Footboard with linen holder and transport shelf

A footboard for a patient support apparatus, the footboard comprising

• a main body,
• a first shelf coupled to the main body and pivotable relative to the main body about a substantially horizontal first axis through a first angle of about 270° between a first storage position and a first use position, and
• a second shelf coupled to the main body and pivotable relative to the main body about a substantially horizontal second axis through a second angle of about 90° between a second storage position and a second use position, wherein the main body includes a recess in which the first and second shelves are situated when in the respective first and second storage positions, wherein the recess of the main body comprises a stepped recess including a deep portion and a shallow portion, the second shelf occupies a first part of the deep portion of the recess when in the second storage position, and the first shelf occupies the shallow portion and a second part of the deep portion when in the first storage position.

A footboard for a patient support apparatus, the footboard comprising

• a main body,
• a first shelf coupled to the main body and pivotable relative to the main body about a substantially horizontal first axis through a first angle of about 270° between a first storage position and a first use position, and
• a second shelf coupled to the main body and pivotable relative to the main body about a substantially horizontal second axis through a second angle of about 90° between a second storage position and a second use position, wherein the main body includes a recess in which the first and second shelves are situated when in the respective first and second storage positions, wherein the second shelf is sandwiched between the first shelf and the main body when the first and second shelves are in the respective first and second storage positions.

A footboard for a patient support apparatus, the footboard comprising

• a main body,
• a first shelf coupled to the main body and pivotable relative to the main body about a substantially horizontal first axis through a first angle of about 270° between a first storage position and a first use position, and
• a second shelf coupled to the main body and pivotable relative to the main body about a substantially horizontal second axis through a second angle of about 90° between a second storage position and a second use position, wherein the main body includes a recess in which the first and second shelves are situated when in the respective first and second storage positions, wherein the first shelf blocks the second shelf from view when the first and second shelves are in the respective first and second storage positions.

A footboard for a patient support apparatus, the footboard comprising

• a main body,
• a first shelf coupled to the main body and pivotable relative to the main body about a substantially horizontal first axis through a first angle of about 270° between a first storage position and a first use position, and
• a second shelf coupled to the main body and pivotable relative to the main body about a substantially horizontal second axis through a second angle of about 90° between a second storage position and a second use position, wherein the first shelf is returnable to the first storage position while the second shelf remains in the second use position, wherein the second shelf projects outwardly from beneath an end edge of the first shelf when the first shelf is in the storage position and the second shelf is in the use position.