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US 7,000,272 B2Granted
Hospital bed and mattress having a retractable foot section
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorsE. David Allen, Kenneth L. Kramer, Peter M. Wukusick, Eric R. Meyer, Gregory W. Branson, David J. Ulrich, James M. C. Thomas, Paul M. McDaniel, III, Denis R. Zwink
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Abstract
A patient support is disclosed having an adjustable length deck and a mattress positionable on the deck.
Claims17
A patient support comprising:
- a frame;
- a deck supported by the frame, the deck including a head section and a foot section, the head section defining a first width, the foot section defining a second width, the first width being greater than the second width;
- and
- first and second siderails moveable between a raised position and lowered position underneath the deck;
- wherein the foot section is positioned between the siderails in the lowered position.
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A patient support comprising:
- a frame including a head end, a foot end, and longitudinal sides extending therebetween;
- an articulating deck supported by the frame, the deck being inoveable between a substantially horizontal orientation and a chair orientation, the deck including a plurality of deck sections;
- and
- a pair of longitudinally-extending siderails supported by at least one of the deck and the frame, the siderails being moveable between a raised position and a lowered position, one of the plurality of deck section being positioned adjacent to the foot end and positioned between the siderails in the lowered position when the deck is in the chair orientation.
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A mattress configured for support by a deck, the deck including a first deck section having a first deck width and a second deck section having a second deck width, the first deck width being greater than the second deck width, the mattress comprising:
- a first portion having a first mattress width and defining a first thickness;
- and
- a second portion having a second mattress width and defining a second thickness, wherein the first mattress width is greater than the second mattress width and the first thickness is greater than the second thickness.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.