US 11,911,324 B2
Bed lift system and methods of making and using the same
Jonathan Earl White, Apex, NC (US); and Maxwell Olszewski Mason, Chapel Hill, NC (US)
Assigned to Principle Long Term Care Inc., Kinston, NC (US)
Filed by Principle Long Term Care Inc., Garner, NC (US)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/403,073.
Application 17/403,073 is a continuation of application No. 16/434,336, filed on Jun. 7, 2019, granted, now 11,110,018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/683,068, filed on Jun. 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0369519 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61G 7/002 (2006.01); A47C 17/52 (2006.01); A47C 19/22 (2006.01); A47C 17/38 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 7/002 (2013.01) [A47C 17/52 (2013.01); A47C 17/38 (2013.01); A47C 19/22 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lift system for a bed in a medical setting, the lift system comprising:
a support configured to maintain a bed frame thereon, the support defined by:
a first swing arm opposing a second swing arm;
a pivoting plate opposing an end plate;
a bed frame received within the support,
wherein first ends of the swing arms are configured to swing outward about ends of the pivoting plate, wherein second ends of the swing arms are configured to removably attach to the end plate to form a rectangular structure for securely receiving a bed frame,
wherein the end plate detaches from the swing arms and the swing arms pivotally swing outwards about the ends of the pivoting plate to release the bed frame; and
a storage unit defined by a lift gate configured within an interior of the storage unit, the lift gate including a linear actuator for converting the support between a folded and an unfolded position by manipulating the pivoting plate coupled to the linear actuator,
wherein the bed frame is enclosed within an interior of the storage unit.