A lift and position device and adapter and methods of use therewith designed to aid attendants in moving and propping the various selected body parts of a patient from atop a support surface, for example, a mattress or hospital bed. The device utilizes a base for stability, a separately powered screw jack, radial adjustment head, a cushion cradle and a single or plurality of fitted cushion(s) configured to optimally raise and lower a particular body part of a patient such as his or her arms, torso, legs, back and the like. An adapter device may optionally re-orient the lift and positioning device, as appropriate, to suit the specific needs of an attendant wishing to the lift, shift, position or prop and secure a particular body part of a patient.

A position adjustment mechanism for a lifting balance device contains: a first cover and an adjustment device. The first cover includes at least one lifting balance device, and each of the at least one lifting balance device includes a first support, a second support intersected with the first support, and a shaft configured to connected the first and second supports. The adjustment device is located bellow the shaft. The adjustment device is fixed inside the first cover, the first cover has a first opening located below the shaft. A threaded sleeve is connected with the first opening and is screwed with a threaded tube, such that the threaded tube is adjustably moved relative to the threaded sleeve so as to change a position of a top of the threaded tube and to limit a lowest descending position of each of the first support and the second support.

A bed and frame assembly includes a box that is positionable on a horizontal support surface. A pair of tracks is each of the tracks is removably disposed on the box. A lid is slidably disposed on the box for supporting a mattress. The lid is positionable in a first position to close the box or a second position to facilitate sheets on the mattress to be changed. A plurality of roller units is each disposed on the lid and rollably engages a respective one of the tracks to facilitate the lid to be rolled between the first position and the second position. A sliding unit is integrated into the box and the sliding unit is in mechanical communication with the lid. The sliding unit is actuatable in a closing condition for sliding the lid into the first position and the sliding unit is actuatable in an opening condition for sliding the lid into the second position.

An electric motor adjustable support device for supporting padding of seating and/or lounging furniture. In particular, padding of seating and/or lounging furniture, such as the mattress of a bed. The support device has a base part and a support part that is connected to the base part, so as to be swivelable about a first swivel axis. In the region of the first swivel axis, at least one first wedge-like lifting guide element is situated at the base part. Further, at least one second wedge-like lifting guide element, opposite from the first wedge-like lifting guide element, is situated at the support part.

An electromotive furniture drive includes a drive motor including an output shaft, a lift spindle arranged in a common plane with the output shaft, and a gear assembly configured to couple the output shaft of the drive motor to the lift spindle. The gear assembly includes an intermediate shaft which intersects the common plane between the lift spindle and the output shaft.

An electric motor adjustable support device for supporting padding of seating and/or lounging furniture. In particular, padding of seating and/or lounging furniture, such as the mattress of a bed. The support device has a base part and a support part that is connected to the base part, so as to be swivelable about a first swivel axis. In the region of the first swivel axis, at least one first wedge-like lifting guide element is situated at the base part. Further, at least one second wedge-like lifting guide element, opposite from the first wedge-like lifting guide element, is situated at the support part.

A method of attaching the adjustment mechanism of a linear actuator with the drive assembly of the linear actuator without the use of traditional assembly techniques such as threaded fasteners, welds or rivets, so that when the adjustment mechanism and drive assembly are aligned and assembled, they lock together.

A linear actuator system for adjustable articles of furniture, including hospital beds, patient supports or the like, where a mechanical squeeze protection is provided by means of a mechanical coupling, and where a further improvement of the squeeze protection is provided by means of a controller monitoring the status of the coupling. The controller further comprises means for stopping and reversing the electric motor of the linear actuator, if the status of the coupling indicates a squeezing.

An adjustable bed frame includes a frame, a front support unit connected to the front end of the frame, and a rear support unit connected to the rear end of the frame. The front support unit includes a first top connected to the front end of the frame, and a first bottom contacting a first plane. The rear support unit includes a second top connected to the rear end of the frame, and a second bottom contacting a second plane. An activation device is connected between the rear support unit and the frame. The activation device drives the rear support unit or the second bottom to move or rotate relative to the frame to change the shortest distance between the second bottom and the frame, and to change the distance between the frame and the second plane. The inclination between the frame and the first and second planes is adjusted.

A driving mechanism and an adjustable bed have the same. The driving mechanism includes a housing; a driving assembly being placed in the housing and comprising at least one driving member and at least one driving block connected to the at least one driving member; and at least one transmission structure configured to connect to a lifting mechanism of the adjustable bed. The at least one transmission structure is pivotally connected to the housing and the at least one driving block, such that when the at least one driving member drives the at least one driving block to move linearly, the movement of the at least one driving block causes the at least one transmission structure to rotate.