Hammock for invalid beds
Abstract
Abstract A SHEET-LIKE HAMMOCK FOR AN INVALID BED OF THE TYPE WHEREIN A FLEXIBLE MATTRESS IS RESTED UPON A JOINED SUPPORTING FRAME THEREFOR. THIS FRAME WHICH IS NORMALLY DISPOSED HORIZONTALLY IS ADAPTED TO EXECUTE CERTAIN MOVEMENTS, TOGETHER WITH THE MATTRESS THEREON, WHEREBY THE HEAD END OF THE MATTRESS, ALSO A JOINED AREA TOWARD ITS FOOT END, ARE RAISED. TWO WIDELY SPACED SUSPENSION POINTS ARE THEREBY PROVIDED FOR SUSTAINING THE HAMMOCK OFF OF THE MATTRESS WHEN THE HAMMOCK ENDS ARE ANCHORED TO THE HEAD AND FOOT UNITS OF THE BED FRAME. THE SPACE BELOW THE HAMMOCK, WHEN SO RAISED, SUFFICES FOR ACCOMMODATION OF A BED PAN WHEN RESTED UPON THE MATRESS. AN OPENING IN THE HAMMOCK AT A POINT OPPOSITE THE BED PAN PERMITS THE OCCUPANT OF THE BED TO FREELY DISCHARGE HIS BODY WASTES THERETHROUGH AND INTO THE PAN.
Inventors
- 👤 William Wayne White
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