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US 6,470,520 B1Granted
Bed section attachment mechanism
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorsMatthew W. Weismiller, Doug K. Smith
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Abstract
A birthing bed includes a patient support having a central opening into which a removable foot section is inserted. A foot section attachment mechanism is provided for attaching the foot section to the patient support.
Claims42
A patient support apparatus positioned on a ground surface, the apparatus comprising:
- a patient support,
- a removable section, and
- a latch having interactive members coupled to the patient support and the removable section, the removable section being movable between a first position wherein the removable section is coupled to the patient support by the interactive members and a second position wherein the removable section is spaced apart from the patient support, the removable section being movable from the second position to the first position along a continuous inclined path of travel having both horizontal and vertical components relative to the ground surface.
A patient support apparatus comprising:
- a patient support having a generally planar support surface defining a horizontal plane,
- a removable section,
- platch having interactive members coupled to the patient support and the removable section,
- an actuator operably configured to move the latch relative to the removable section to an unlatched position to permit removal of the removable section from the patient support, and
- the removable section being movable between a first position wherein the removable section is coupled to the patient support by the interactive members and a second position wherein the removable section is spaced-apart from the patient support, the removable section being movable from the second position to the first position along a path of travel that intersects the horizontal plane and that also intersects an axis that extends perpendicular to the horizontal plane.
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The patient support apparatus comprising:
- a patient support having a planar support surface,
- a removable section, and
- a latch having interactive members coupled to the patient support and removable section, the removable section being movable between a first position wherein the removable section is coupled to the patient support by the interactive members and a second position wherein the removable section is spaced apart from the patient support, the removable section being movable from the second position to the first position along a path of travel including at least one translational component that defines an angle between about 10° and about 80° relative to the planar support surface.
A patient support apparatus comprising:
- a patient support,
- a removable section, and
- means for coupling the patient support and removable section so that the removable section is moved along a path of travel having both vertical and horizontal translational components to couple the removable section and the patient support.
A patient support apparatus comprising:
- a patient support having a first generally planar surface,
- a removable section having a second generally planar surface, and
- an attachment mechanism including a latch having interactive members coupled to the patient support and the removable section, the attachment mechanism being configured to secure the removable section to the patient support such that the second planar surface of the removable section is aligned generally parallel to the first planar surface of the patient support only when the removable section is fully inserted into the patient support and the interactive members latch the removable section to the patient support.
A patient support apparatus comprising:
- a patient support having a first generally planar surface,
- a removable section having a second generally planar surface,
- means for coupling the removable section to the patient support, the coupling means including a latch having interactive members coupled to the patient support and the removable section, the interactive members being configured to lock the removable section to the patient support in a latched condition and the interactive members being configured to unlock the removable section from the patient support in an unlatched condition;
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- wherein the second generally planar surface of the removable section is aligned generally parallel to the first generally planar surface of the patient support only when the removable section is fully inserted into the patient support and the interactive members are in the latched condition, and the second generally planar surface automatically forms an intersecting angle with the first generally planar surface when the interactive members are in the unlatched condition to provide a visual indication of the unlatched condition.
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A patient support apparatus comprising:
- a patient support having a first generally planar surface,
- a removable section having a second generally planar surface,
- means for coupling the removable section to the patient support such that the second generally planar surface of the removable section is aligned generally parallel to the first generally planar surface of the patient support only when the removable section is fully inserted into the patient support and latched to the patient support, the second generally planar surface forming an intersecting angle with the first generally planar surface when the removable section is unlatched from the patient support, the coupling means including a locking mechanism configured to latch the removable section to the patient support, and
- an actuator configured to move the locking mechanism relative to the removable section to an unlatched position to permit removal of the removable section from the patient support.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.