Patent ID: 7555793

Claim:
An emergency evacuation apparatus for use with an adjustable bed and for removing a bed-ridden person from the adjustable bed in an emergency situation, comprising a base tray having three transverse fold lines to allow the base tray to bend as four panels defining a backrest, an intermediate panel and a knee-break, the base tray being placed between the adjustable bed and a mattress supporting the bed-ridden person wherein the base tray is adapted to bend along the transverse fold lines when the profile of the adjustable bed is changed during normal use of the adjustable bed by the bed-ridden person; a mechanical locking means operable between an unlocked condition in which the base tray is able to bend along the transverse fold lines and a locked condition in which the base tray is unable to bend along the transverse fold lines and to provide the base tray with sufficient longitudinal rigidity to support the weight of an adult person thereby allowing the base tray carrying the mattress and the bed-ridden person to be lifted off of the adjustable bed.