Medical equipment status indicator

A mattress state indicator comprising:

• a housing including a recess and an annular peripheral rim disposed about the recess;
• a circular display disposed in the recess, wherein a perimeter of the circular display is covered by the annular peripheral rim, wherein the circular display is supported by the housing and configured to provide visual indicia of an operation state of a fan operably coupled with a mattress, and wherein the circular display includes a multitude of visual indicia that can be lit in sequence thereby giving the appearance of a rotating fan;
• an electrical plug disposed within the housing and which transfers data and power from a power source to a printed circuit board within the housing;
• a magnetic connection feature operably coupled to the housing, wherein the magnetic connection feature operably couples the housing to a footboard of a bed;
• a bracket that is operably coupled to the magnetic connection feature and also acts as a radio frequency shield;
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• a complementary magnetic feature disposed within the bed, wherein the complementary magnetic feature is embedded and concealed within the footboard of the bed, and wherein indicia is disposed on an external surface of the footboard to indicate where the complementary magnetic feature is located.

A mattress state indicator assembly, comprising:

• a housing;
• a display that provides visual indicia of an operation state of a mattress, wherein the display communicates wirelessly with a controller of a bed that controls the operation state of the mattress, and wherein the display only allows adjustment of the operation state of an air movement fan of the mattress between an activated condition and a deactivated condition;
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• a connection feature operably coupled with the housing and which engages the bed, the connection feature including a base connected with the housing and a flexible hook, wherein the flexible hook includes a rounded intermediate portion that allows for the flexible hook to be pulled away from the base prior to engaging the housing with the bed.