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Class 362/130 - Bed


Subclass of Class 362 - Illumination
Definition: Subject matter wherein the article permits one to lie and
No. of patents: 39
Last issue date: 01/25/2011


NumberTitleIssue Date
7874695Electrical actuator system for articles of furniture
An electrical actuator system, especially for hospital and care beds and patient beds, comprising a number of actuators (6,7; 10,11), a control box (12) with a mains-based power supply, and typically also a rechargeable battery package and a control un...
01/25/2011
7824058Wake-up apparatus
In a wake-up apparatus for waking up a sleeper by light stimulus, it wakes the sleeper comfortably without feeling glare. A lighting device has a first lighting unit at a position that a light emitting face cannot be observed directly by the sleeper, and a second li...
11/02/2010
7641356Bedside flashlight cradle
A bedside flashlight cradle for supporting a flashlight from the side of a bed frame for ready access. The cradle includes a grasper end for connection to the bed frame, a middle section, and a cradle. The grasper end may attach to the bed frame without fastener, fo...
01/05/2010
7363664T-shaped side rails for bed frame
A bed frame comprising T shaped side rails provide support for a box spring and mattress. A leg assembly is affixed to the bed frame and is affixed to the side rail and to the cross rails for better strength of connection. The use of T-shaped side rails provides mor...
04/29/2008
7211726Open medical system
An open medical system for deploying, supporting and organizing medical equipment and medical utilities comprising a utility connection, and a main assembly having an upper plate and lower plate held in fixed spaced apart relation by a plurality of spacers, at least...
05/01/2007
7204714Modular in-wall medical services outlet system
A modular in-wall medical services outlet system comprising separate standardized vertical units that can be shipped separately and assembled on site to form a consolidated horizontal system. The system includes a self-aligning feature that allows the units to be le...
04/17/2007
7190109Illuminator for photodynamic therapy
An apparatus and method for photodynamic therapy or photodynamic diagnosis using an illuminator comprising a plurality of light sources generally conforming to a contoured surface and irradiating the contoured surface with substantially uniform intensity visible lig...
03/13/2007
7181783Multi-function room furnishing system having articulating separable components
An articulated furnishing system consisting of a reconfigurable mattress and a foundation composed of multiple separable components. The articulated furnishing system is adaptable between a bed configuration, a seating area configuration, and a work surface configur...
02/27/2007
7076823Conventional bedding mattress with illumination properties
A conventional bedding mattress is constructed in a manner that permits light to permeate upwardly throughout the bedding components so as to illuminate the entire bed structure when a light source is placed below the mattress proper. The illuminating feature of the...
07/18/2006
6955448Under the bed night light
A low profile night light adapted to be positioned in a substantially level plane atop a floor has cylindrical sidewalls and apertures formed in the sidewalls at regularly spaced intervals. At least one light source such as an incandescent or fluorescent light or a ...
10/18/2005
6952847Adjustable bed rails including an attachable headboard
A safety device for a bed includes a plurality of padded members and a plurality of support bars connectable to the plurality of padded members via a plurality of fastening members. The plurality of support bars have opposed end portions rotatably engageable with ea...
10/11/2005
6940783Mat for timing competitions
The present invention describes an apparatus and method for timing manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination competitions. Specifically, the present invention relates to an apparatus and method for timing cup stacking competitions. The apparatus of the present inve...
09/06/2005
6870673Method and overhead system for performing a plurality of therapeutic functions within a room
A system and method for providing biosynchronized therapy to a patient that creates a therapeutic environment and therapeutic stimulations that are sensitive to psychological and sensory human issues, including those particular to the patient, and that reduce psycho...
03/22/2005
6595654Multifunctional illumination system for furniture, and a bedstead of tubular construction employing this device
The invention concerns a lighting system for furniture, in this case a bed fabricated of PVC pipe, which combines bedpost-mounted halogen illumination and under-bed electroluminescent illumination. The arrangement of the low-voltage lamps within the bed f...
07/22/2003
6443591Canopy assembly
A canopy assembly is provided for use over a hospital bed in a health care environment. The canopy assembly includes an elongated housing which is preferably a unitary molded plastic shell. The housing has a straight first end for abutting a wall adjacent...
09/03/2002
6402681Phototherapy apparatus
A phototherapy apparatus which includes a filter unit that is coupled to a light generating unit. The light generating unit includes a plurality of light sources and an electrical control board which can regulate and control the power applied to the light...
06/11/2002
6256811Fiber optic starlight furniture
A fiber optic illuminated starlight scene on a headboard. By using a plurality of optical fibers (22) lighted by an illuminator (20) and the optical fiber/visible end (16) are positioned flush with front panel (12) decorative scene (14) a realistic rendit...
07/10/2001
6234642Bed with improved lighting features
A hospital bed or nursing bed has movable components which can be adjusted by a drive including a plastic casing and an electric motor accommodated in the casing. A control block is operatively connected to the drive and includes a circuit board for the c...
05/22/2001
5792214Apparatus and method for treating neonatal hyperbilirubinemia
An apparatus for irradiating an infant includes a frame for supporting the infant, and a source of radiation positioned below the frame and the infant. The frame includes a fully transparent section for allowing the radiation to pass therethrough to the i...
08/11/1998
5683169Fluorescent-lighted four post bed
An improved bed-lighting mechanism having a headboard (10) and footboard (11) attached perpendicular to left (12) and right (13) side rails which have left (20) and right (21) cable guards attached beneath and parallel to them, respectively. Four-foot (14...
11/04/1997
5613757Canopy for creating night sky image
Canopy apparatus for use with a bed, for creating the visual impression of a star-lit sky. In a preferred embodiment, the canopy comprises a frame suspendable above a bed, at least one light fixture disposed within the frame for generating light, and a sc...
03/25/1997
5466249Operating lamp device
In an operating lamp device comprising a light source a guiding apparatus for the light source is provided which has a stationary position relative to the operating table or treatment chair for directing a light beam towards a certain treatment area and k...
11/14/1995
5148356Crib light
A crib light is provided having front and rear housing portions which cooperate to clamp the light to a horizontal rail of a crib. The rear housing portion may be removed to permit the front housing portion to be mounted flush to a vertical wall surface. ...
09/15/1992
5019950Timed bedside night-light
A timed bedside night-light combination is disclosed that turns on a bedside lamp when a person steps on a mat adjacent the bed and turns on a timer when the person steps off of the mat. The timer turns off the lamp after a predetermined period of time....
05/28/1991
4951181Light diffusing glass block furniture
An article of transportable furniture is provided including a generally planar platform portion and a base portion for supporting the platform portion. The base portion includes a plurality of interengaged glass blocks and a frame for enclosing the glass ...
08/21/1990
4947298Bed lighting apparatus
A bed lighting apparatus is set forth wherein at least one, elongate elastomeric pad switch member is arranged between a mattress and box spring of an associated bed. Upon an individual arising from the bed, contact is made within the switch to illuminate...
08/07/1990
4905433Hospital head wall system
One or more horizontally disposed, vertically spaced raceways have passageways for medical gases and electrical wiring which may communicate with a vertical chase at the ends of the raceways which contain conduits for such gases and wiring. The gases are ...
03/06/1990
4882566Safety control system for a hospital bed
A safety control system for an electrically operated hospital bed utilizes a wireless disconnect signal from an above mounted safety light to an outlet below which supplies electrical power to the bed, thereby to interrupt power to the outlet upon the det...
11/21/1989
4832029Radiation arrangement
A radiation arrangement provides heat to a bed surface for accommodating a patient thereon. Heat sources are arranged at a spatial distance above the bed surface in such a way that uniform radiant warming of the bed surface is obtained and that sides of t...
05/23/1989
4816969Wall-mounted over-bed lighting fixture
The housing for the fixture is mounted on a wall over the patient's bed. The housing accommodates a first non-rotatable fixture which directs light from fluorescent tubes downward through a conventional flat prismatic lens. There is also a longitudinally ...
03/28/1989
4802066Bed employed for light bathing
A bed employed for use in light bathing. The bed comprises a transparent cloth stretched thereon and optical conductors arranged on the underside of the cloth. The optical conductors are arranged in such a manner that the light rays transmitted therethrou...
01/31/1989
4742437Water bed illuminator
A water bed illuminator in which the bed includes a rectangular box-like base having a longitudinally extending central support wall spaced equidistantly from each opposite side wall, and three laterally extending support walls spaced apart equidistantly ...
05/03/1988
4680684Bed reading lamp, particularly for hospital beds
A bed reading lamp, particularly for hospital rooms, includes a lamp housing attachable to a wall of a room, the lamp housing including at least one cover which closes a light outlet opening provided in the lower area of the housing and which is transluce...
07/14/1987
4332042Geriatric environmental systeming
An arrangement and method for defining personalized environments for nursing homes are provided, which supply safety, comfort, control, and sense of personal ownership for aging people occupying the nursing home. A plurality of wall panels distinct from t...
06/01/1982
4231030Safety device for a crib
A safety device for a crib which provides an indicating light or alarm to alert a person to the fact that the crib gate is in a down position, to prevent the leaving of a child in a crib with the gate down and to insure that the crib gate is up and locked...
10/28/1980
4220984Illumination device for a waterbed
The present invention is an illumination device for use in combination with a waterbed which includes a plastic membrane which takes the shape of a mattress when it is filled with water and which is adapted to be filled with water and a frame having a hea...
09/02/1980
4149222Bed light safety apparatus
A bed light safety apparatus which includes a normally wall mounted lighting fixture. The upper rearward edge of the fixture is pivotally mounted to a plate adapted for attachment to a wall. One embodiment of the apparatus includes a switch carried by the...
04/10/1979
4104710Patient headwall unit
A patient room headwall unit consisting of an integral module for suspension on the headwall of a hospital room between two patient beds. The unit, which is prewired during assembly at the factory, includes a center section having provisions for gas, comm...
08/01/1978
4067005Invalid bed system
An alarm system for an invalid in a hopsital bed includes electric switches placed on top of the side rails and foot rail so that a force applied to any of said switches by a patient results in activation of a warning device. In addition, means is provide...
01/03/1978
 
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