Bed rail assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing bed rails can become separated from the mattress, creating entrapment gaps that pose safety risks for users with mobility issues.
Innovation Solution
A bed rail assembly kit comprising a user support member and a mattress securing member, secured together with a connecting member, ensuring they remain fixed relative to the mattress, preventing separation and entrapment gaps.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If the bed rail is permitted to move independently from the mattress to prevent overturn, then the bed rail can be adjusted for stability, but it may become separated from the mattress creating entrapment gaps
Solution Approach 1:
A connecting member is introduced as an intermediary element between the bed rail assembly and the mattress. This connecting member physically links the two components, ensuring they move together as a unified system while preventing separation that would create entrapment gaps, thus resolving the contradiction between stability and safety
Solution Approach 2:
The bed rail assembly and mattress are merged into a single integrated system through the connecting member. By combining these previously separate components into one unified assembly, the system maintains both the stability benefits of independent movement and the safety benefits of preventing entrapment gaps
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The assembly securely maintains the user support member and mattress securing member in position, preventing entrapment gaps and enhancing safety for users.
Implementation Method 1
a first connecting member comprising a longitudinally extending member which has a length that is at least as long as a width of a mattress and is operable to secure the mattress securing member a first fixed distance from the user support member
Implementation Method 2
the user support member and the mattress securing member may be maintained in position with respect to the mattress by frictional engagement of the user support member and the mattress securing member abutting opposed sides of the mattress
Data Source
AI summary
A method of providing a portable bed rail for a user include the steps of: (a) positioning a user support member of a bed rail assembly on a first longitudinally extending side of a mattress, the user support member comprising a hand grip portion; (b) positioning a mattress securing member on an opposed second longitudinally extending side of the mattress, the mattress securing member having a lower end and an upper end; and, (c) securing the user support member a fixed distance from the mattress securing member wherein the user support member is adjacent the first longitudinally extending side of the mattress and the mattress securing member is adjacent the second longitudinally extending side of the mattress.