Bed rail that tucks under mattress
A bed rail for engagement between a mattress and a box spring and having a base support and a guard frame, with guard frame having a pivot that pivots and slides in the base support. The base support includes a first seat that seats the pivot and a second seat that seats a biased piece sliding axially on a first support member of the guard frame. The first support member extends from a plastic piece that forms a junction from which a second support member and the pivot extend and that nestles up to the second seat.
1 . A bed rail having a guard frame barrier that can be tucked between a mattress and box spring of a bed and that can further be disposed at a side of the bed and upwardly beyond a sleeping surface of the bed to prevent a person from falling out of bed, comprising:
a) a base support and a guard frame where the guard frame has an operating position in a first plane adjacent to a proximal end of the base support and a stored position in a second plane adjacent to proximal and distal ends of the base support;
b) wherein the base support includes a slide portion that slidingly engages the guard frame, with the guard frame being slideable longitudinally along a length of the base support, with the slide portion being between the proximal and distal ends of the base support;
c) wherein the proximal end of the base support includes at least one leg and wherein the distal end of the base support includes at least one leg so as to relatively raise the slide portion of the base support and space the slide portion of the base support from the box spring and provide space for the guard frame between the box spring and mattress;
d) wherein the proximal end of the base support includes a bottommost surface and wherein the distal end of the base support includes a bottommost surface;
e) wherein said at least one leg of the proximal end of the base support includes a bottommost surface spaced from the bottommost surface of the proximal end of the base support; and
f) wherein said at least one leg of the distal end of the base support includes a bottommost surface spaced from the bottommost surface of the distal end of the base support.
2 . A bed rail having a guard frame barrier that can be tucked between a mattress and box spring of a bed and that can further be disposed at a side of the bed and upwardly beyond a sleeping surface of the bed to prevent a person from falling out of bed, comprising:
a) a base support and a guard frame where the guard frame has an operating position in a first plane adjacent to a proximal end of the base support and a stored position in a second plane adjacent to proximal and distal ends of the base support;
b) wherein the base support includes a slide portion that slidingly engages the guard frame, with the guard frame being slideable longitudinally along a length of the base support, with the slide portion being between the proximal and distal ends of the base support;
c) wherein the proximal end of the base support includes at least one cap and wherein the distal end of the base support includes at least one cap so as to relatively lower the slide portion of the base support and space the slide portion of the base support from the mattress and provide space for the guard frame between the box spring and mattress;
d) wherein the proximal end of the base support includes a topmost surface and wherein the distal end of the base support includes a topmost surface;
e) wherein said at least one cap of the proximal end of the base support includes a topmost surface spaced from the topmost surface of the proximal end of the base support; and
f) wherein said at least one cap of the distal end of the base support includes a topmost surface spaced from the topmost surface of the distal end of the base support.