Folding bed guard

Claim 1

A FOLDING SIDE GUARD FOR BEDS COMPRISING A PAIR OF SPACED BED ENGAGING MOUNTS, A PAIR OF PARALLEL POSTS, ONE ASSOCIATED WITH EACH MOUNT, MEANS PIVOTALLY ENGAGING THE LOWER END OF EACH POST WITH THE CORRESPONDING MOUNT, AT LEAST ONE GUARD RAIL EXTENDING BETWEEN AND BEING PIVOTALLY SECURED TO SAID POSTS ABOVE THE LOWER ENDS THEREOF, SAID POSTS, THROUGH SAID RAIL, BEING SIMULTANEOUSLY MOVABLE BETWEEN A FIRST OPEN VERTICAL POSITION AND A SECOND FOLDED SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL POSITION, SAID GUARD RAIL MAINTAINING A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL ORIENTATION THROUGHOUT THE RANGE OF MOVEMENT OF SAID POSTS, STOP MEANS PREVENTING MOVEMENT OF SAID POSTS BEYOND SAID VERTICAL POSITION WHEN MOVING FROM SAID SECOND POSITION TO SAID VERTICAL POSITION, AND POSITIONING MEANS FOR RELEASABLY FIXING SAID POSTS IN THE VERTICAL POSITION, SAID POSITIONING MEANS INCLUDING A MOVABLE LATCH MOUNTED ON ONE OF SAID MOUNTS, SAID LATCH BEING MOVABLE BETWEEN A FIRST POSITION, OPERATIVELY ENGAGED WITH THE CORRESPONDING POST IN ITS VERTICAL POSITION IN A MANNER SO AS TO PREVENT MOVEMENT OF SAID POST, AND THEREBY BOTH POSTS, TOWARD THE SECOND POST POSITION, AND A SECOND POSITON REMOTE FROM SAID CORRESPONDING POST SO AS TO ALLOW FOR A PIVOTAL MOVEMENT THEREOF, AND MEANS FOR RESILIENTLY BIASING SAID LATCH INTO ITS FIRST POSITION, SAID MEANS PIVOTALLY ENGAGING THE LOWER END OF EACH POST WITH THE CORRESPONDING MOUNT COMPRISING A PIVOT BAR, SAID PIVOT BAR BEING RIGIDLY FIXED TO THE LOWER END OF THE CORRESPONDING POST AND ORIENTATED PERPENDICULARLY THEREACROSS SO AS TO ASSUME A HORIZONTAL POSITION UPON A POSITIONING OF THE POST IN ITS VERTICAL POSITION, SAID PIVOT BAR HAVING A FIRST END THEREOF POSITIONED LATERALLY OF THE POST TOWARD THE SIDE THEREOF OPPOSITE FROM THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE POST FROM THE FIRST POST POSITION TO THE SECOND POST POSITION, AND PIVOT PIN MEANS PIVOTALLY FIXING THE FIRST END OF THE PIVOT BAR TO THE MOUNT FOR A PIVOTAL SWINGING OF THE BAR AND POST ABOUT THE PIN MEANS.