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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7073220 | Bed siderail having a latch A patient support including a frame, a mattress supported by the frame, and siderails supported by the frame. A latch member is configured to prevent vertical movement of the siderail. A latch position indicator is configured to provide an indication of the position... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6671901 | Bed with a movably mounted mattress support The invention refers to a bed with a mattress pad supported in a three-dimensionally movable manner and a bedstead with legs, which supports the mattress. The mattress pad is in springy or not springy, but yielding manner attached to the bedstead. Sensors... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6651276 | Floating slat frame for a mattress foundation A floating slat frame adapted to provide additional flexibility within mattress foundations of various configurations. The floating slat frame is constructed for attachment to a core assembly, and has a series of slats in a first plane, at least some of w... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6647574 | Coupled waveband suspension for bedding and seating units A coupled waveband (14, 21) suspension for bed underframes, seating, upholstery, and mattresses consists of several sinusoidal wavebands (14, 21) which run parallel and/or transversely to the longitudinal axis. Support elements (12, 35) are rigidly or mov... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6305038 | Base assembly Base assembly for a bed or chair seat. The assembly includes at least one medium-filled flexible support member and a number of substantially form-retaining bearing elements. The bearing elements rest on the support member such that the bearing elements t... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6256815 | Spring bridge for a mattress base The spring bridge (2) includes a main, load-bearing bridge (6), which can be fitted in the frame of a mattress base, and one or more supporting elements (8) arranged thereon. The supporting elements (8) extend, preferably in the form of a sheet-like, wing... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6237170 | Adjustable slat mounting device A device for attaching a slat of a slatted base to the edge of a slatted base, the device including a first member (6, 8) to be attached inside an edge of the slatted base, recesses and grooves (9, 11) to detachably connect the first member with a second ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6161234 | Lying surface with lamellar grid The invention concerns a lying surface with upper cushioning body and at least two upper and lower lamellar grid, arranged parallel to each other, which are placed on elastic body in each case extending in the longitudinal direction, wherein the lower lam... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6073281 | Slatted bedframe A slatted bedframe (2) consists of an upper and a lower layer of transverse slats (3) arranged one beside the other with a distance, and of longitudinal, rubber-elastic supporting members (4) inserted between the layers of slats, which at the upper and lo... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6003178 | Anatomic mattress An anatomic mattress has an external structure, and an internal structure located interiorly of the external structure, the internal structure including an upper part and a lower part, the lower part being formed as a continuous lower plate while the uppe... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5862550 | Apparatus for use in preventing decubitis ulcers and in relaxation therapy An apparatus in the form of a bed or chair for providing relaxation therapy and prevention of decubitis sores is distinguished by the use of flexible beams of the nature of leaf springs. Instead of being lifted up and down by rather complex apparatus only... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5524307 | Body support arrangement A body support arrangement comprising a pair of flexible elongate tubes (12) forming air springs located in spaced parallel relationship by stabilizer members (14) which space and impart lateral stability to the tubes (12). A body support surface is forme... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5405179 | Elastic seat pad An elastic seat pad comprises a protective covering, a cushion of coconut filament, an elastic layer, and a support plate. The elastic layer is of a framelike construction and provided respectively in two opposite inner frame surfaces thereof with a trape... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5265290 | Device for supporting the slats of a slatted base A device for supporting the slats of a slatted base disposed with respect to a bed frame, each of the slats being supported by a rod which is influenced either directly or indirectly by a hydraulically or pneumatically movable component which can be displ... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5210889 | Mattress support A mattress support in the form of a slatted frame for a bed, having individually mounted support slats which are arranged transversely relative to the lying surface and together form the resting surface for a mattress, for example. To improve its adaptabi... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5070560 | Pressure relief support system for a mattress The pressure relief support system contains longitudinal air cylinders having wood slats extending across the air cylinders along the length of the air cylinders forming the shape of a mattress. Foam strips may be included on each of these slats to provid... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5060326 | Bed with fluidically supported slats A bed comprises a box-like frame with longitudinal parts (12) connected to transverse parts and laths (14, 15), mounted on the longitudinal parts of the frame, on which a mattress can be laid. To improve the distribution of the weight of a human body, the... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5058223 | Spring mattress strip Spring strips for spring mattresses, of the type having an intrinsical convexity, has a one piece construction capable of being manufacturing by a process of moulding, and includes end portions for coupling to a mattress frame by means of a plurality of l... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5058224 | Undermattress laths having spring type connections An undermattress which includes a frame which is spanned in a transverse direction by a plurality of laths which are supported on the frame at each end, so as to be yieldable in a direction of loading of the undermattress, by structure that holds a plural... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5052063 | Fixing system with variable suspension and articulation, particularly for beds or seats The present invention discloses a variable and articulated suspension fixing system, particularly for beds or seats, comprising a suspension and articulation piece (2), a first means (4A, 4B) for securing the suspension piece (2) to the frame (1) of the m... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4827544 | Reclining and lying means, particularly for a bed A structure for supporting a reclining and lying means comprises a lath grating (14) formed from a plurality of transverse laths (13) which is arranged on a support structure (10,20) having at least two longitudinally oriented, spaced longitudinal beams (... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4768244 | Slat-grate furniture spring A slat-grate furniture spring in which carrying elements spaced apart along each longitudinal member of a support frame are located in gaps between resilient slats which are spaced apart and have carrying elements on their undersides. Elastic strands are ... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4682378 | Body support, such as a mattress Body support consisting of a number of tubular or sheath-shaped air chambers extending one next to the other in the transverse direction of the support and connected to one another, whereby the upper surface of each air chamber is provided with one or mor... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4628555 | Innerspring mattress An innerspring mattress comprising a plurality of wire or flat spiral springs which have securement ends secured to the mattress frame and support ends supporting an elastic material surface on which the springs are designed and positioned such that a res... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4477935 | Mattress support system A mattress support system including a support frame, tubular air springs and mattress support slats extending between pockets formed at a top surface of sleeves surrounding bladders of the tubular support springs.... | 10/23/1984 |
| 3940810 | Box spring, box spring frame and making same The box spring and box spring structure include a versatile frame made at appreciably lesser expense than presently known frames of equal rigidity and light weight. End rails of rectangular cross section carry no springs and are arranged completely undern... | 03/02/1976 |
