摘要 |
<p>A bed suitable for bed-ridden patients comprising: a bed body having at least first, second and third bed plate pieces (7, 8, 9) generally horizontally mounted on a bed frame, said second bed plate piece (8) being pivotably connected between the first and third bed plate pieces (7) and (9); said bed plate pieces (7, 8, 9) being adapted to move and rotate between at least first and second and third arrangements, in which arrangements said bed plate pieces (7, 8, 9) respectively form a first V-shaped valley between said first and second bed plate pieces (7, 8), a second V-shaped valley between said second and third (8, 9) bed plate pieces, and lie generally coplanar; drive means adapted to drive said bed plate pieces (7, 8, 9) for such movement and rotation between at least said first, second and third arrangements, while the patient is in the bed so that in use said patient may without moving change his position from lying on his left side and back on the first and second bed plate pieces (7, 8) when said bed plate pieces (7, 8, 9) are in said first arrangement, lying on his back and right side on the second and third bed plate pieces (8, 9) when said bed plate pieces (7, 8, 9) are in said second arrangement and lying on his back when said bed plate pieces are in said third arrangement.</p> |