Patent ID: 7900302

Claim:
An adjustable bed comprising: a stationary base having a pair of opposed side rails, each of said side rails including a channel having a “C-shaped” cross-sectional configuration; a frame movable relative to said stationary base, said frame including a pair of side assemblies and a pair of cross members; rollers rotatably mounted to said side assemblies of said frame and being rotatable in said channels of said side rails of said base; a seat deck board secured to said movable frame; a head deck board hingedly secured to said seat deck board; a leg deck board hingedly secured to said seat deck board; a foot deck board hingedly secured to said leg deck board; a pair of head links of a fixed length, each of said head links being pivotally secured to one of said side rails of said base at one end and being pivotally secured to brackets secured to said head deck board at the other end; a pair of leg links of a fixed length, each of said leg links being pivotally secured to frame at one end and being pivotally secured to brackets secured to said leg deck board at the other end; a first motorized linear actuator assembly secured by first and second snap-fit connectors to said frame, said first motorized linear actuator assembly including a motor, a housing, a housing tube, an extension tube movable relative to said housing tube, a first snap-fit connector secured to the housing and a second snap-fit connector secured to an end of the extension tube, said extension tube being operatively coupled by the second snap-fit connector to a first pair of link arms operative coupled to a first torque tube, said first torque tube being operatively coupled to a pair of operating arms having rollers at the ends therefor for engaging said head deck board to raise the head board and said first snap-fit connector being secured to one of said cross members of said frame wherein said second snap fit connector has a slot adapted to receive a pin extending between the first pair of link arms.