SAFETY BED HAND-RAIL Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC A61G7/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to a safety bed (1) hand-rail (2), particularly for a hospital bed. The above hand-tail is attached to a longitudinal side (1a) of the bed and comprises two distanced terminal supports (3, 4) between which there is at least one bar section substantially in the longitudinal direction. The supports (3, 4) are rotatable in a junction with the bed so that they can rotate from a position inclined to the longitudinal direction of the bed to a vertical position, when the safety hand-rail (2) is lifted from a lower position (B) to an upper position (C), and thereby rotate in an opposite direction when the safety hand-rail is dropped from the upper position into the lower position. So the hand-rail section (5; 51, 52, 53, 54) regardless of the rotary motion keeps its substantially horizontal direction. According to the invention the safety hand-rail (2) additionally comprises a gas strut (6) movable between the section (5; 51) and terminal support (3).

EFFECT: invention provides higher patient and personnel safety.

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