Patent ID: 6938289

Claim:
A bed siderail support assembly, comprising: a frame; a support deck mounted on said frame and having an upwardly facing side and a downwardly facing side, said support deck having a head end, a foot end and opposite lateral edges extending between said head end and said foot end; at least one siderail oriented along side of at least one of said lateral edges; a connecting mechanism configured to connect said at least one siderail to one of said frame and said downwardly facing side of said support deck, said connecting mechanism including: a support configured for securement of said one of said frame and said support deck; an elongate toothed rack longitudinally movably mounted on said support; a pair of parallel arms pivotally mounted on said support for movement about parallel axes of rotation lying in a plane that extends parallel to a longitudinal axis of said elongate toothed rack; toothed pinion gears on each arm each supported for movement with a respective arm about a respective said axis of rotation of said respective arm, the teeth of each said toothed pinion gear meshing with the teeth on said rack; and a mount pivotally secured to each of said arms at a location radially spaced from said axes of rotation, said mount being configured to support thereon a bed siderail.