A first body member of a joint assembly for releasably connecting an extension panel to a patient support panel mounted on a pedestal

A first body member of a joint assembly for releasably connecting an extension panel to a patient support panel mounted on a pedestal, the first body member being configured to be coupled to the extension panel the joint assembly comprising a second body member configured to be coupled to the patient support panel, the first body member comprising:

• one of a cavity member and a tab member, the cavity member being delimited by an upper cavity member surface and a lower cavity member surface extending in an engagement direction between a cavity member closed end and a cavity member open end the tab member being delimited by an upper tab member surface and a lower tab member surface extending in the engagement direction between a tab member base end and a tab member free end, the second body member comprising the other of the cavity member and the tab member;
• and
• one of a latch and an attachment member, the second body member comprising the other of the attachment member and the latch,
• wherein the first body member is engageable with the second body member by moving the cavity member with respect to the tab member and by latching the attachment member with the latch, the cavity member being moveable over the tab member by translation in the engagement direction up to a locking position in which the latch latches on the attachment member.