Hospital bed table

Claim 1

FOR ATTACHMENT TO A BED, AN ADJUSTABLE TABLE SYSTEM COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF BRACKETS, ADAPTED FOR ATTACHMENT TO A BED FRAME, A PAIR OF RAILS OF CHANNEL SECTION CARRIED BY SAID BRACKETS, IN PARALLEL AND COPLANAR ARRANGEMENT, WITH THEIR CHANNELS FACING, AND HAVING AN UPTURNED FLANGE ON THE LOWER, INNER, FLANGE EDGE, A CARRIAGE HAVING A CROSS MEMBER, ADJUSTABLE IN LENGTH, A PLATE CARRIED ON EACH END OF SAID MEMBER, ARRANGED TRANSVERSELY TO THE LENGTHWISE DIRECTION THEREOF, A PAIR OF ROLLERS JOURNALLED ON EACH PLATE AND EACH PAIR RECEIVED IN THE CHANNEL OF ONE OF THE RESPECTIVE, SAID RAILS, AN UPWARDLY EXTENDING ARM CARRIED BY EACH OF SAID PLATES, OUTWARDLY THEREOF, AND IN SPACED RELATION THERETO, A HORIZONTAL PLATFORM HAVING A VERTICALLY DISPOSED HOOK PORTION, WITH DOWNWARDLY DIRECTED END RECEIVED ON SAID ARM, A BASE FOOT PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID PLATFORM FOR SWINGING MOVEMENT ABOUT A VERTICAL AXIS, INDEXING MEANS FOR ANGULAR POSITIONING OF SAID FOOT, A VERTICAL RACK CARRIED BY SAID FOOT, A SLEEVE TELESCOPICALLY RECEIVED ON SAID RACK AND HAVING A CRANKOPERATED PINION ENGAGING SAID RACK, A 90 DEGREE COUPLING WITH ONE ARM ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID SLEEVE, INDEXING MEANS CARRIED BY SAID SLEEVE FOR ADJUSTMENT OF THE ANGULAR POSITION OF SAID COUPLING, A TABLE, MEANS ROTATABLY MOUNTING SAID TABLE ON THE OTHER ARM OF SAID COUPLING, FOR TILT OF ITS SURFACE ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS, AND INDEXING MEANS FOR POSITIONING SAID TABLE IN ADJUSTED POSITIONS OF TILT.