US 4,392,486 A · Combination vanity screen and patient support couch extension

Abstract

A combination vanity screen and patient support couch extension. The vanity screen includes two overlapping panels, an upright support panel and a pivoting extension panel. The overlapping edge of the support panel is hinged to the back of the extension panel so that the extension panel may pivot from an upright position in generally coplanar alignment with the support panel to a horizontal position in generally coplanar alignment with the primary patient support couch so as to act as a support couch extension. The upright panel and the extension panel are locked in a coplanar relationship by a door knob which includes a bolt and a striker plate mounted in confronting relationship on the upright panel and the overlapping edge of the extension panel. The free end of the extension panel includes a support bar, which rests on projections extending from the primary support couch, and a latch, which locks the free end of the extension panel to the projections so that the couch extension may be locked in the horizontal position. A counterbalance mechanism is provided to facilitate the movement of the extension panel between its vertical and horizontal positions.

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Dependent claims

A combination vanity screen and patient support couch extension for use in combination with a primary patient support couch comprising:

a support panel having an upper transverse edge;
an extension panel having:
(i) a base section including a first transverse edge and a second transverse edge removed from said transverse edge and disposed in confronting relationship to said upper transverse edge of said support panel;
and,
(ii) having a body section attached to said base section and projecting beyond said second transverse edge and overlapping said support panel;
a hinge connecting said support panel upper transverse edge to said extension panel base section second transverse edge, said hinge permitting said extension panel to be rotated from a first position, in generally coplanar alignment with said support panel to act as a vanity screen, to an extension position generally transverse to said support panel in generally coplanar alignment with said primary patient support couch, to act as an extension therefor;
selectably engageable locking means cooperatively disposed on said support panel and said extension panel for locking said support and extension panels together in a generally coplanar alignment;
and,
support means cooperatively disposed on said primary patient support couch and the first transverse edge of said extension panel for supporting said second panel in generally coplanar alignment with the patient support surface of said primary patient support couch.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Combination vanity screen and patient support couch extension

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Combination vanity screen and patient support couch extension

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Abstract

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