NAPERVILLE, Ill., March 23, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/
-- Atkinson Ergonomic Solutions, Inc. has entered the
hospitality market with a new product that is generating a lot of
industry buzz. The Atkinson BedLift® allows a housekeeper to safely
and single-handedly raise the heaviest beds with ease. The list of
benefits of working on and around a bed when it's raised up and
away from the wall are many. The bed will stay in the raised
position until the user simply nudges the bed toward the headboard,
then steps back and watches it slowly and gently lower itself back
to the floor.
Once raised it allows for 360º of access around the bed to clean
areas never before accessible and it makes tucking in sheets far
easier, particularly at the head of the bed where nightstands
usually hinder that task. With the bed raised above and away from
nightstands, the perpetual need for rotating mattresses will no
longer require two maintenance men. The BedLift is pre-assembled at
the factory to make installations simple, taking as little as 20
minutes for an individual or 15 minutes for a team of two. This all
steel device is built, tested and guaranteed to withstand daily use
for 20 years. An optional locking mechanism will lock the BedLift
in either or both the raised and lowered positions.
The Atkinson BedLift® is available in a Retrofit model that will
attach to Standard Steel bed frames, Hospitality Style bed bases
and Platform bed frames of all sizes. There is also a BedLift
Platform Combo that includes a built-in Platform, and a BedLift Bed
Base Combo that comes with a built-in bed base frame.
As reported by the Chicago Tribune, calling it a "device that
takes pain out of changing bed sheets — especially for hotel
workers". Lou Weeks, executive vice
president of UNITE HERE Local 1 (the housekeepers union) said
"repetitive motion and back injuries are common among room
attendants who can make as many as 32 beds in a single day." A
study titled Occupational Injury Disparities in the U.S. Hotel
Industry published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine
2010, showed hotel employees have higher rates of occupational
injury and sustain more severe injuries than most other service
workers. And housekeepers had the highest overall injury rate and
the highest rate of musculoskeletal disorders. The study concluded
that immediate action is needed with respect to the control of
hazards to housekeepers, especially those stressing the upper
extremities. Weeks said "anything a hotel can do to reduce the
repetitive motion and relieve the musculoskeletal stress would be
an improvement and cut down on time off work and workman's
compensation claims. We believe (the BedLift) would be extremely
beneficial."
The Atkinson BedLift® can be seen in booth #5381 at the upcoming
HDexpo in Las Vegas, May 15-17, 2019.
The Atkinson BedLift® is a product of Atkinson Ergonomic
Solutions, Inc. A manufacturer of ergonomic housekeeping products
based in Naperville, IL. For more
information please visit https://atkinsonbedlift.com or call (312)
857-8259.
SOURCE Atkinson BedLift