Footboard having integrated foot cushion
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorTimothy Joseph Receveur
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Abstract
A bed frame includes a weight bearing framework 30, and a footboard 82 that cooperates with the framework to define an edge 90 of an occupant region 92 of the bed. The footboard 82 includes a footboard frame 100 and a pressurizable cushion 104. A mattress system 160 includes a main occupant support portion 162 with a support surface 168 and a cushion 170 located footwardly of the occupant support portion. The cushion has a deployed state in which it projects vertically higher than the support surface and a stored state in which it does not project vertically higher than the support surface.
Claims21
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A bed frame comprising
- a framework having a head end and a foot end;
- and
- a footboard supported by the framework adjacent the foot end, the footboard having a footboard body including a recess defining a cavity, the footboard having a pressurizable bladder situated in the cavity, the pressurizable bladder being positioned for engagement with bottoms of feet of a patient supported by the framework.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.