Safety attachment for beds

Claim 1

A BED EQUIPPED WITH AN ADJUSTABLE SAFETY ATTACHMENT, SAID BED COMPRISING A FRAME FOR SUPPORING A MATTRESS AND PARALLEL SIDE FRAME RAILS, SAIL SAFETY ATTACHMENT COMPRISING A BASE PORTION RIGIDLY AFFIXED TO SAID SIDE FRAME RAILS OF SAID BED, AN ADJUSTABLE SIDE GUARD CARRIED ON SAID RIGIDLY FIXED BASE PORTION ND ADJUSTABLE INTO OPERATIVE UPPER AND INOPERATIVE LOWER POSITIONS WITH RESPECT THERETO, AND MEANS FOR RELEASABLY LOCKING SAID SIDE GUARD IN AN OPERATIVE UPPER POSITION, SAID RIGIDLY FIXED BASE PORTION OF SAID SAFETY ATTACHMENT INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING, (A) A FIRST SUPPORT RAIL MOUNTED LATERALLY ADJACENT TO A FIRST SIDE FRAME RAIL OF SAID BED AND IN ESSENTIALLY LINEARLY ALIGNED RELATIONSHIP THERETO, (B) HOOK MEANS AIDING TO HOLD SAID FIRST SUPPORT RAIL IN SAID ESSENTIALLY LINEARLY ALIGNED RELATIONSHIP TO SAID FIRST FRAME RAIL, (C) A SECOND SUPPORT RAIL MOUNTED TO THE SECOND SIDE FRAME RAIL OF SAID BE, (D) A CONNECTING ROD EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY ACROSS SAID BED WITH A CONNECTION AT ONE END TO SAID FIRST SUPPORT RAIL AND A CONNECTION AT THE OTHER END TO SAID SECOND SUPPORT RAIL, SAID SUPPORT RAILS BEING BIASED UNDER TENSION TOWARD EACH OTHER WITH THE TENSION OF SAID BIAS CARRIED THROUGH SAID CONNECTING ROD, (E) BIASING MEANS MOVABLY MOUNTED TO A SUPPORT RAIL AND OPERABLE