Patent ID: 8117696

Claim:
An articulated bed arrangement, comprising: a patient support platform including at least a head section, a seat section, and a foot section connected to each other in an articulated manner so that the bed arrangement is convertible at least from a bed configuration to a chair configuration, the platform having a length and a width whereupon the platform projects an area onto a floor when the sections are horizontally arranged, a leg arrangement that is movable to change a height from the floor to a surface of the platform and that includes four legs and two leg base members, wherein each leg base member is connected to a respective outer long side of the platform, each leg is connected to a leg base member at a longitudinal end of the leg base member in an articulated manner such that each leg is pivotable in a vertical direction relative to a longitudinal direction of the platform about its articulated connection point, two legs are provided at opposite long sides of the bed arrangement closer to and at substantially the same distance from a head end of the bed arrangement, two other legs are provided at opposite long sides of the bed arrangement closer to and at substantially the same distance from a foot end of the bed arrangement, and each leg is positioned outside the projected area; wherein lengths of the leg base members are approximately a length of the seat section.