The application discloses a rigid or semi-rigid, two-part confining cover for a patient in a conventional hospital bed. The problem dealt with is that of a disturbed patient who would normally require confinement by ties, straps, or other conventional restraints, together with, in many cases, round-the-clock guarding by an attendant. The mattress support frame of a hospital bed usually has one or more horizontal pivot joints, the most important of which enables tilt-up of the back of the bed. Knee lift provisions are generally provided. The disclosed cover includes forward and rearward open-bottom shells, hinged to one another about the hinge axis of the bed used for tilt-up of the back part of the bed. The front shell has side walls rising from the longitudinal edges of the bed frame, forward of the aforementioned pivot axis, a front end closure, and a top closure. The back shell has side walls rising from the longitudinal edges of the bed frame from this pivot axis back, a rear end wall, and a top wall. The rear end of the front shell and the forward end of the rearward shell are fitted together in a manner to form a closure throughout the range of tilting of the rearward shell. The shells are perforated for air circulation, and are commodious enough to permit the patient adequate space for relatively free movement inside the closure. Access doors are provided.
An improved bed enclosure is provided with an unique supporting structure which increases the vertical stability of the bed enclosure. The bed enclosure includes a frame having at least four upright side posts, each including an upper portion and a lower portion. The frame further includes upper frame support members interconnecting the upper portions of the side posts together, and lower frame support members interconnecting the lower portions of the side posts together. The frame defines a pair of generally vertical side walls of a predetermined length and a pair of opposed end walls of a predetermined width, the predetermined length being greater than the predetermined width. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, at least one support leg is associated with each of the side walls and is secured to the lower portions of the side posts and is engageable with the floor at a point spaced outwardly from the respective side wall. In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, at least one support leg is associated with each of the side walls and is secured to the lower frame support members and is engageable with the floor at a point spaced outwardly from the respective side wall.
A cubicle bed for protectively confining a traumatically brain injured patient or the like. The cubicle bed includes a two-part rectangular base having a padded upper surface atop which the patient rests and also includes removable upright padded end panels connectable to each end of each part of the base and pivotally openable and removable padded side doors. The end panels and doors, when in place and closed, form a fully padded perimeter wall around the edges of the base which are sized in height above the base so that the patient's view of the surrounding activity outside the cubicle bed is limited.
A protective bed includes a shield comprising bullet-proof and impact resistance material that surrounds a metal frame. The shield operably separates to provide access to an interior sleeping area. Quick access doors are located on either side of the bed. A ventilation system provides for climate control as well as filtering harmful substances from the air. A rebreather scrubs carbon dioxide from air within the unit to allow a user to close the unit to outside air.
A bed enclosure includes a bed which is adapted to move up and down relative to a resting surface beneath the bed, and an enclosure which encloses at least the occupant portion of the bed. The enclosure is adapted to move up and down with the bed. Another embodiment of a bed enclosure includes a bed and an enclosure which comprises a plurality of panels. At least one of the panels is removably attached to the enclosure.
An invalid bed includes a monolithic, one-piece base unit that has a support section and a rail section that extends above that support section for a height that is sufficient to prevent an adult patient to climb over the rails yet is low enough so the bed is stable. A door is hingeably attached to the base unit to permit ingress and egress of a adult.
