NURSING-CARE BED AND NURSING-CARE BED WITH BATHTUB

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a nursing-care bed reducing the labor of a caregiver. SOLUTION: The nursing-care bed comprises: a head frame body 1 provided with two stand frames 3 having freely extendible and contractible foot parts, a foot part connecting frame for connecting the foot parts of the two stand frames, a stand connecting frame for connecting the two stand frames with each other, and a vertically movable frame member 7 with a vertical movement drive means for vertically moving the stand connecting frame; a foot frame body similar to the head frame body; a head and foot connecting member 10 for making both frame bodies face each other; two hanging members 8 hung from a hanging shaft part 8a connected to the vertically movable frame member of the head frame body and the foot frame body facing each other turnably with a virtual axis connecting both hanging shaft parts as a turning center; a bed body hung by the two hanging members; an inclination control member 12 for controlling the turning of the hanging members; and a bathtub 30 disposed at the lower part of the bed body. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT