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US 7,464,421 B2Granted
Bed having a removable foot section
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorsBrent Goodwin, Matthew W. Weismiller
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Abstract
A patient support apparatus including a patient support and a removable section. A locking mechanism includes a moveable handle to lock the removable section to the patient support.
Claims20
A patient support apparatus comprising:
- a patient support, including a yoke having one of a first engagement member and a second engagement member;
- a removable section movable between a first position wherein the removable section is engaged with the yoke and a second position wherein the removable section is spaced apart from the yoke, the removable section including the other of the first engagement member and the second engagement member, the first and second engagement members cooperating to provide engagement of the removable section to the yoke;
- a locking mechanism, coupled to the removable section to lock the removable section to the patient support, the locking mechanism including a handle, movable between a first position and a second position, wherein the locking mechanism is locked when the handle is in the first position and is unlocked when the handle is in the second position.
A patient support apparatus comprising:
- a patient support, including a first and second section support, at least one of the section supports having one of a first engagement member and a second engagement member;
- a removable section movable between a first position wherein the removable section is coupled to at least one of the first and second removable section supports, and a second position wherein the removable section is spaced apart from the patient support, the removable section including the other of the first engagement member and the second engagement member, the first and second engagement members cooperating to provide engagement of the removable section to the patient support;
- a locking mechanism, coupled to the removable section to lock the removable section to the patient support, the locking mechanism including a handle, movable between a first position and a second position, wherein the locking mechanism is locked when the handle is in the first position and is unlocked when the handle is in the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.