Secured Between Mattress And Bed Bottom Patents (Class 5/426)
  • Patent number: 11937700
    Abstract: An adjustable bedding (18) cover height and lengthwise positioning apparatus (30). A base (32) is configured for positioning between a bed frame (12) and an adjacent mattress (14). At least one riser (36, 38) allows adjustment of the height and lengthwise positioning of bedding with respect to the mattress. A connecting section (34), connected between the base and the risers optionally allows rotation of the risers with respect to the base. A clip (34) is connected to the at least one riser and secures the bedding to the apparatus. An optional top support (40) provides a support width for the bedding which is preferably at least as broad as the width between a user's feet when the user is sleeping on his or her back. An optional friction strip (39) on the base prevents slippage of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Inventor: Scott D. Maurer
  • Patent number: 11826287
    Abstract: Two pillows 12-12 and 112-112 are joined and separated by cords 18 or a strap 118 to enable surgical and post-surgical immobilization and positioning of a user's head or neck. This protects movement of the patient during surgery or thereafter as an aid to the performing surgeon(s) and any post-surgical problems, such as damage or disturbance to stitching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventor: Michelle Marie Wilkie
  • Patent number: 11730654
    Abstract: Two pillows 12-12 and 112-112 are joined and separated by cords 18 or a strap 118 to enable surgical and post-surgical immobilization and positioning of a user's head or neck. This protects movement of the patient during surgery or thereafter as an aid to the performing surgeon(s) and any post-surgical problems, such as damage or disturbance to stitching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Inventor: Michelle Marie Wilkie
  • Patent number: 11564504
    Abstract: A bedside rail, a system of coordinating two bedside rails, and a method of using the one or more bedside rails to prevent a user of an associated mattress from having their elbows slide off the mattress. Each bedside rail has an adjustable vertical component as well as an adjustable bar that can separately moves along the vertical component. A supporting line can extend between the adjustable bars of two bedside rails along opposing sides of a mattress. A cushioned portion over the vertical component can be selectively elevated adjacent to and above a top surface of the mattress along both sides thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Inventor: Alan Paul Hover
  • Patent number: 11447058
    Abstract: A truck cab bed restraint apparatus for keeping a sleeping co-driver safely secured in a bunk includes a barrier comprising a left half and a right half. A hinge is coupled to the barrier. The left half and the right half swingingly move between an extended position and an alternate folded position. The barrier in the extended position is configured to be selectively engageable between a mattress and a pair of cabinets of a cab of a semi-truck. A plurality of bar guides is coupled to the barrier. A bar is coupled to the plurality of bar guides. The bar is slidably engaged within a bar aperture of the plurality of bar guides. The bar secures the barrier in the extended position when engaged within at least one bar guide coupled to each of the left half and the right half.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventor: Jay Kravitz
  • Patent number: 11350760
    Abstract: The present bed rail with offset rails includes a rail portion swingably engaged to first and second leg portions about first and second axis. The rail portion includes first and second end frame portions extending from the first and second axis and defining a plane having a front face and a rear face. The rail portion includes an offset frame portion disposed forwardly of the front face of the plane and spaced from the front face of the plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Regalo International, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Kasey L. Pipo
  • Patent number: 11299275
    Abstract: A removable privacy panel assembly (100) for a passenger seat includes a center panel (101) with a width approximately equal to a width of the passenger seat and at least one side panel (103, 104) with a connection to the center panel (101) where the at least one side panel extends approximately perpendicular to the center panel. The removable privacy panel assembly includes a deployed configuration where the removable privacy panel assembly is attached to the passenger seat and an uninstalled configuration where the removable privacy panel assembly is detached from the passenger seat. In the deployed configuration, the center panel is approximately aligned with a seatback (11) of the passenger seat and the at least one side panel (103, 104) extends forward from the center panel (101) beyond a seating surface of the passenger seat. In the deployed configuration, the at least one side panel (103, 104) is disposed adjacent to a headrest (15) of the passenger seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Safran Seats USA LLC
    Inventors: Arthur Glain, Oscar Ruiz Lara
  • Patent number: 10893993
    Abstract: A foldable, portable disability bed support which has a portion disposable under a mattress and a vertical post for use in self-supporting a disabled person. The bed support includes a base connector to which the vertical post is attached. The base connector is adapted to accept attachment of the base arms in either an operative position or in a folded position in which the base arms lie alongside the support post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Inventors: David Stratton, Rodney Brooke
  • Patent number: 10827849
    Abstract: A horizontally expandable bed rail having a guard rail frame that confronts a first side of a bed to prevent a child from falling out of the bed. The guard rail frame includes a pair of vertical support members interconnected by upper, lower and intermediate horizontal support members that slide horizontally in and out such that the vertical support members have an extended position where the vertical support members are spaced apart by a first distance and a drawn in position where the vertical support members are spaced apart by a second distance that is less than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Regalo International, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Porter R. Million
  • Patent number: 10716723
    Abstract: A mobility assistance device including a base section and an upright section. The base section is configured to be disposed under a cushion-type portion of a piece of furniture. The base section includes a first base component and a second base component, each of the first and second base components including a first portion defining a base plane and a second portion extending generally upright in a plane perpendicular to the base plane. The upright section includes an arched component configured to couple the second portions of the two base components, and a height-adjustable handle coupled to the arched component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Stander Inc.
    Inventor: F. Troy Miller
  • Patent number: 10508886
    Abstract: A bedside or chairside holster support for safely supporting a handgun in its holster on the side of a bed, or on the side of a chair or sofa, to provide rapid access to the handgun. The holster support includes a holster support bracket, and a T-shaped member that is held trapped between a mattress and a box spring, or under the seat cushion of a chair or sofa. The holster support maintains a handgun in a holster pointed downward at an angle of 15 degrees from straight downward for rapid access to the firearm, while keeping the muzzle of the handgun pointed in a safe direction. The holster support can be easily stored anywhere, and can be easily packed in a suitcase for travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Inventor: George J. Shimek
  • Patent number: 10111526
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a device comprising a body that defines a first surface and a second surface and defines a first, second, third and fourth lateral sides. In one embodiment, the first surface defines a first aperture and a second aperture. In one embodiment, the thickness of the body along the first lateral side is greater than the thickness of the body along the third lateral side such that the first surface slopes downwards from the first lateral side towards the third lateral side. The device not only reduces the pressure on the tailbone or on the hemorrhoids for a person in a seated position, but also reduces the discomfort or pain associated with settling into a seated position or emerging from a seated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: BANYAN LICENSING L.L.C.
    Inventors: Edmund Scott Davis, Keith Coponi, Calvin G. Tabor
  • Patent number: 9427089
    Abstract: A bed rail is configured to be mounted on a mattress. The bed rail includes a base arranged to extend under the mattress and a side rail coupled to the base and configured to include a portion arranged to lie above the mattress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew W Marsden, Raul G Pereira
  • Patent number: 9215937
    Abstract: An adjustable side rail assembly includes a side rail and an actuation assembly. The side rail is rotatable between a storage position and a use position. The actuation assembly includes an inner member, an outer member, and a locking assembly. The outer member is coupled to the side rail and is rotatable relative to the inner member between first and second rotational orientations for rotating the side rail between the storage and use positions, respectively. The locking assembly is transitional between a locked condition, wherein the locking assembly engages both the inner and outer members to fix the inner and outer members in the first or second rotational orientation, and an unlocked condition, wherein the locking assembly is disengaged from the inner and/or outer member to permit rotation of the outer member relative to the inner member between the first and second rotational orientations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Drive Medical Design & Mfg.
    Inventor: Michael Serhan
  • Patent number: 9125498
    Abstract: A bed rail having an operating position at one of the sides of a bed and a stored position between a mattress and box spring of the bed. To take down the bed rail, a guard frame portion is disengaged from a base frame portion, then the guard frame portion is pivoted and slid into the base frame portion. To set up the bed rail, the guard frame portion can be slid out of the base frame portion, pivoted relative to the base frame portion, then engaged to the base frame portion and into the operating position at a side of the bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Regalo International, LLC
    Inventor: Mark A. Flannery
  • Patent number: 8966682
    Abstract: A horizontally expandable bed rail having a guard rail frame that confronts a first side of a bed to prevent a child from falling out of the bed. The guard rail frame includes a pair of vertical support members interconnected by upper, lower and intermediate horizontal support members that slide horizontally in and out such that the vertical support members have an extended position where the vertical support members are spaced apart by a first distance and a drawn in position where the vertical support members are spaced apart by a second distance that is less than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Regalo International, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Porter R. Million
  • Patent number: 8850639
    Abstract: A latch mechanism for a siderail assembly comprises a handle, a link assembly, and a pin. The handle is configured to be moved between a first position and a second position. The link assembly is coupled to the handle and configured to move between a latch position and an unlatch position as a function of the movement of the handle. The pin is configured to be engaged by the link assembly and is configured to rotate from a first rotational orientation to a second rotational orientation to disengage the link assembly from the pin when a false latching condition occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian T. Wiggins
  • Publication number: 20140259401
    Abstract: A bed rail is configured to be mounted on a mattress. The bed rail includes a base arranged to extend under the mattress and a side rail coupled to the base and configured to include a portion arranged to lie above the mattress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Andrew W. Marsden, Raul G. Pereira
  • Patent number: 8800079
    Abstract: Bed cover holders having first sections that slide under and between a mattress and a box spring and second sections including upturned ends that are slidably secured to the first sections permitting the holder to telescope between extended and retracted positions are described. The upturned ends of the holders are positioned flush against the end of the mattress when retracted. The holders can be extended to form a shelf where bedding including pillows can be placed when the bed is in use. In at least one variation, the first and second sections comprise nesting tubular structures to facilitate the telescoping arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Inventor: Doreen Eubank
  • Patent number: 8769739
    Abstract: An easy-installable bracket for retaining a bed mattress is provided. The bracket is adapted to be disposed on a bed frame having a head portion and a feet portion. The bracket includes two seats and a bracket member. Each of the seats has a bottom plate for fixed at the feet portion of the bed frame, and an arcuate portion extended from the bottom plate. Two passages are respectively defined between the arcuate portions of the seats and the feet portion. The bracket member has a vertical portion, two front-extending sections respectively extended from two bottom ends of the vertical portion toward the head portion of the bed frame, and two parallel rear-extending sections respectively extended from distal ends of the front extending sections toward the feet portion. The rear-extending sections are slidably received in the passages respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Inventors: Philip Woods McCarty, Philip Reid Sherman, Chuan-Hang Shih, Liang Liu
  • Patent number: 8752220
    Abstract: A patient support system, such as a bed, stretcher, wheelchair or the like, has an electronic control system and a user interface. The electronic control system and the user interface control bed functions, such as articulation of the head, seat, and leg sections of the bed deck, and control and/or monitor the operation of medical equipment, such as heart rate monitors, blood pressure monitors, thermometers, sequential compression therapy devices, chest wall oscillation devices, respiratory therapy devices, blood oxygen monitors, and the like. In some embodiments, the electronic control system and user interface communicate with patient personal digital devices, such as audio players, computers, and phones. The user interface is on the headboard, footboard, and/or on a siderail of the bed in some embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter H. Soderberg, Christopher R. O'Keefe, Timothy A. Stanley
  • Patent number: 8745786
    Abstract: A siderail assembly includes a guide, a support frame coupled to the frame and movable between first and second positions, and a barrier coupled to the support frame and movable therewith. The siderail assembly further includes a handle coupled to the barrier to move between a first position and a second position relative to the barrier. The siderail assembly may include electronic controls to change the position or limit movement of various portions of a patient support apparatus on which the siderail assembly may be coupled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Kirill Andrienko, Richard H. Heimbrock, Robert Mark Zerhusen
  • Patent number: 8726433
    Abstract: A bed rail having a guard frame that prevents a child from rolling off a bed and a pair of legs that extend between the mattress and box spring. The guard frame swings between up and down positions and is pivotally connected to the legs via a first junction. A second junction locks the guard frame to the legs. The second junction includes a rotatable seat that engages a pin extending from the guard frame. The bed rail further includes a strap that engages a proximal end of a leg, a distal end of the leg, and an anchor, which engages the side of the bed opposite of the bed rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Regalo International, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Porter R. Million
  • Patent number: 8631525
    Abstract: A bed rail having an operating position at one of the sides of a bed and a stored position between a mattress and box spring of the bed. To take down the bed rail, a guard frame portion is disengaged from a base frame portion, then the guard frame portion is pivoted and slid into the base frame portion. To set up the bed rail, the guard frame portion can be slid out of the base frame portion, pivoted relative to the base frame portion, then engaged to the base frame portion and into the operating position at a side of the bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Regalo International, LLC
    Inventor: Mark A. Flannery
  • Patent number: 8621688
    Abstract: A siderail assembly includes a guide, a support coupled to the guide to move relative to the guide, and a barrier coupled to the guide. The barrier is movable between a lowered position, wherein the barrier is situated substantially below a frame of a patient support apparatus, and a raised position, wherein the barrier is situated substantially above the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Kirill Andrienko
  • Patent number: 8578531
    Abstract: Assist handle assemblies and beds with an assist handle assembly are presented herein. In one embodiment, an assist handle assembly includes a mounting frame for attaching to a support platform. A first support arm is pivotably attached to the mounting frame to rotate about a first axis. A second support arm is pivotably attached to the mounting frame to rotate about a second axis, which is different from the first axis. The first and second support arms remain substantially parallel while rotating about respective axes between various positions. In another embodiment, a bed assembly includes a bed frame with a mounting frame attached thereto. First and second support arms are pivotably attached to the mounting frame at first and second locations, respectively, to rotate between raised and lowered positions. A handle with an arcuate body is pivotably attached to the first and second support arms, maintaining a constant concave-down orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Medline Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Ethan S. Abernathey, Vishwanath A. Bhave
  • Patent number: 8458831
    Abstract: A bed rail having a guard frame that prevents a child from rolling off a bed and a pair of legs that extend between the mattress and box spring. The guard frame swings between up and down positions and is pivotally connected to the legs via a first junction. A second junction locks the guard frame to the legs. The second junction includes a rotatable seat that engages a pin extending from the guard frame. The bed rail further includes a strap that engages a proximal end of a leg, a distal end of the leg, and an anchor, which engages the side of the bed opposite of the bed rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Regalo International, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Porter R. Million
  • Patent number: 8418287
    Abstract: A patient care apparatus includes a bed to support a patient. The bed has a side rail with a cavity. The patient care apparatus also includes an infusion unit having a medical treatment control unit, a medical treatment line, and a medication container to contain medication. The medical treatment line is coupled to the medication container to conduct medication from the medication container to the patient. The medical treatment control unit and the medication container are positioned in the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis J. Gallant, Dennis M. Lanci, Carl W. Riley
  • Patent number: 8365324
    Abstract: A bed rail having an operating position at one of the sides of a bed and a stored position between a mattress and box spring of the bed. To take down the bed rail, a guard frame portion is disengaged from a base frame portion, then the guard frame portion is pivoted and slid into the base frame portion. To set up the bed rail, the guard frame portion can be slid out of the base frame portion, pivoted relative to the base frame portion, then engaged to the base frame portion and into the operating position at a side of the bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Regalo International, LLC
    Inventor: Mark A. Flannery
  • Patent number: 8341778
    Abstract: A hospital bed includes a frame having a head end, a foot end longitudinally spaced from the head end, and first and second laterally spaced sides. A siderail is coupled to the frame adjacent one of the first and second laterally spaced sides. A footboard is coupled to the frame adjacent the foot end such that a gap is defined between the siderail and the footboard. A barrier pad is coupleable to the frame in a first position and in a second position. The barrier pad is situated in the gap and extends generally longitudinally when coupled to the frame in the first position. The barrier pad extends generally laterally in juxtaposition with the footboard when coupled to the frame in the second position. The barrier pad, therefore, serves as a gap filler when in the first position and serves as a footboard pad in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard H. Heimbrock
  • Publication number: 20120284920
    Abstract: A plurality of angled members that are positionable between a bed's mattress and box spring to prevent a pet from falling off or of being accidentally pushed off a bed. The angled member positioned at the foot of the bed extends from one side to the other whether twin, queen or king sized mattress with the side angled members positioned on opposing sides of the bed with each adjacently fastened to the foot member by means of at least one bracket. The vertical portion of the angled members sufficiently extends above the planar top surface of the mattress to form a barrier to prevent the aforementioned accidents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventor: Frank Esposito
  • Patent number: 8307477
    Abstract: Bed rail for children, comprising a grid element being releasably attachable, wherein the grid element, in an attached state, is extending along an edge of a bed above a resting area, wherein the grid element can be releasably connected with a mounting base via a locking member, the mounting base being positionable under the resting area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Indowoods S.A.
    Inventor: Sebastien Boucquey
  • Patent number: 8296882
    Abstract: A plurality of angled members that are positionable between a bed's mattress and box spring to prevent a pet from falling off or of being accidentally pushed off a bed. The angled member positioned at the foot of the bed extends from one side to the other whether twin, queen or king sized mattress with the side angled members positioned on opposing sides of the bed with each adjacently fastened to the foot member by means of at least one bracket. The vertical portion of the angled members sufficiently extends above the planar top surface of the mattress to form a barrier to prevent the aforementioned accidents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Inventor: Frank Esposito
  • Publication number: 20120102642
    Abstract: A bed rail having an operating position at one of the sides of a bed and a stored position between a mattress and box spring of the bed. To take down the bed rail, a guard frame portion is disengaged from a base frame portion, then the guard frame portion is pivoted and slid into the base frame portion. To set up the bed rail, the guard frame portion can be slid out of the base frame portion, pivoted relative to the base frame portion, then engaged to the base frame portion and into the operating position at a side of the bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2012
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: REGALO INTERNATIONAL, LLC
    Inventor: Mark A. Flannery
  • Publication number: 20120084916
    Abstract: A horizontally expandable bed rail having a guard rail frame that confronts a first side of a bed to prevent a child from falling out of the bed. The guard rail frame includes a pair of vertical support members interconnected by upper, lower and intermediate horizontal support members that slide horizontally in and out such that the vertical support members have an extended position where the vertical support members are spaced apart by a first distance and a drawn in position where the vertical support members are spaced apart by a second distance that is less than the first distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: REGALO INTERNATIONAL, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Porter R. Million
  • Publication number: 20120084915
    Abstract: A bed rail having a guard frame that prevents a child from rolling off a bed and a pair of legs that extend between the mattress and box spring. The guard frame swings between up and down positions and is pivotally connected to the legs via a first junction. A second junction locks the guard frame to the legs. The second junction includes a rotatable seat that engages a pin extending from the guard frame. The bed rail further includes a strap that engages a proximal end of a leg, a distal end of the leg, and an anchor, which engages the side of the bed opposite of the bed rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: REGALO INTERNATIONAL, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Porter R. Million
  • Patent number: 8091163
    Abstract: A bed rail having an operating position at one of the sides of a bed and a stored position between a mattress and box spring of the bed. To take down the bed rail, a guard frame portion is disengaged from a base frame portion, then the guard frame portion is pivoted and slid into the base frame portion. To set up the bed rail, the guard frame portion can be slid out of the base frame portion, pivoted relative to the base frame portion, then engaged to the base frame portion and into the operating position at a side of the bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Regalo International, LLC
    Inventor: Mark A. Flannery
  • Patent number: 7987538
    Abstract: A bed support system may include first and second rails each including at least two legs connected at a top thereof by a handle. A first adjustable strap and a spaced apart second adjustable strap may be placed around the legs of the first and second rails. A method of installing a bed support system on a bed on a ground may include: positioning a first adjustable strap around first and second rails so that the first strap anchors around legs of the first and second rails; positioning a bed frame over the first strap to aid in anchoring the first strap to the first and second rails; positioning a box spring onto the bed frame; and positioning a second adjustable strap over the box spring and around the first and second rails so that the second strap anchors around the legs of the first and second rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Kimball Care Products, LLC
    Inventor: Carol Burk Kimball
  • Publication number: 20110179569
    Abstract: A bed rail including first and second legs for attachment to a bed or crib. The legs fit between the mattress and the mattress support frame extending transversely from one side of the crib to the other. The proximate end of each leg is pivotally attached to a respective lower corner of an elongated side panel. Raised, the side panel extends vertically above the mattress to provide a safety restraint on one side of the crib. Unlocked, the panel may be swung into a lowered position. Means is also provided for securing the distal end of the legs to the mattress support frame at a location on the other side of the crib. Also disclosed is a safety bolster for use with the bed rail including an upper head portion extending above the mattress and a lower foot portion extending between the mattress and said side panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas M. Hayano, Sung Hae Lee, Bruce P. McKendry
  • Patent number: 7913333
    Abstract: A bed rail structured to minimize the gap between the mattress and the bed rail and including a leg portion and a rail portion. The rail portion extends upwardly on a first side of the mattress to extend beyond the sleeping surface of the mattress and prevent a person from rolling out of bed. The leg portion is sandwiched between the mattress and the box spring and extends toward a second side of the mattress. In one embodiment, the leg portion includes a distal end that is engaged to the second side of at least one of the mattress and box spring such that the distal end and rail portion hug the mattress. In another embodiment, the bed rail includes a relatively rigid cover depending from an upper portion of the rail portion to the sleeping surface so as to cover a gap that may exist between the first side of the mattress and the rail portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Regalo International, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Nathan A. Dusheck
  • Patent number: 7908689
    Abstract: A bed rail having an operating position at one of the sides of a bed and a stored position between a mattress and box spring of the bed. To take down the bed rail, a guard frame portion is disengaged from a base frame portion, then the guard frame portion is pivoted and slid into the base frame portion. To set up the bed rail, the guard frame portion can be slid out of the base frame portion, pivoted relative to the base frame portion, then engaged to the base frame portion and into the operating position at a side of the bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Regalo International, LLC
    Inventor: Mark A Flannery
  • Patent number: 7870622
    Abstract: A bed rail is disclosed for use with a bed. The bed rail includes a clamping device to clamp the bedrail to the bed. The bedrail is moveable between an upright position and a released position wherein the rail is moved downwardly toward a sidewall of the mattress to facilitate climbing upon and climbing off of the mattress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Cosco Management, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Nygren, Jorge Tomas, Robert D. Monahan, Steve Lepke
  • Publication number: 20100101021
    Abstract: A bed rail structured to minimize the gap between the mattress and the bed rail and including a leg portion and a rail portion. The rail portion extends upwardly on a first side of the mattress to extend beyond the sleeping surface of the mattress and prevent a person from rolling out of bed. The leg portion is sandwiched between the mattress and the box spring and extends toward a second side of the mattress. In one embodiment, the leg portion includes a distal end that is engaged to the second side of at least one of the mattress and box spring such that the distal end and rail portion hug the mattress. In another embodiment, the bed rail includes a relatively rigid cover depending from an upper portion of the rail portion to the sleeping surface so as to cover a gap that may exist between the first side of the mattress and the rail portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: REGALO INTERNATIONAL, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Nathan A. Dusheck
  • Publication number: 20100050340
    Abstract: A bed rail is disclosed for use with a bed. The bed rail includes a clamping device to clamp the bedrail to the bed. The bedrail is moveable between an upright position and a released position wherein the rail is moved downwardly toward a sidewall of the mattress to facilitate climbing upon and climbing off of the mattress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: COSCO MANAGEMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Kurt Nygren, Jorge Tomas, Robert D. Monahan, Steve Lepke
  • Patent number: 7640606
    Abstract: A bed rail structured to minimize the gap between the mattress and the bed rail and including a leg portion and a rail portion. The rail portion extends upwardly on a first side of the mattress to extend beyond the sleeping surface of the mattress and prevent a person from rolling out of bed. The leg portion is sandwiched between the mattress and the box spring and extends toward a second side of the mattress. In one embodiment, the leg portion includes a distal end that is engaged to the second side of at least one of the mattress and box spring such that the distal end and rail portion hug the mattress. In another embodiment, the bed rail includes a relatively rigid cover depending from an upper portion of the rail portion to the sleeping surface so as to cover a gap that may exist between the first side of the mattress and the rail portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Regalo International, LLC.
    Inventors: Mark A Flannery, Nathan A Dusheck
  • Publication number: 20090144899
    Abstract: An mobility assistance device providing support for a user on a bed or similar furniture is disclosed. The mobility assistance device may include a support member that can be coupled to a piece of furniture and a support handle that is movable in a substantially vertical direction relative to the support member. The support handle is movable from an operating position to a stowed position. A locking mechanism may secure the support handle in the raised operating position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: STANDERS, INC.
    Inventor: F. Troy Miller
  • Patent number: 7454804
    Abstract: A bed guard assembly includes a one or more end panels, a spanner, connectors and an extension. The spanner is placed against the top or bottom surface a mattress. The connectors connect the spanner to the end panels such that one end panel opposes another end panel across the mattress when the spanner is disposed against the surface of the mattress. The extension is removably attached to one of the connectors and extends from the connector at a substantially right angle with respect to the spanner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Summer Infant Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Macari, Steve Gibree
  • Publication number: 20080163424
    Abstract: The attachable Bed Safety Cushion is a durable cushion that provides safety to a person who may fall out of bed while they are sleeping and is easily removable. The Bed Safety Cushion is placed under the sheet or mattress cover or both, either side and top/bottom of the bed rim and is secured by Velcro or another type of adhesive to the mattress. The bed safety cushion creates a “speed bump” effect and is designed to secure sleeping area for a person so they do not fall out of bed. The bed bump can be removed from mattress adhesive sections by pulling the bumper away from the attached material sections. The bed safety cushion can cover all the sides of the beds unlike the currently sold bed rails where a child is able to squirm his/her way to the foot of the bed and easily fall off the open section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2008
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventor: Marta Marie Mobley
  • Publication number: 20080155748
    Abstract: A bed rail structured to minimize the gap between the mattress and the bed rail and including a leg portion and a rail portion. The rail portion extends upwardly on a first side of the mattress to extend beyond the sleeping surface of the mattress and prevent a person from rolling out of bed. The leg portion is sandwiched between the mattress and the box spring and extends toward a second side of the mattress. In one embodiment, the leg portion includes a distal end that is engaged to the second side of at least one of the mattress and box spring such that the distal end and rail portion hug the mattress. In another embodiment, the bed rail includes a relatively rigid cover depending from an upper portion of the rail portion to the sleeping surface so as to cover a gap that may exist between the first side of the mattress and the rail portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Nathan A. Dusheck
  • Patent number: 7373679
    Abstract: An adjustable mobility assistance device providing support for a user on a bed or similar furniture is disclosed. The mobility assistance device may include a base that can fit under a mattress and a support rail that extends upright relative to the base. The longitudinal dimension of the support rail may be adjustable independent of the base. The support rail may be pivotally coupled to the base so that it can be disposed in an upright configuration or a lowered configuration while the base is under a mattress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Standers, Inc.
    Inventor: F. Troy Miller