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US 7,487,558 B2Granted
Headboard for a pull-up-in-bed system
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorsJames R. Risk, Jr., David W. Williams, Matthew C. Visca, Peter M. Wukusick, James K. Findlay, Robert M. Zerhusen
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Abstract
An end panel for a patient support apparatus such as a hospital bed has a frame, a housing covering the frame, a roller mounted on the frame which rotates relative to the frame.
Claims17
A headboard for use with a pull-up-in-bed system having a tether and a patient support apparatus having a base frame and an upper frame, the headboard comprising
- a frame configured to couple to the patient support apparatus,
- a bracket coupled to the frame, and
- a pin fixed to the bracket such that the pin does not rotate relative to the bracket;
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- a roller supported on the pin and configured to receive the tether of the pull-up-in-bed system when the tether is placed over the headboard, the roller free to rotate relative to the pin as the tether moves over the headboard during operation of the pull-up-in-bed system.
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A headboard for use with a bed and a pull-up-in-bed system having a tether, the headboard comprising:
- a housing having an upper surface,
- a structure comprising (i) a U-shaped bracket coupled to a frame of the patient support apparatus, the U-shaped bracket including a main portion and a first and second extended portions extending from the main portion, each extended Portion having an aperture therethrough, the apertures aligned along an axis of rotation, and (ii) a pin engaged with the aperture such that the axis of the pin is substantially coincident with the axis of rotation, and
- a roller supported on the pin, the roller being exposed along the upper surface of the housing and adapted to interface with the tether such that the tether overlies both the housing and the roller when the pull-up-in-bed system is engaged such that the roller is free to rotate as the tether moves over the roller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.