Patent ID: 8819878
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: A47C,A61G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A transition box for use with an adjustable bed, the transition box comprising: a housing defining an input end and an output end; an input disposed within the housing towards the input end thereof, the input configured to releasably engage a drive bar of the adjustable bed; first and second outputs disposed within the housing towards the output end thereof, each of the first and second outputs configured to releasably engage a height adjustment mechanism of the adjustable bed; a gear mechanism disposed within the housing and coupled between the input and the first and second outputs, the gear mechanism configured such that rotation of the input in a first direction effects rotation of the first output in the first direction and rotation of the second output in the second direction; and an external housing, the housing disposed within the external housing and retained therein in substantially fixed position relative to the external housing, the external housing including a body with a first cutout formed in an upper surface thereof, and a second cutout formed in a lower surface thereof, the first and second cutouts configured to facilitate engagement of the external housing to a mounting member of the height adjustment mechanism of the adjustable bed.