US 12,465,536 B2
Articulating bed convertible to assist chair
Edward Mauro, Oldsmar, FL (US)
Filed by Edward Mauro, Oldsmar, FL (US)
Filed on Mar. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/122,240.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/322,459, filed on Mar. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0301859 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. A61G 7/16 (2006.01); A61G 7/015 (2006.01); A61G 7/05 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 7/16 (2013.01) [A61G 7/015 (2013.01); A61G 7/0507 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An articulating bed convertible to assist chair comprising:
an outer support frame;
an inner convertible frame coupled to and supported within the outer support frame;
a roller device configured to roll the inner convertible frame side to side on a bearing about a longitudinal centerline axis;
a mattress platform mounted above the inner convertible frame, the mattress platform having a body platform and a leg platform, wherein the inner convertible frame is configured to roll in a first direction about the longitudinal centerline axis to raise a first side of the mattress platform as an opposing second side of the mattress platform is lowered;
a mattress on the mattress platform, wherein the mattress platform comprises a first border section hingedly connected adjacent to a longitudinal edge of the mattress platform and a second border section hingedly connected adjacent to an opposing longitudinal edge of the mattress platform;
a support plate secured to the inner convertible frame;
a body lifting device secured to the support plate and to the body platform, the body lifting device configured to raise and lower the body platform; and
a leg lifting device secured to the support plate and to the leg platform, the leg lifting device configured to raise and lower the leg platform;
wherein the support plate is configured to spin the mattress platform over the outer support frame when the body platform and the leg platform are raised and the mattress platform is converted into an assist chair.