EP0556924A1 - Bed with side fence - Google Patents
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- EP0556924A1 EP0556924A1 EP93200453A EP93200453A EP0556924A1 EP 0556924 A1 EP0556924 A1 EP 0556924A1 EP 93200453 A EP93200453 A EP 93200453A EP 93200453 A EP93200453 A EP 93200453A EP 0556924 A1 EP0556924 A1 EP 0556924A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
- A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
- A61G7/05—Parts, details or accessories of beds
- A61G7/0507—Side-rails
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
- A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
- A61G7/05—Parts, details or accessories of beds
- A61G7/0507—Side-rails
- A61G7/0508—Side-rails characterised by a particular connection mechanism
- A61G7/0509—Side-rails characterised by a particular connection mechanism sliding or pivoting downwards
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
- A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
- A61G7/05—Parts, details or accessories of beds
- A61G7/0507—Side-rails
- A61G7/0512—Side-rails characterised by customised length
- A61G7/0515—Side-rails characterised by customised length covering the full bed length, e.g. from head board to foot board
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
- A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
- A61G7/05—Parts, details or accessories of beds
- A61G7/0507—Side-rails
- A61G7/0516—Side-rails with height adjustability
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- the invention relates to a bed for nursing purposes consisting of a lying surface supported by an undercarriage in addition to a head respectively foot end part between which extends a fence-like member removable along at least one edge of the lying surface.
- the removable fence arranged in such beds of the type described in the preamble serves to protect the patient from unexpectedly falling out of bed.
- the fence must not form an obstacle to the nursing staff and the fence must also be easily removable to enable the patient to be lifted out of the bed when necessary or to allow the patient to step out of bed.
- the fence is also used as support for the arms of the nurse it must also have some stiffness.
- the fences known up to the present are generally very susceptible to bending, whereby the action and the removal are adversely affected.
- the invention has for its object to obviate the above stated drawbacks and provides to this end a bed distinguished in that the fence-like member consists of two standing guides, having therebetween a tubular element of non-round cross section provided with lips which protrude into openings recessed into the guide.
- each end of the tube is provided with an eye-like element which encloses the bar and in which the lip is movable in axial sense.
- the lip has to be pulled out of the recess to move the tube up and downward along the vertical guide bar.
- the lip is preferably controlled by a handle arranged on the tube using a mechanism arranged between the handle and the lip.
- the lying surface is formed by a rectangular framework 2 supported on the underside by an undercarriage 3 with castors 4, between which is arranged an operating mechanism 5 for up and downward adjustment of the lying surface.
- an operating mechanism 5 for up and downward adjustment of the lying surface.
- a head end 6 and a foot end 7, Arranged on either end of the lying surface is a head end 6 and a foot end 7, which are embodied here as closed plates but which can of course have any desired form.
- a fence-like member in the form of two tubular rods 8 and 9 placed one above the other.
- the tube 8 is non-round and placed such that the largest dimension stands in vertical sense. A vertical load is herewith effectively absorbed by the tube.
- the tube is guided up and downward along a guide 10 which is fixed to both the head and foot end.
- tube 8 is embodied with a control mechanism on the inside thereof, this such that a lip-shaped member 11 can be placed into and retracted from a recess 12 of the vertical guide bar.
- the tube is provided on either end with an eye-like guide member 13 embodied with a vertical continuous hole for receiving the bar 10. Debouching into the hole is an opening 14 for guiding the lip 11.
- the latter is formed by the end of a pull rod 15, the other end of which is pivotally attached to a rotatable element 16 received in the tube.
- the rotatable element is mounted at 17 in the side wall of the tube and has a second hinge for a coupling rod 18 which leads to a pull rod 19 which is arranged through an opening 20 in the top surface of tube 8 onto a handle 21.
- the position of opening 20 does not have to be in the middle of tube 8 but can be shifted towards the head end 6.
- a tube 9 which is likewise provided with an eye-like guide member 13 fitting round the bar 10.
- a connecting rod 27 which is guided slidably in upper tube 8, this such that when the upper tube drops downward, the tube 9 comes to rest first on lying surface 1 and then tube 8 on tube 9, wherein the connecting rod 27 protrudes above tube 8 parallel to the guide bar 10.
- the tube 8 for instance does not have to be embodied with an eye-like member fitting round the guide bar 10 but another guide profile can also be employed here, for instance a U-profile which replaces bar 10, wherein the end of tube 8 is guided inside the U and wherein the lip can protrude into recesses in the body of the U in order to secure the tube 8.
- more than one recess 12 can be arranged in the bar 10 in order to obtain different height positions of tube 8 relative to the lying surface 1.
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Abstract
Description
- The invention relates to a bed for nursing purposes consisting of a lying surface supported by an undercarriage in addition to a head respectively foot end part between which extends a fence-like member removable along at least one edge of the lying surface.
- The removable fence arranged in such beds of the type described in the preamble serves to protect the patient from unexpectedly falling out of bed. On the other hand, the fence must not form an obstacle to the nursing staff and the fence must also be easily removable to enable the patient to be lifted out of the bed when necessary or to allow the patient to step out of bed. Because the fence is also used as support for the arms of the nurse it must also have some stiffness. The fences known up to the present are generally very susceptible to bending, whereby the action and the removal are adversely affected.
- The invention has for its object to obviate the above stated drawbacks and provides to this end a bed distinguished in that the fence-like member consists of two standing guides, having therebetween a tubular element of non-round cross section provided with lips which protrude into openings recessed into the guide.
- Owing to the use of tubes of non-round cross section a great stiffness in vertical sense, and thereby a great support potential of the fence, is ensured when the largest dimension of the tube stands in vertical direction. The lips placed into the side guide enable easy release. In one embodiment the guide is bar-like and each end of the tube is provided with an eye-like element which encloses the bar and in which the lip is movable in axial sense. Herewith only the lip has to be pulled out of the recess to move the tube up and downward along the vertical guide bar. A particularly quick and efficient removal respectively replacement of the fence is hereby effected, with which the nurse can respond quickly in case of emergency.
- The lip is preferably controlled by a handle arranged on the tube using a mechanism arranged between the handle and the lip.
- Above mentioned and other features of the invention will be further elucidated in the figure description hereinbelow of an embodiment. In the drawing:
- fig. 1 shows a perspective view of a bed provided with a fence-like member according to the invention which extends between the foot and head ends of the bed,
- fig. 2 is a standing section through the tube of the fence-like member and a possible control mechanism therefor.
- Designated in the figures with the numeral 1 is the lying surface of the bed onto which must be laid a mattress. The lying surface is formed by a rectangular framework 2 supported on the underside by an undercarriage 3 with castors 4, between which is arranged an operating mechanism 5 for up and downward adjustment of the lying surface. Arranged on either end of the lying surface is a
head end 6 and afoot end 7, which are embodied here as closed plates but which can of course have any desired form. - Arranged between the head and foot ends and along the longitudinal side of framework 2 is a fence-like member in the form of two
tubular rods 8 and 9 placed one above the other. In cross section the tube 8 is non-round and placed such that the largest dimension stands in vertical sense. A vertical load is herewith effectively absorbed by the tube. - The tube is guided up and downward along a
guide 10 which is fixed to both the head and foot end. - As can be seen in fig. 2, tube 8 is embodied with a control mechanism on the inside thereof, this such that a lip-
shaped member 11 can be placed into and retracted from arecess 12 of the vertical guide bar. For this purpose the tube is provided on either end with an eye-like guide member 13 embodied with a vertical continuous hole for receiving thebar 10. Debouching into the hole is anopening 14 for guiding thelip 11. The latter is formed by the end of apull rod 15, the other end of which is pivotally attached to arotatable element 16 received in the tube. The rotatable element is mounted at 17 in the side wall of the tube and has a second hinge for acoupling rod 18 which leads to apull rod 19 which is arranged through an opening 20 in the top surface of tube 8 onto ahandle 21. The position of opening 20 does not have to be in the middle of tube 8 but can be shifted towards thehead end 6. - The operation is as follows. By pulling the
handle 21 upward into the position indicated with broken lines in fig. 2, thecoupling rods 18 will turn therotation elements 16 in the direction of arrow P1, whereby therod 15 on the left-hand side is pulled to the right and the rod on the right-hand side to the left. Each of thelips 11 are hereby pulled out of therecesses 12 on either side ofguide rod 10 whereby tube 8 can be shifted freely in vertical sense along the guiding. The rod 8 can herewith be carried downward from the high position drawn in fig. 2 onto the lying surface 1. - For the sake of safety it is recommended to arrange a
second handle 22 whereof thecontrol pin 23 can be placed in arecess 24 ofpull rod 15. Thecontrol pin 23 is pressed downward by aspring 25 so that thepin 23 falls automatically intorecess 24 when this is situated under thepin 23. This is the case when thelip 11 protrudes outside the vertical opening in the eye-like member 13. In order to retract thelip 11, not only handle 21 but also handle 22 must therefore be pulled upward to release the tube. - Shown in fig. 1 is that below the tube 8 can also be arranged a
tube 9 which is likewise provided with an eye-like guide member 13 fitting round thebar 10. Arranged between the upper tube 8 and thelower tube 9 is a connectingrod 27 which is guided slidably in upper tube 8, this such that when the upper tube drops downward, thetube 9 comes to rest first on lying surface 1 and then tube 8 ontube 9, wherein the connectingrod 27 protrudes above tube 8 parallel to theguide bar 10. - The invention is not limited to the above described embodiment.
- The tube 8 for instance does not have to be embodied with an eye-like member fitting round the
guide bar 10 but another guide profile can also be employed here, for instance a U-profile which replacesbar 10, wherein the end of tube 8 is guided inside the U and wherein the lip can protrude into recesses in the body of the U in order to secure the tube 8. - It is noted that more than one
recess 12 can be arranged in thebar 10 in order to obtain different height positions of tube 8 relative to the lying surface 1.
Claims (6)
- Bed for nursing purposes consisting of a lying surface supported by an undercarriage in addition to a head respectively foot end part between which extends a fence-like member removable along at least one edge of the lying surface, characterized in that the fence-like member consists of two standing guides, having therebetween a tubular element of non-round cross section provided with lips which protrude into openings recessed into the guide.
- Bed as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the guide is bar-like and each end of the tube is provided with an eye-like element for fittingly receiving the guide bar, wherein the lip is slidably received in the eye-like element.
- Bed as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the or each lip can be retracted by means of a control mechanism arranged in the tube.
- Bed as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that the control mechanism is formed by a pull rod associated with each lip, each of which rods is connected via an associated coupling rod to a collective handle.
- Bed as claimed in claim 3 or 4, characterized in that a second handle is arranged in the tube for operating a lock which acts on the control mechanism for one of the lips.
- Bed as claimed in any of the foregoing claims, characterized in that a second guide tube is suspended from the tube with the retractable lips along the same standing guide.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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NL9200289 | 1992-02-17 | ||
NL9200289A NL9200289A (en) | 1992-02-17 | 1992-02-17 | BED WITH SIDE GATE. |
Publications (2)
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EP0556924A1 true EP0556924A1 (en) | 1993-08-25 |
EP0556924B1 EP0556924B1 (en) | 1997-05-02 |
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Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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EP93200453A Expired - Lifetime EP0556924B1 (en) | 1992-02-17 | 1993-02-17 | Bed with side fence |
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EP (1) | EP0556924B1 (en) |
DE (1) | DE69310234T2 (en) |
NL (1) | NL9200289A (en) |
Citations (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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DE3309174C1 (en) * | 1983-03-15 | 1984-06-28 | L. & C. Arnold Gmbh, 7060 Schorndorf | Bed side part |
DE8710375U1 (de) * | 1987-07-29 | 1987-09-17 | Joh. Stiegelmeyer GmbH & Co KG, 4900 Herford | Seitengitter für Krankenbetten |
DE8803137U1 (en) * | 1988-03-09 | 1988-06-30 | Kötter, Helmut, 4901 Hiddenhausen | Bed side part |
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- 1992-02-17 NL NL9200289A patent/NL9200289A/en active Search and Examination
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- 1993-02-17 DE DE69310234T patent/DE69310234T2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1993-02-17 EP EP93200453A patent/EP0556924B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
Patent Citations (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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DE3309174C1 (en) * | 1983-03-15 | 1984-06-28 | L. & C. Arnold Gmbh, 7060 Schorndorf | Bed side part |
DE8710375U1 (de) * | 1987-07-29 | 1987-09-17 | Joh. Stiegelmeyer GmbH & Co KG, 4900 Herford | Seitengitter für Krankenbetten |
DE8803137U1 (en) * | 1988-03-09 | 1988-06-30 | Kötter, Helmut, 4901 Hiddenhausen | Bed side part |
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DE69310234T2 (en) | 1997-08-14 |
NL9200289A (en) | 1993-09-16 |
DE69310234D1 (en) | 1997-06-05 |
EP0556924B1 (en) | 1997-05-02 |
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