Bed having a chair egress position
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorsDavid W. Hornbach, Virgil J. Niese
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Abstract
A hospital bed including a frame, head and foot supports, and a deck coupled to the frame. The deck includes a lowerable foot portion disposed between the head and foot supports in a first position and outside the head and foot supports in a second position.
Claims26
A bed for supporting a patient, the bed comprising:
- a base, a frame;
- head and foot supports coupled to the frame;
- and a deck coupled to the frame and disposed thereabove, the deck being longitudinally movable from a first position to a second position toward the foot of the bed, the deck including a lowerable foot deck section initially disposed substantially above and between the head and foot supports when the deck is in the first position and substantially outside the head and foot supports when the deck is in the second position, the head support having a first end coupled to a first portion of the frame and a second end coupled to a first portion of the base, and the foot support having a first end coupled to a second portion of the frame and a second end coupled to a second portion of the base.
A bed for supporting a patient, the bed comprising:
- a base;
- a frame;
- head and foot supports each having a first end coupled to the base and a second end coupled to the frame;
- a deck coupled to the frame and disposed thereabove, the deck including a lowerable foot deck section;
- and means for longitudinally moving the deck relative to the frame from a first position substantially above and between the head and foot supports to a second position substantially outside the head and foot supports and towards the foot of the bed so that the lowerable foot deck section moves from a first generally horizontal position to a second generally vertical position, the means for moving including means for supporting a bariatric patient during movement of the deck.
A method of elevating a patient supported by a bed deck having back deck and foot deck portions from a horizontal position to a chair position, the method comprising:
- moving the bed deck longitudinally from a position disposed substantially between spaced-apart, height-adjustable head and foot supports each having a first end coupled to a frame of the bed and a second end coupled to a base of the bed, wherein the frame supports the deck and is supported by the base, toward a foot portion of the bed until the patient's legs are disposed distally of the foot support of the bed;
- raising the back deck portion of the bed deck from a substantially horizontal position to an elevated position;
- and lowering the foot portion of the deck from a position substantially above and between the head and foot supports to a substantially vertical position outside the head and foot supports of the bed.
A method of moving a foot support section of a deck of a hospital bed from a generally horizontal position substantially above and between head and foot supports each having a first end coupled to a frame of the bed and a second end coupled to a base of the bed to a generally vertical position substantially outside the head and foot supports, wherein the frame supports the deck and is supported by the base, the method comprising:
- using a control device to actuate moving the deck relative to the frame of the bed toward a foot end of the bed;
- and permitting the foot deck section to move due to gravity from the generally horizontal position to the generally vertical position as the foot deck section moves past a foot end of a frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.