Patent ID: 8566984

Claim:
Apparatus for supporting a user in a resting position and/or a vertical exiting position, comprising: a tiltable frame assembly tiltably mounted on a base; a body support carried by said tiltable frame assembly and having a head end for receiving the upper part of the user's body, and a foot end for receiving the lower part of the user's body; a foot support extending transversely across the foot end of the body support; and drive means for driving said tiltable frame assembly to said resting position and to said substantially vertical exiting position; characterized in that said apparatus further comprises a processor programmed to cause headward movement of the foot support, thereby engaging the bottom surface of the user's feet, when the tiltable frame assembly is in said resting position, and to maintain said feet-engaging position while the tiltable frame assembly is moving towards said vertical position, to thereby prevent sliding of the user's body when the tiltable frame assembly is tilted.