Pivoted power column
AssigneeHill-Rom, Inc.
InventorsL. Dale Foster, Timothy A. Kappers
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Abstract
A power column is a hollow post having six vertical walls and is mounted between horizontal arm pivoted to the floor and ceiling, respectively. The pivotal axis for the arms passes through the head end of a hospital bed, enabling the power column to swing from one side of the bed to the other. The electrical outlets are on two walls separated by a front wall so that one or the other of the walls is easily accessible whether the power column is on either side of the bed. Lateral horizontal rails are pivotably mounted on either side of the column. The height of the rails is adjustable. The rails contain one or more gas outlets which are laterally adjustable on the rail and can carry other accessories that are laterally adjustable.
Claims11
A power column adapted to swing from one side of a hospital bed around its end to the other side of said bed, said power column comprising:
- upper and lower arms adapted for pivotal mounting to a ceiling and a floor respectively along a single pivot axis,
- a hollow, vertical housing having six vertical walls mounted between said arms,
- said vertical walls including a front wall having two vertical edges,
- an outlet wall extending from each vertical edge of said front wall at an angle of about 45.degree. to the plane of said front wall,
- opposed side walls connected to said outlet walls,
- a back wall connected to said side walls,
- and a plurality of electrical outlets on said outlet walls,
- whereby, when said column is swung to either side of said bed, an outlet wall will be disposed substantially perpendicular to the side of the bed at the corner of the bed, facing an attending nurse positioned at the side of the bed and thus optimally accessible to the attending nurse.
A hollow power column comprising:
- a plurality of vertical walls interconnected to form a power column,
- vertical rails on at least one wall of said power column,
- a plurality of horizontal gas rails,
- means pivotally and vertically slidably mounting said gas rails on said vertical rails,
- a plurality of vertical gas supply tubes in said power column,
- at least one gas outlet mounted on said gas rail,
- and means connecting said outlet to one of said vertical gas supply tubes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.