Patent ID: 8205280

Claim:
A bed comprising a head end, a foot end, first and second longitudinal sides and a deck having, a head section and a foot section, the head section being pivotable relative to the foot section; a head end barrier element positioned along one of the longitudinal sides near the head end and moveable with the head section as the head section pivots relative to the foot section, the head end barrier element being adapted to move between a raised position and a lowered position; a foot end barrier element positioned along the first longitudinal side near the foot end, the foot end barrier element also being adapted to move between a raised position and a lowered position; wherein with both barrier elements in the raised position: the foot end barrier element extends longitudinally footwardly beyond the head end barrier element; a portion of the head end barrier element and a portion of the foot end barrier element overlap each other over a portion of their longitudinal extents at all pivoted positions of the head end barrier element relative to the foot end barrier element; and the overlapped portion of the head end barrier element is laterally between the deck and the overlapped portion of the foot end barrier element.