Egress assist footboard
OwnerRobert M. Zerhusen, Jack Barney Singinventors
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Abstract
An endboard for a person-support apparatus comprises an endboard assembly including a first endboard body rotatably coupled to a frame and a second endboard body rotatably coupled to the first endboard body by a locking mechanism. The second endboard body is configured to be movable between a storage position and a deployed position with respect to the first endboard body. The locking mechanism is configured to selectively maintain the second endboard body in at least one of the storage position and the deployed position with respect to the first endboard body. The second endboard body is configured to assist a person during at least one of ingress and egress to/from the frame when the second endboard body is in the deployed position.
Claims14
A person-support apparatus, comprising:
- a frame configured to support a person thereon, the frame including an upper body support section and a lower body support section configured to move between a first angular orientation and a second angular orientation with respect to one another, the person being supported in a substantially horizontal position when the lower body support section and the upper body support section are in the first angular orientation and in a chair position when the lower body support section and the upper body support section are in the second angular orientation with respect to one another;
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- an endboard rotatably coupled to the lower body support section and configured to move with the lower body support section as the lower body support section moves between the first angular orientation and the second angular orientation, at least a portion of the endboard being configured to rotate with respect to the lower body support section between a first position configured to locate a portion of a perimeter of the lower body support section and a second position configured to assist a person attempting to at least one of ingress and egress to/from the frame.
The person-support apparatus of claim 5, wherein the first endboard body rotates about a first rotational axis with respect to the frame and the second endboard body rotates about a second rotational axis with respect to the first endboard body, wherein the first rotational axis is substantially perpendicular to the second rotational axis.
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A person-support apparatus, comprising:
- a base frame;
- an upper frame supported above the base frame and configured to support a person thereon, the upper frame including a upper body support section and a lower body support section, the upper body support section and the lower body support section being configured to cooperate to move between a substantially horizontal configuration and a chair configuration;
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- a footboard movably coupled to the lower body support section and configured to move therewith, the footboard being rotated with respect to the lower body support section between a first position and a second position, the footboard being configured to be gripped by a person to assist the person during at least one of ingress and egress to/from the person-support apparatus when the upper frame is in the chair configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.