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US 6,691,346 B2Granted
Foot controls for a bed
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorsEugene E. Osborne, John W. Koenig, Glenn C. Suttman, Matthew Visca, Jack Wilker, Jr.
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Abstract
A bed for a person is provided. The bed includes a frame, a deck, a mattress, a pair of head end siderails, and a pair of foot end siderails. The bed further includes a plurality of foot-operated controls configured to control features of the bed.
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A patient support comprising
- a frame having a base frame and an intermediate frame configured to move relative to the base frame between first and second positions,
- a deck coupled to the intermediate frame, the deck including at least one deck section configured to move relative to the intermediate frame between first and second positions,
- a mattress supported by the deck,
- a plurality of actuators configured to move between first and second positions to move the intermediate frame relative to the base frame and deck section relative to the intermediate frame, and
- a plurality of electrical foot-operated controls supported by the frame, each of the plurality of electrical foot-operated controls being movable to a first position to control movement of at least one of the plurality of actuators to the first position and a second position to control movement of at least one of the plurality of actuators to the second position.
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A patient support comprising
- a frame,
- a deck supported by the frame,
- a mattress supported by the deck,
- an actuator configured to move between first and second positions to move at least one of a portion of the frame and a portion of the deck, and
- an electrical foot-operated control movable to a first position activating movement of the actuator to the first position and a second position activating movement of the actuator to the second position.
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A patient support comprising
- a frame,
- a deck supported by the frame,
- a mattress supported by the deck,
- an actuator configured to move at least one of a portion of the frame and a portion of the deck, and
- a plurality of spaced, independently operable controls, each of the controls configured to provide a dedicated function and including a control member and a field sensor configured to detect a change in a field caused by a change in position of the control member, one of the controls dedicated to control only operation of the actuator based upon the change in position of the control member.
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A patient support comprising
- a frame,
- a deck supported by the frame,
- a mattress supported by the deck,
- a first actuator configured to move between first and second positions to move at least one of a portion of the frame and a portion of the deck,
- a second actuator configured to move between first and second positions to move at least one of a portion of the frame and a portion of the deck, and
- a foot-operated control movable to a first position to simultaneously control movement of the first and second actuators to the first positions and a second position to simultaneously control movement of the first and second actuators to the second positions.
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A patient support comprising
- a frame,
- a plurality of wheels configured to support the frame and facilitate movement of the frame on the floor,
- a deck supported by the frame,
- a mattress supported by the deck,
- an actuator configured to move at least one of a portion of the frame and a portion of the deck, and
- an electrical foot-operated control configured to control movement of the actuator, the electrical foot-operated control including a pedal configured to pivot between a first position and a second position below the first position.
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A patient support comprising
- a frame,
- a deck supported by the frame,
- a mattress supported by the deck,
- an actuator configured to move at least one of a portion of the frame and a portion of the deck, the actuator being configured to move between a first position and a second position, and
- an electrical foot-operated control supported by the frame and configured to control movement of the actuator, the electrical foot-operated control including a pedal configured to pivot between an up position to control movement of the actuator to the first position and a down position to control movement of the actuator to the second position.
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A patient support comprising
- a frame,
- a deck supported by the frame,
- a mattress supported by the deck,
- an actuator configured to move between first and second positions to move at least one of a portion of the frame and a portion of the deck,
- a power source configured to apply power to the actuator to move between the first and second positions, and
- a foot-operated control movable to a first position initiating application of power from the power source to the actuator to move the actuator to the first position and a second position initiating application of power from the power source to the actuator to move the actuator to the second position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.