Patent ID: 8407833

Claim:
Deformable support element ( 1 ) for use in a bed system, comprising: an elongated support plate ( 2 ) having a flexurally rigid middle portion ( 2 a ) and two flexible portions ( 2 b ) located each sideways to the flexurally rigid middle portion ( 2 a ), wherein the support plate ( 2 ) has an upper side and a lower side, two lateral sides and two ends; two edge supports ( 4 ); flexible edge elements ( 3 ), of which respectively one edge element ( 3 ) is connected with one end of the support plate ( 2 ), said flexible edge elements ( 3 ) allowing a directed movement of the flexible portions ( 2 b ) of the support plate ( 2 ) through loading upwards and inwards to the middle portion ( 2 a ) of the support plate ( 2 ) out of an unloaded configuration, in which the edge elements ( 3 ) each rest on the edge supports ( 4 ); and one or several actuators ( 7 ) that for the purpose of deforming the support plate ( 2 ) is arranged between the edge elements ( 3 ) and beneath the support plate ( 2 ).