A mechanical lift features the low profile of a traditional wood and cloth cot stretcher allowing patients to be easily rolled or moved upon a flat surface. An integrated mechanical lift system then lifts a patient to a raised position without need for manual lifting. The lift allows patients to be moved and transported without back strain to health care workers or first responders. The lift may be raised by the mechanical movement or expansion of a piston.

A hospital bed obstacle detection device and related method for detecting an obstacle between first and second components of a hospital bed is provided.

A translocatable child care changing station having a horizontally disposed laying surface bounded by a plurality of guardrails, each of said plurality of guardrails positional between a raised, vertical orientation relative the laying surface and a horizontal orientation relative said laying surface, said laying surface securable upon a frame member disposed erectable upon a plurality of voluble leg members, each of said leg members moveable wherein the height of the laying surface is selectable at a desired position relative a user by action of a handle member, said handle member usable to effect securable positioning of each of said leg members.

An adjustable bed base adaptable to tilt in a number of different comfortable positions is presented. The adjustable bed base comprises a bed frame, a deck, a plurality of supporting legs, a plurality of lateral leg supporting members, a left elongated structure, a right elongated structure, a mattress retainer bar, a sliding member, a frame reinforcement bar, a control box, a power supply module, a remote control, a backrest motor, a footrest motor, a plurality of levers and a tilt arm assembly. The tilt arm assembly includes at least one motor claw, a sliding member and at least one bed tilt motor. The backrest motor, the footrest motor and the at least one bed tilt motor receives at least one operating signal transmitted by the remote control and tilts the adjustable bed base in the plurality of comfortable positions.

A leg assembly includes a first leg member and second leg member each having side-to-side width that is greater at the top end than the bottom end and a tapered outer surface. The second leg member has top-to-bottom length different than the top-to-bottom length of the first leg member. The leg members are adapted to connect individually or in combination to a support system such that at least three leg heights are selectably provided. The side-to-side width of the top end of the second leg member is approximately equal to the side-to-side width of the bottom end of the first leg member such that when the top end of the second leg members is connected to the bottom end of the first leg member, the combined leg members have a generally continuously tapered outer surface.

The present invention relates generally to a furniture support structure that can be used, for example, on beds, desks, tables, chairs, and other furniture. In some embodiments, a furniture support structure comprises a hollow elongated metal tube having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is crimped and comprises a hollow circular cross-section and wherein at least a portion of the inner surface of the hollow circular cross-sectional portion of the first end is threaded. Some embodiments of the present invention also relate to devices for adjusting the height of a furniture item.

A height-adjustable bedstead includes a first frame having positioning grooves, a second frame having positioning holes, a positioning member having an insertion portion, a clamping portion, and a connecting portion, and a linkage assembly including pivotally connected first and second links. The first link has an end pivotally connected to the first frame, and the other end pivotally connected to one of the positioning holes by the positioning member in a way that the insertion portion passes through the one of the positioning holes and the first link, and the clamping portion and the connecting portion are hooked onto the second frame. The second link has an end pivotally connected to the second frame, and the other end pivotally connected to one of the positioning grooves by a shaft member. As a result, the height of the bedstead can be easily and quickly adjusted.

The present application provides a hook assembly having a latitudinal axis bisecting a body into an upper portion above the latitudinal axis further comprising a first bi-directional pin engagement slot and a lower portion below the latitudinal axis further comprising a second bi-directional pin engagement slot, wherein both the upper portion and the lower portion and the first bi-directional pin engagement slot and the second bi-directional engagement slot are mirror images of one another.

A bed includes a footboard, headboard, and side rails extending between the footboard and headboard. The bed also includes removable mattress-support slats that can be mounted on the side rails to support a mattress between the footboard and headboard.

A height-adjustable bedstead includes a first frame having positioning grooves, a second frame having positioning holes, a positioning member having an insertion portion, a clamping portion, and a connecting portion, and a linkage assembly including pivotally connected first and second links. The first link has an end pivotally connected to the first frame, and the other end pivotally connected to one of the positioning holes by the positioning member in a way that the insertion portion passes through the one of the positioning holes and the first link, and the clamping portion and the connecting portion are hooked onto the second frame. The second link has an end pivotally connected to the second frame, and the other end pivotally connected to one of the positioning grooves by a shaft member. As a result, the height of the bedstead can be easily and quickly adjusted.