Industry Standards at Durable Bed Solutions
There are several differnt ways that your loved one could be entrapped when laying in their bed. Durable Bed Solutions works to improve upon the standards to lessen the risks. Click on the risks to see how we customize our beds to make them safer. |
| Entrapment between bars of bed rails |
 | Maximun Opening
- Federal Standards is 4 3/4"
- NYS Standards is 2 1/3"
- Durable Bed Solutions Standards 2 1/4" or less
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| Entrapment between bottom bar of rail and top of mattress |
 | Maximun Opening
- Federal Standards is 4 3/4"
- NYS Standards is bottom bar overlaps mattress
- Durable Bed Solutions Standards is bottom bar overlaps mattress (Recommend the use of see thru shields for total mattress coverage)
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| Entrapment horizontally between bed rail and mattress |
 | Maximun Opening
- Federal Standards is 4 3/4"
- NYS Standards is 3/4"
- Durable Bed Solutions Standards is 1/4'
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| Entrapment under end of bed rail |
 | Maximun Opening
- Federal Standards is less than 2 1/3"
- NYS Standards is less than 3/4"
- Durable Bed Solutions Standards less than 1/4"
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| Entrapment between split rails |
 | Maximun Opening
- No Federal Standards
- NYS Standards is 2 1/3"
- Durable Bed Solutions Standards 2 1/4" or less. (Don’t recommend split rails)
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| Entrapment between end of rail and head or foot board |
 | Maximun Opening
- No Federal Standards
- NYS Standards is less than 2 1/3" or greater then 10"
- Durable Bed Solutions Standards less 2 1/3" or greater than 10"
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| Entrapment between end of mattress and head or foot board |
|  | Maximun Opening
- No Federal Standards
- NYS Standards are:
- Twin Bed: 3/4"
- Hospital Bed: Less than 3"
- Durable Bed Solutions Standards is are all beds less than 3/4"
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