Nursing care bed with wheel chair facility

Abstract

A nursing care bed with a wheel chair facility that comprises a bed frame including a head board, a first bed body and a second bed body, the first bed body and second bed body extending longitudinally of the bed frame and spaced away from each other and each of the first and second bed bodies having one end secured to the corresponding lateral side of the head board, and a wheel chair having casters mounted beneath the bed frame for moving the wheel chair into or out of the bed frame between the first and second bed bodies.

1 . A nursing care bed with a wheel chair facility comprising a bed frame including a head board, a first bed body and a second bed body extending in the longitudinal direction of the bed frame and spaced away from each other, each of the first bed body and second bed body having one end secured to each corresponding one of the lateral sides of the head board, and a wheel chair bed body equipped with casters beneath it and being capable of movement into or out of the middle space between the first bed body and second bed body, wherein 
 the first bed body and second bed body each have: 
 a first bed mat section and a second bed mat section on the upper side thereof, respectively, each of the first bed mat section and second bed mat section including a back bed mat part, a seat bed mat part, a leg bed mat part and a foot bed mat part; and  
 bed reclining means operable so that the respective back bed mat part, seat bed mat part, leg bed mat part and foot bed mat part included in the respective first bed mat section and second bed mat section can be folded;  
   the wheel chair bed body includes: 
 a wheel mat section including a wheel chair back mat part, a wheel chair seat mat part, a wheel chair leg mat part and a wheel chair foot mat part;  
 wheel chair reclining means operable so that the wheel chair back mat part, wheel chair seat mat part, wheel chair leg mat part and wheel chair foot mat part included in the wheel chair mat section can be folded; and  
 wheel chair lifting means operable so that the wheel chair seat mat part can be moving up and down in the vertical direction, and can also be moving up and down in the vertical direction when the wheel chair mat section is placed in its flat position by being extended in the horizontal direction; and wherein  
   the respective back bed mat part, seat bed mat part, leg bed mat part and foot bed mat part included in the respective first bed mat section and second bed mat section on the respective first bed body and second bed body, and the wheel chair back mat part, wheel chair seat mat part, wheel chair leg mat part and wheel chair mat part included in the wheel chair mat section on the wheel chair bad body have the same length as measured in the longitudinal direction, whereby    when the wheel chair bed body placed in the middle space between the first bed body and second bed body is placed in its flat position by operating the wheel chair reclining means, the upper side of the nursing care bed can be formed by bringing the upper side of the first bed mat section of the first bed body, the upper side of the second bed mat section of the second bed body and the upper side of the wheel chair mat section of the wheel chair bed body now placed in its flat position into being flush with each other; and    in the state where the wheel chair bed body placed in the middle space between the first bed body and second bed body is placed in its flat position by operating the wheel chair reclining means and where the upper side of the nursing care bed is formed by bringing the upper side of the first bed mat section of the first bed body, the upper side of the second bed mat section of the second bed body and the upper side of the wheel chair mat section of the wheel chair bed body now placed in its flat position into being flush with each other, the wheel chair reclining means is operated, followed by the respective bed reclining means for the first bed body and second bed body operatively linked with the wheel chair reclining means being operated, so that the wheel chair back mat part, wheel chair seat mat part, wheel chair leg mat part and wheel chair foot mat part included in the wheel chair mat section and the respective back bed mat parts, seat bed mat parts, leg bed mat parts and foot bed mat parts included in the respective first bed mat section and second bed at section can be folded through the respective linkages.