Patent ID: 8370978

Claim:
A patient mobility aid device for a hospital bed, the patient mobility aid device comprising a support crossmember having a length oriented along a width of said bed, provided at each of its ends with a coupler configured to be attached to a frame element of said bed, in that said crossmember is hollow and houses at least one arm terminating in a grip, and in that said arm defines with the crossmember a telescopic structure such that said grip can be moved to a usable position situated above and outside the edge of the bed from its storage position in the vicinity of the respective end of said crossmember, wherein the at least one arm comprises two arms, each with a grip, at the end, projecting from each end of said support crossmember, wherein said crossmember comprises a middle section and two guide end fittings respectively disposed at the ends of said middle section and wherein said coupler comprises a U-shaped bracket defined in such guide end fitting, opening laterally outward, the height of an opening of said U-shaped bracket corresponding generally to the thickness of the frame element of said bed, so that said crossmember is mounted between two such frame elements that are parallel, and wherein each arm is curved and wherein each guide end fitting comprises internally a guide channel ascending overall, in which the respective arm slides, each said channel extending between an aperture of said respective end fitting engaged at the corresponding end of said middle section and an upper outlet defined above the respective coupler.