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US3149348A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Geriatric furniture

Assignee: Hill Rom Co Inc
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Filing: 1962-09-04
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Granted: 1964-09-22
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Expires: 1982-09-04
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 William A Hillenbrand
  • 👤 Francis J Burst

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 09:45
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61G; A61G7/00; A61G7/002; A61G7/012

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 142 words
A GERIATRIC BED COMPRISING: (1) A FIRST RECTANGULAR FRAME CONSISTING OF SIDE AND END RAILS; (2) LEGS ATTACHED TO SAID END RAILS FOR SUPPORTING SAID FRAME A FIXED DISTANCE ABOVE A FLOOR AND PARALLEL THERETO; (3) A PAIR OF UNITARY TUBULAR YOKES, EACH CONSISTING OF A STRAIGHT CENTER SECTION WITH AN ARM CURVING FROM EACH END OF THAT SECTION AND TERMINATING IN AN END PORTION DISPOSED AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE CENTER SECTION; (4) A PAIR OF JOURNALS ENCIRCLING THE CENTER SECTION OF EACH YOKE AND FIXED ONE UPON EACH SIDE RAIL TO JOURNAL THE YOKE UPON SAID FIRST FRAME; (5) A PAIR OF CRANK LEVERS FIXED UPON THE CENTER SECTION OF EACH YOKE AND DEPENDING THEREFROM; (6) A SHAFT JOURNALLED UPON SAID FIRST FRAME LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF AND HAVING A PAIR OF THREADED SECTIONS UPON EACH OF WHICH A NUT IS THREADED;
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 142 words
A GERIATRIC BED COMPRISING: (1) A FIRST RECTANGULAR FRAME CONSISTING OF SIDE AND END RAILS; (2) LEGS ATTACHED TO SAID END RAILS FOR SUPPORTING SAID FRAME A FIXED DISTANCE ABOVE A FLOOR AND PARALLEL THERETO; (3) A PAIR OF UNITARY TUBULAR YOKES, EACH CONSISTING OF A STRAIGHT CENTER SECTION WITH AN ARM CURVING FROM EACH END OF THAT SECTION AND TERMINATING IN AN END PORTION DISPOSED AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE CENTER SECTION; (4) A PAIR OF JOURNALS ENCIRCLING THE CENTER SECTION OF EACH YOKE AND FIXED ONE UPON EACH SIDE RAIL TO JOURNAL THE YOKE UPON SAID FIRST FRAME; (5) A PAIR OF CRANK LEVERS FIXED UPON THE CENTER SECTION OF EACH YOKE AND DEPENDING THEREFROM; (6) A SHAFT JOURNALLED UPON SAID FIRST FRAME LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF AND HAVING A PAIR OF THREADED SECTIONS UPON EACH OF WHICH A NUT IS THREADED;

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