Patent ID: 8793825

Claim:
A bed, comprising: a bed frame having a head stanchion, a foot stanchion and a longframe member extending therebetween, and; an articulating bed surface including a back section, a seat section, an upper leg section and a lower leg section and wherein the seat section is pivotally mounted to the longframe member to rotate about a substantially vertical axis between a home position aligned with said bed frame and an egress position generally ninety degrees from the home position, wherein the back section is pivotally mounted to the seat section about a first axis, the upper leg section is pivotally mounted to said seat section about a second axis parallel to the first axis, and the lower leg section has opposing upper and lower crossbars and is pivotally mounted about a third axis at its lower crossbar to said bed frame and is releasably pivotally connected about a fourth axis at its upper crossbar to the upper leg section.