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US 7,350,248 B2Granted
Bed with articulated barrier elements
AssigneeHill-Rom, Inc.
InventorsDavid W. Hensley, Sébastien Gemeline, Yann Dollo
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a bed, in particular a hospital bed, fitted with a plurality of adjacent individual barrier elements along at least one of its longitudinal sides, the barrier elements extending vertically and each occupying a fraction of the length of the bed.
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A patient support, comprising:
- a base structure including head end, a foot end and a longitudinal side;
- first and second barrier elements positionable along the longitudinal side of the base structure to have first and second overlapping regions, respectively;
- each of the first and second overlapping regions having a first edge facing inwardly toward the base structure and a second edge facing outwardly away from the base structure, wherein the first edge of one of the overlapping regions faces the second edge of the other overlapping region when the barrier elements are in a deployed position.
A patient support comprising:
- a frame including a head end, a foot end, and longitudinal sides;
- a deck coupled to the frame, the deck including at least an articulating head section and a seat section;
- a head end barrier element being coupled to the frame and positioned along at least one of the longitudinal sides near the head end, the head end barrier element including a first end portion spaced apart from the head end;
- a foot end barrier element positioned along at least one of the longitudinal sides and deployable near the foot end, the foot end barrier element including a second end portion spaced apart from the foot end and, when deployed, located side by side with the first end portion of the head end barrier element;
- a common hinge axis extending through the head end and foot end barrier elements wherein the head end barrier element pivots about the common hinge axis relative to the foot end barrier element as the head section articulates.
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A patient support including:
- a frame including a head end, a foot end, and longitudinal sides;
- an articulating deck supported by the frame, the deck including a head section and a foot section, the head section being moveable relative to the foot section;
- a first siderail coupled to the frame and positionable along a longitudinal side;
- and a second siderail positionable along the longitudinal side such that the first and second siderails have opposing overlapping portions;
- wherein one of the overlapping portions is located between the other overlapping portion and the frame, and at least one of the first and second siderails moves with the head section during articulation of the deck.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.