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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2001
David W. Hensley, Milan, IN (US);
Sébastien Gemeline, Lorient, FR;
Yann Dollo, Belz, FR;
Hill-Rom S.A.S., Pluvigner, FR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a bed, in particular a hospital bed, fitted with a plurality of adjacent individual barrier elements along at least one of its longitudinal sides, the barrier elements extending vertically and each occupying a fraction of the length of the bed. It is essentially characterized by the fact that there are at least two of said barrier elements (') and they are hinged relative to each other about an axis (XX′) that is generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the bed so that in an overlapping position they are contiguous relative to each other and occupy, transversely, substantially the same space as a single element, whereas in the deployed position, they extend in parallel and substantially in line with each other.