ADJUSTABLE BEDS OR RECLINERS

摘要

The invention relates to an adjustable bed or recliner. In both hospital/nursing home and domestic environments, the elderly, the infirm and those in poor health frequently need to rest in not only prone or sitting or reclined positions. The invention seeks to improve on constructions known hitherto, an objective met by an adjustable bed or recliner comprising at least two platforms (3,4) pivotally connected at their adjacent edges, and each pivotally connected to a support structure (11) below the platforms, the pivot between the platforms being located between the pivotal connections (17,19) to the support structure (11), and the pivot (18) between the said platforms being in fixed location on one platform (3) and in sliding engagement with the other (4), there being a mechanism (16,24) associated with a least one said platform (3) to allow it to be set at a required angular disposition with respect to the other said platform (4).