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Adjustable profiling beds are known to have separate sections that make a bed; adjustable parts can be required for both medical purposes and for patient comfort. Thus, it is known for a head and upper body section to be adjustable from a horizontal position where the user is in a position to a required angle of inclination to raise the head and upper body. You could also say Adjustable Back Care Beds offer sections supporting the upper and lower leg portions to put the legs in a desired disposition.

When the head and upper body is hinged to the section of the bed supporting the seat of the user, lifting and lowering of the head and upper body section of the bed can be to the considerable discomfort of the user. There is an inevitable compression of the lower stomach and lower back area of the user, as the head and upper body is raised. There is also a relative movement between the bed, and more particularly a mattress laid on the said sections, and the user, causing patient movement down the bed. Patients then have to be re-positioned to regain comfort.

Similar considerations apply in the circumstance where the requirement of a user is for the upper body to be kept flat, but the thigh and lower leg raised to an angle/elevated condition. This is known to be achieved by simply pivotally connecting a thigh and lower leg support to a bed frame, but that is not conducive to the total comfort of the user.

The object of the present invention is to provide an adjustable profiling bed that assists considerably in avoiding those problems discussed above.

An adjustable profiling bed comprises at least a head and upper body support connected to a frame, a seat support and a thigh and lower leg support, the seat support being connected to the adjacent end of the thigh support connected to the frame, the hinged connections being such that as thigh support is raised about its hinged connection to the frame, the end of the seat support is lowered, the distance between those hinged connections in the longitudinal direction of the bed increasing as the said thigh support and seat support are respectively simultaneously raised and lowered.

To allow the lower end of the head and upper body support to move downwardly and rearward during the raising of that section, its hinged connection to the frame is positioned part way along its side edges, and the seat support is on extendible support members hinged at one end to the lower end of the head and back support, and at the other to the frame.

Similarly, to allow the lower end of the thigh support to move downwardly and forwardly during the raising of that section, its hinged connection to the frame is positioned part way along its side edges, and its lower end is connected to the adjacent ends of the extendible support members of the seat support.

For the greater comfort of the user and for some medical bed requirements, there may be, in addition to the thigh support connected to the frame, a lower leg support connected to the thigh support. Thus the thigh support can be raised about its pivotal connection to the frame, to generate a V-shape with the lower leg support to elevate the knees of the user. Also possible is the provision of bracing rods pivotally connected to the frame and to the remote end of the lower leg support, such that as the thigh support is raised about its pivotal connection to the frame, the lower leg support is raised but kept parallel to the bed frame.

In addition to the above, opposite ends of the bed can be raised and lowered, to lower the bed height as a whole for ease of access by the user, and raise the bed as a whole for the convenience of a carer attending on a user of the bed. The ends of the bed may be separately adjustable, so that the user in a prone position can be set at an angle with either the head or the feet raised. To allow this, further actuators, hydraulic, electric or mechanical can be provided between a support member for the frame and the frame, to allow the frame to be raised and lowered.