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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 1979
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
James R Leininger, San Antonio, TX (US);
John H Vrzalik, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128 / ; 128 33 ; 5109 ;
Abstract
A bed for immobilized patients and method for adjusting such a bed comprising a motor-driven, oscillating patient support platform mounted for longitudinal rotation about axes spaced above the platform at a predetermined distance and having a counter balance keel extending below the platform for attachment of varying counter balance weights, and having a slip clutch set to slip when the counter balance weights do not balance with a patient's weight.