Beds inventions 01/08

20080022456 - Table assembly for patient transfer device: A table assembly for a patient transfer device has upper and lower tables surrounded by belts which counter-rotate as the table assembly moves between a patient and a supporting surface such as a bed. The table assembly includes integrated means for laterally retracting side plates of the upper table while... Agent: Law Office Of Jack V. Musgrove

20080022458 - Mattress leveling device: The present invention discloses a system for leveling the mattress used in trucks of the type including tractor trailers used in cross country trucking and also for travel trailers and recreational vehicles. The present invention discloses a rigid frame that can be placed under a mattress. A plurality of lifting... Agent: Douglas E. Warren

20080016616 - Furniture that converts into a massage device: A convertible furniture assembly (10) for positioning on a floor (18) includes a furniture frame (20), a top assembly (22), and a mover assembly (24). The furniture frame (20) engages the floor (18). The top assembly (22) is generally flat. The mover assembly (24) couples the top assembly (22) to... Agent: The Law Office Of Steven G Roeder

20080016617 - Furniture element forming convertible desk and bed: Furniture element forming convertible desk and bed This furniture element comprises a frame to which is linked a desk by link means in the form of a deformable parallelogram and arranged to keep the desk horizontal during its movement between its positions of use and non-use, a bed that moves... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080016620 - Method and patient bed for positioning a patient in a medical examination system: In a method for simplified positioning of a patient bed positioning information of a measurement position of the patient bed is recorded and retained as a forced stop position. The positioning of the patient bed between the measurement position ensues such that, given a movement of the patient bed from... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080010742 - Combination co-sleeper and changing table: A co-sleeper convertibly adapted for use as a changing table is described. The invention includes a collapsible rigid frame designed to support an enclosure at a predetermined height. The enclosure has padded walls and is sized and shaped to fit over the rigid frame. The back, first and second side... Agent: Gibbons P.C.

20080010744 - Bed frame shields: A comprehensive means of providing protection to a bed frame by covering various locations about the bed frame with plastic shields. The plastic shields are adapted to enclose the various locations about the bed frame including the ends of side rails, the junction of side rails and cross members, leg... Agent: Klauber & Jackson

20080010745 - Rail for hospital bed: A rail assembly (10) for a hospital bed (11). The rail assembly (10) includes a based (13) having brackets (14) that provide for pivoting movement of horizontally extending runs (17) between a lowered position providing access to the bed (11), and a raised position maintaining a patient on the bed.... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080010747 - Electrical connector assembly suitable for a bed footboard: An electrical connector assembly includes a first connector subassembly associated with a removable component, and a second connector subassembly associated with a host component to which the removable component is removably connectable. One and only one of the first and second connector subassemblies is floatable relative to its associated component.... Agent: Hill-rom Services, Inc.

20080010748 - Patient support apparatus having controller area network: A patient support including a frame and a mattress supported by the frame. The frame includes a deck support and a deck supporting the mattress.... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg, LLP

20080010749 - Fluid-inflatable pillow: A pillow for supporting at least one user's head and neck, the pillow having fluid-inflatable first and second chambers disposed about corresponding portions of the perimeter of the pillow. The first chamber has a maximum cross-sectional dimension when inflated that is greater than the maximum cross-sectional dimension of the second... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.

20080010752 - Bed with automatically identifiable mattress type: A bed includes a mattress having a core the core being one of at least two types. A control system is capable of automatically identifying the core type. In one variant, one core type is a bladder core type and another core type is a foam core type. The mattress... Agent: Hill-rom Services, Inc.

20080005836 - Bed equipped with side rails: A bed in which a gap between back and leg side-rails is kept constant when a back bottom is raised. A first link and a second link (2, 3) are rotatably supported at lower ends thereof on a frame (1). A coupling (6) is fixed to the base end part... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080005838 - System for detecting and monitoring vital signs: A system and method for determining and monitoring various characteristics of a patient positioned on a patient support apparatus, such as a bed, stretcher, or cot, is disclosed. The system and method involve monitoring the forces exerted by the patient on one or more force sensors, which may be load... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20080005842 - Locking mechanism for a roll-in cot: A locking mechanism for a roll-in cot which is conveniently hand operated by the same attendant using an aft release handle used to lower the roll-in cot from its upright or elevated positions. The locking mechanism includes a stationary portion and a movable portion rotatably mounted on the stationary portion... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20080005843 - Body support apparatus having automatic pressure control and related methods: A body support such as a cushion, mattress, chair or the like has at least one inflatable air chamber. A pressure sensor senses interface pressures at different locations on a surface of the air chamber. Indicators derived from the interface pressures indicate the onset of a trend toward bottoming out.... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20080005844 - X-ray transparent bed and gurney extender for use with mobile computerized tomography (ct) imaging systems: A bed and gurney extender for selective attachment to a standard hospital bed or gurney for supporting the head of a patient during scanning, comprising: a support for supporting the head of the patient during scanning, wherein at least a portion of the support is X-ray transparent; and an adapter... Agent: Mark J. Pandiscio Pandiscio & Pandiscio, P.C.

20080005847 - Mattress with automatic width adjustment: A bed includes a frame with a support deck having a laterally slidable panel and a mattress supported by the deck and having a width adjustment portion. A controller causes a fluid supply to inflate the width adjustment portion when a deck width sensor detects an extended position of the... Agent: Hill-rom Services, Inc.

20080005848 - Support surface with inflatable width adjustment portion: A mattress includes a core portion and a width adjustment portion extending laterally away from the core portion. The mattress has independently inflatable head, seat and foot zones.... Agent: Hill-rom Services, Inc.