In a preferred embodiment, a bed-side foot-rest structure includes two elongated members separately mounted by upright bolts onto a side member of a bed frame, mounted for pivotal movement, distal ends of each of the two elongated members having mounted therebetween pivotally a foot-rest additional horizontal...http://www.google.de/patents/US4206525?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US4206525 - Bedside foot-rest