a tray edge;a retaining lip formed substantially continuously about a periphery of said receiving surface and projecting upwardly from adjacent portions of said receiving surface; anda lateral support attached to said tray edge, said lateral support further comprising:a first mounting member configured as an attachment hook that extends from said tray edge and is selectively interengagable with a first external support; anda second mounting member extending from said tray in a direction substantially opposite that of said first mounting member and in a manner co-planar with said tray edge and terminating in a planar support surface that rests against a second one of the pair of side support rails when said first mounting member is interengaged with the first one of the pair of side support rails;wherein said first mounting member and said second mounting member comprise a single sheet-form member.