Device for tilting the top end and/or bottom end of a bed

Claim 1

Device for tilting one of a top end and a bottom end of a bed, comprising two hingedly connected support frames and a control unit operably connected thereto for adjusting the spacing therebetween, said device being removably installable on a bed comprising a bed base and a mattress, wherein in use one, fixed frame is intended to lie on the bed base, while the other, movable frame is intended to support one end of the mattress, said frames being disposed in an adjustable V-shaped opening, and wherein the fixed frame comprises two parallel co-planar tubes, and the movable frame consists of a U-shaped frame pivotably mounted on and between said tubes, said movable frame fitting within an area delimited by the fixed frame, said control unit being attached to the fixed frame and controlling the longitudinal translation of slide blocks via worm screws, said blocks being slidable along said tubes to tilt the movable frame relative to the fixed frame, the worm screws associated with the slide blocks being mounted in said two tubes which extend longitudinally, and the control unit being located outside the area encompassed by the fixed frame, said device being constructed and arranged so that a completely horizontal position is obtainable, and the area of the fixed frame and the movable frame being free of mechanical element.