US 2010/0146705 A1 · PATIENT-SUPPORT APPARATUS WITH A LOCKING DECK SECTION

Patient-support apparatus with a locking deck section

AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.

InventorsFrancis C. Ganance, Robert Cooks, Kenneth L. Kramer, Jerome E. Reckelhoff, Peter M. Wukusick, Robert M. Zerhusen, Mark E. Haufler, Darrell L. Metz, Kenneth Q. Rudolf, Stephen M. Holl, Richard W. Chance, David W. Hornbach, John P. Biondo, James K. Findlay, David W. Hensley

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Abstract

A patient-support apparatus includes a patient-support deck movable from a use position to a stowed position. The patient-support deck is configured to engage receivers of the patient-support apparatus to support the deck in a cantilevered configuration. The patient-support deck may be secured to the patient-support apparatus by a locking mechanism. A storage structure is configured to support the patient-support deck in a stowed position. The storage structure is configured to deflect under load to prevent damage to the storage structure or patient-support deck.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A patient-support apparatus comprising

a first frame supporting a first deck section,
a second frame supporting a second deck section movable relative to the first frame to change the elevation of the second deck section relative to the first deck section,
a lock movable between a first position in which the second deck section is secured to the second frame and a second position in which the second deck section is movable relative to the second frame, and
a removable actuator engageable with the lock to move the lock to the first position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

12/708,344Filed 18 Feb 2010

Priority

15 Nov 2006

Published

17 Jun 2010

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Classification8 codes

A61G 13/0009
Operating tables; Auxiliary appliances therefor: obstetrical tables or delivery beds
A61G 7/015
Having adjustable mattress frame: divided into different adjustable sections, e.g. for Gatch position
A61G 7/05
Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons: parts, details or accessories of beds
A61G 7/0528
Parts, details or accessories of beds: steering or braking devices for castor wheels