Patent ID: 6502260
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: A61G,Y10S

Abstract:
A bed for relieving pressure exerted on a user, which bed includes:a first support means for supporting the user; a second support means which is connected at a first end to the first support means and suspended by means of a retaining means extending between a location on the second means away from the first end and an arm extending from a frame portion of the bed, so that the second support means moves in sympathy with the first support means when the first support means is laterally displaced; and a rack and pinion for pivotally displacing the first support means towards the second support means, the second support means thereby moving in an opposite direction to the first support means so that the user would be displaced between a first position wherein the user would be supported by the first support means and a second position wherein the user would be supported by the first and second support means.