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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1998
Mark Gregory Benson, Auckland, NZ;
Andrew Paul Salmon, Auckland, NZ;
Christopher Peter Hutchinson, Auckland, NZ;
Paul Joseph Moody, Auckland, NZ;
Fisher & Paykel Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Abstract
An inclination adjusting linkage arrangement is disclosed for an open care bed or infant warmer having a mattress supported on a mattress base cantilevered from a columnar or vertically disposed 'back bone'. The mattress base includes a box like frame over which a sheet is stretched to provide tensioned support for a mattress. Adjustment of the angle of inclination of the mattress base is made possible by the use of a non-parallel arm type system providing a virtual pivot point for the mattress base which may be positioned near the center of the mattress.