Patent Application
20130160207
1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to medical beds, and more particularly, to a medical bed having a structure that is compact and easy to assemble, thereby, when disassembled, requiring significantly reduced packing material and storage space.
2. Description of Related Art
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For packing such a medical bed, three cartons are required, namely, the first carton for the bed body 1, the bed top 4, the linkage unit 5 and the driving unit 6, the second carton for the headboard 2 and the footboard 3, and the third carton for the bedside guardrail 7. Since the disassembled components of the existing medical bed cannot be arranged compactly and have to be held in plural cartons, the packed prior-art device is still bulky, and thus, unfavorable to transportation and storage.
In addition, some parts of the linkage unit 5 are to be installed onto an H-shaped stand 201 of the headboard 2. Therefore, referring to
Now referring to
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Additionally, since the frames of the head set 101 and the foot set 102 of the bed body 1 are both constructed with L-shaped steel angles 103, their structural strength is also poor.
The present invention provides a medical bed, which is structurally compact and, after disassembled, has components thereof being readily to be arranged compactly in a single carton, so the disclosed medical bed requires significantly reduced packing material and storage space.
According to the present invention, the medical bed comprises a bed body, a headboard, a footboard, a bed top, a driving unit and a bedside guardrail. The bed body has a head set and a foot set that are configured to dock with each other and thereby jointly form the bed body. The headboard is attached to the head set from outside and has two ground-mounted supporting posts, a transverse bar connected between middle portions of the two supporting posts and a headboard body detachably mounted on the supporting posts, wherein the headboard body is formed as a unity from plastic. The footboard is attached to the foot set from outside and has two ground-mounted supporting posts, a transverse bar connected between middle portions of the two supporting posts and a headboard body detachably mounted on the supporting posts, wherein the footboard body is formed as a unity from plastic. The bed top is installed over the head set and the foot set and having an outer frame and a plurality of parallel flat planks arranged within the outer frame.
The invention as well as a preferred mode of use, further objectives and advantages thereof will be best understood by reference to the following detailed description of an illustrative embodiment when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
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The bed body 100 includes a head set 11 and a foot set 12, which are configured to dock with each other and thereby jointly form the bed body 100. The head set 11 has a hollow, reverse U-shaped frame 111 and two receiving sockets 112 (
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The headboard 200 is attached to the head set 11 from outside. The headboard 200 comprises two ground-mounted supporting posts 20, a transverse bar 21 connected between middle portions of the two supporting posts 20 and a headboard body 22 detachably mounted on the supporting posts 20. The headboard body 22 is formed as a unity from plastic. The headboard body 22 of the headboard 200 has two receiving sleeves 221 at two laterals thereof such that the headboard body 22 can be mounted on the supporting posts 20 of the headboard 200 by means of the receiving sleeves 221.
The footboard 300 is attached to the foot set 12 from outside. The footboard 300 comprises two ground-mounted supporting posts 30, a transverse bar 31 connected between middle portions of the two supporting post 30 and a footboard body 32 detachably mounted on the supporting posts 30. The footboard body 32 is formed as a unity from plastic. The footboard body 32 of the footboard 300 has two receiving sleeves 321 at two laterals thereof such that the footboard body 32 can be mounted on the supporting posts 30 of the headboard 300 by means of the receiving sleeve 321.
Each of the supporting posts 20, 30 of the headboard 200 and the footboard 300 is composed of an outer tube 23 or 33, an inner tube 24 or 34 and a fixing pin 25 or 35 for height adjustment. The transverse bars 21, 31 are connected between the outer tubes 23, 33 of the paired supporting posts 20, 30.
Each of the head set 11 and the foot set 12 of the bed body 100 has a set of positioning piece 14 and fixing cap 15 provided near each of its laterals. Correspondingly, in the headboard 200 and the footboard 300, each of the supporting posts 20, 30 has its middle portion provided with a node 26 or 36. By engaging the positioning pieces 14 with the nodes 26, 36, the headboard 200 and the footboard 300 can be positioned on the head set 11 and foot set 12, respectively. Then the fixing caps 15 can be mounted around the nodes 26, 36 of the head set 11 and the foot set 12, so as to firmly secure the combination between the head set 11 and headboard 200 and the combination between the foot set 12 and the footboard 300.
The bed top 400 is installed over the head set 200 and the foot set 300. The bed top 400 includes an outer frame 40 and a plurality of parallel flat planks 41 arranged within the outer frame 40. The bed top 400 includes four segments 401, 402, 403 and 404, which are configured to be folded into the status as shown in
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With the understanding to the above description, one can better learn the functions and operation of the disclosed medical bed through the following paragraphs.
In the bed top 400, the two outer segments 401, 404 and the two inner segments 402, 403 are generally symmetrical. Thus, for packing the medical bed, the unassembled bed body 100 (including the driving unit 500 attached there below), the headboard 200, the footboard 300 and the bedside guardrail 600 can be compactly arranged and received between the folded and stacked segments 401-404 of the bed top, so only a single carton is sufficient to pack all the components. As compared with the existing medical bed that is inconvenience in storage and requires three cartons for its packing, the medical bed of the present invention can be easily packed into a compact size, facilitating saving costs for packing.
The height adjustment of the head set and foot set is simply realized by operating the inner and outer tubes 23(33), 24(34) of the H-shaped supporting post 20, 30 together with the fixing pins 25(35), so the present invention is advantageous for its simple structure and easy operation. In addition, the headboard body 22 and the footboard body 32 are each a plastic unity that can be easily assembled to or disassembled from the H-shaped supporting post 20 or 30 through an inserting/drawing motion, so the present invention is advantageous for quick assembling work, easy manufacturing and neat appearance.
The present invention implements the simple mechanism composed of the inner and outer tubes as well as the fixing pins instead of the lifting mechanism with numerous parts used in the existing medical bed. Thereby, the disclosed medical bed can achieve height adjustment of the bed head and bed end with significantly reduced components. Thus, the overall weight of the disclosed medical bed can be significantly reduced to facilitate transportation in terms of operation and cost.
The bedside guardrail 600 of the present invention is positioned at the edge of the bed body 100 through only the tubular sockets 60. As compared to the existing medical bed that uses two tandem long hanging arms to hold its guardrail, the present invention has the bedside guardrail 600 structurally simpler, so is helpful to save costs for materials.
As described above, the existing medical bed has its bed body constructed from L-shaped steel angles. On other hand, the head set and foot set of the bed body of the present invention are made from rectangular tubes, and therefore are easy to manufacture and have good strength. In addition, the foot set 12 and the head set 11 can be rapidly combined by docking the connecting segments 122 at the receiving sockets and installing the pins 13 thereon, so the assembling work is more facile.
The supporting posts 20, 30 of the headboard 200 and the footboard 300 of the present invention are simply H-shaped without the transverse bar used in the existing headboard for carrying the lifting mechanism, so the present invention is advantageous for saving materials and costs.
According to the present invention, the combination of the bed body and the headboard or the footboard is achieved by the engagement between the positioning pieces 14 and the nodes 26 or 36, and further secured by the fixing caps 15 mounted around the nodes 26 or 36, so that the combination between the head set 11 and headboard 200 and the combination between the foot set 12 and the footboard 300 can be ensured with enduring firmness. In addition, the positioning pieces 14 and the nodes 26, 36 of the present invention are located either near the laterals of the headboard and the footboard or near the edges of the head set and the foot set so they are almost not visible under the normal use of the medical bed. This not only ensures pleasing appearance but also protects the components from unintentional damage.
The present invention has been described via the detailed illustration of the preferred embodiment. Those skilled in the art can derive variations from the preferred embodiment without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the preferred embodiment shall not limit the scope of the present invention defined in the claims.
