Hide away bed rail
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.
1. A method of taking down and setting up a bed rail, with the bed rail having a guard frame engaged to a base frame, with the base frame being removably tucked below a sleeping surface of a bed and between the first and second sides of the bed, with the bed having a mattress and mattress support and with the base frame being between the mattress and mattress support, with the guard frame including an upper support member, a lower support member, a first side support member, a second side support member, and sheeting, the upper and lower support members being between the first and second side support members, with the method comprising the steps of:
a) taking down the bed rail from one of the sides of the bed, with the step of taking down the bed rail comprising the steps of disengaging from an operating position at said side of the bed the guard frame relative to the base frame via a connection, pivoting the guard frame relative to the base frame, and then sliding the guard frame into the base frame such that 1) in a stored position the guard frame is in the base frame 2) in the stored position each of the guard frame and base frame is between the mattress and mattress support; and then
b) setting up the bed rail, with the step of setting up the bed rail comprising the steps of sliding the guard frame out of the base frame, pivoting the guard frame relative to the base frame, and then engaging via the connection the guard frame relative to the base frame such that the guard frame is fixed relative to the base frame and fixed in the operating position at the side of the bed.
2. A method of taking down and setting up a bed rail, with the bed rail having a guard frame engaged to a base frame, with the base frame being removably tucked below a sleeping surface of a bed and between the first and second sides of the bed, with the bed having a mattress and mattress support and with the base frame being between the mattress and mattress support, with the guard frame including an upper support member, a lower support member, a first side support member, a second side support member, and sheeting, the upper and lower support members being between the first and second side support members, the sheeting being disposed between the upper support members and first and second side support members, with the method comprising the steps of:
a) taking down the bed rail from one of the sides of the bed, with the step of taking down the bed rail comprising the steps of disengaging from an operating position at said side of the bed the guard frame relative to the base frame via a connection, pivoting the guard frame relative to the base frame, and then sliding the guard frame into the base frame such that 1) in a stored position the guard frame is in the base frame 2) in the stored position each of the guard frame and base frame is between the mattress and mattress support; and then
b) setting up the bed rail, with the step of setting up the bed rail comprising the steps of sliding the guard frame out of the base frame, pivoting the guard frame relative to the base frame, and then engaging via the connection the guard frame relative to the base frame such that the guard frame is fixed relative to the base frame and fixed in the operating position at the side of the bed.
3. A method of taking down and setting up a bed rail, with the bed rail having a guard frame engaged to a base frame, with the base frame being removably tucked below a sleeping surface of a bed and between the first and second sides of the bed, with the bed having a mattress and mattress support and with the base frame being between the mattress and mattress support, with the guard frame including an upper support member, a lower support member, a first side support member, a second side support member, and sheeting, the upper and lower support members being between the first and second side support members, each of the side support members having respective first and second lower end portions, with the bed rail including a first connection between said first side support member and the base frame and a second connection between the second side support member and the base frame, with the method comprising the steps of:
a) taking down the bed rail from one of the sides of the bed, with the step of taking down the bed rail comprising the steps of disengaging from an operating position at said side of the bed the guard frame relative to the base frame via said first and second connections, pivoting the guard frame relative to the base frame, and then sliding the guard frame into the base frame such that 1) in a stored position the guard frame is in the base frame 2) in the stored position each of the guard frame and base frame is between the mattress and mattress support; and then
b) setting up the bed rail, with the step of setting up the bed rail comprising the steps of sliding the guard frame out of the base frame, pivoting the guard frame relative to the base frame, and then engaging via said first and second connections the guard frame relative to the base frame such that the guard frame is fixed relative to the base frame and fixed in the operating position at the side of the bed.