Patent ID: 7725967

Claim:
A patient bed for transporting and/or positioning a patient, the patient bed comprising: a bed area part provided for receiving a patient, said bed area part being flexible, said bed area part being rolled up around at least a portion of itself in a rolled up state; a transporter; a first transport bar comprising a first transport mount for acting on by said transporter a second transport bar comprising a second transport mount for acting on by said transporter, said bed area part being transported via said first transport bar and said second transport bar when loaded with a patient; a plurality of reinforcing fibers, said reinforcing fibers being flexible and tension-proof, each of said reinforcing fibers passing through said bed area part and being operatively connected to said first transport bar in said rolled up state, said bed area part being movable such that said bed area part moves from said rolled up state to an extended state, said plurality of reinforcing fibers being operatively connected to said first transport bar and said second transport bar in said extended state such that a force acting on said bed area part can be transmitted at least partially to said first transport bar and said second transport bar, said bed part area and said plurality of reinforcing fibers forming a supportive structure in said extended state, said bed part area and said plurality of reinforcing fibers forming a flexible structure in said rolled up state.