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FLEXIBLE BED ASSEMBLY AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS THEREOF FOR COLLECTING BODILY WASTE A BED ASSEMBLY (10) FOR PERMITTING A USER TO URINATE AND 5 DEFECATE WHILE LYING IN THE BED ASSEMBLY. THE BED ASSEMBLY (10) COMPRISES A MATTRESS (12) THAT HAS A TRANSVERSELV- EXTENDING ACCESS CHANNEL (14) EXTENDING THROUGH IT THAT PERMITS A USER TO URINATE AND DEFECATE WHILE LYING ON THE MATTRESS. THE ACCESS CHANNEL (14) IS ADAPTED TO SLIDABLY 10 RECEIVE A WASTE RECEPTACLE PAN FOR COLLECTING WASTE FROM THE BED OCCUPANT. THE MATTRESS (12) HAS A GAP (16) POSITIONED UNDER THE TORSO PORTION OF THE OCCUPANT AND THE GAP DEFINES THE OPEN TOP OF THE ACCESS CHANNEL (14) . THE GAP (16) HAS A REMOVABLE NON-CORROSIVE SUPPORTING NET (18) OVER IT TO SUPPORT 15 THE BUTTOCKS OF THE OCCUPANT. THE SUPPORTING NET (18) IS PERFORATED TO ALLOW PASSAGE OF THE WASTE DOWNWARD INTO THE WASTE RECEPTACLE PAN. GUIDE ROLLERS ARE MOUNTED IN THE ACCESS CHANNEL FOR SLIDINGLY RECEIVING AND RETRACTING THE WASTE RECEPTACLE PAN. THE MATTRESS IS POSITIONABLE BETWEEN A IVING 20 POSITI-ON AND A SITTING POSITION TO PERMIT THE OCCUPANT TO URINATE AND DEFECATE IN A SEATED POSITION.
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