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US 2006/0179576 A1Published application
Patient helper apparatus
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorsSandy Richards, Darrell Borgman
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Abstract
A patient helper apparatus that is attachable to a hospital bed is provided. The apparatus includes a bracket that is mountable on the hospital bed, a support arm rotatably mountable on the bracket, and a handle assembly that can be gripped by a patient.
Claims22
A patient helper apparatus comprising:
- a bracket mountable to a bed, a portion of the bracket defining a vertical axis extending substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of a bed;
- a support arm coupled to the bracket and configured to rotate about the vertical axis within a predefined rotational range, the support arm including a substantially horizontal first section positionable above and substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the bed when the support arm is in a first position and substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis of the bed when the support arm is in a second position;
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- a handle assembly movably coupled to the first section of the support arm and configured to be gripped by a patient in the bed.
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A patient helper apparatus comprising:
- a bracket including a mounting portion mountable to a bed;
- a mounting member coupled to the bracket and defining an axis extending substantially upwardly away from the mounting portion of the bracket;
- a support arm pivotably coupled to the bracket, the support arm including a substantially horizontal first section;
- a handle assembly movably coupled to the first section of the support arm and configured to be gripped by a patient using the bed;
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- a pivot stop operably coupled to the bracket and the Support arm, the pivot stop defining a rotational range through which the support arm is pivotable relative to the mounting member about the vertical axis.
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A patient helper apparatus comprising:
- a bracket including a mounting portion mountable to a bed and a mounting member extending upwardly from the mounting portion to define a vertical axis,
- a support arm coupled to the bracket to rotate about the vertical axis between a first position and a second position,
- the support arm being releasable from at least one of the first and second positions by toolless manipulation, and
- a handle movably coupled to the Support arm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.