# US 8,739,332 B2 · Footboard with linen holder and transport shelf > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,739,332 B2 - Document ID: US8739332B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/355,658 - Filed: 2012-01-23 - Published: 2012-08-09 - Granted: 2014-06-03 - Earliest claimed: 2011-02-08 - Assignees: Hill-Rom Services, Inc. - Applicants: Stephen E. Hutchison - Inventors: Stephen E. Hutchison - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8739332B2 ## CPC - A61G 7/0506: {Head or foot boards (head or foot boards for comfort or ergonomics A47C19/022)} - A61G 5/1094: {Tables, working plates or trays} - A61G: TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS (appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H3/00); OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (embalming corpses A01N1/00) ## Abstract A footboard includes a main body and first and second shelves coupled to the main body. The first shelf is 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. The second shelf is 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. The main body of the footboard has a recess in which the first and second shelves are situated when the respective storage positions. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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 axis is situated adjacent an upper end of the main body and the second axis is situated adjacent a lower end of the main body. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The footboard of claim 1, wherein the first and second shelves extend from the main body in opposite directions when in the respective first and second use positions. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The footboard of claim 2, wherein the first shelf is substantially parallel with the second shelf and with the main body when the first and second shelves are in the respective first and second storage positions. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The footboard of claim 1, 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. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The footboard of claim 4, wherein the main body has side portions on opposite sides of the recess and the first and second shelves are located between the side portions when in the respective first and second storage positions. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The footboard of claim 5, wherein the main body has a thick wall interconnecting the side portions and defining part of the shallow portion of the recess and wherein the main body has a thin wall interconnecting the side portions and defining part of the deep portion of the recess. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The footboard of claim 6, wherein the thick wall is located above the thin wall. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The footboard of claim 6, wherein the side portions, the thick wall, and the thin wall are formed integrally with each other. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The footboard of claim 1, wherein the main body includes a protrusion that serves as a stop which prevents the first shelf from pivoting relative to the main body past the use position. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The footboard of claim 9, wherein the protrusion is located near a top of the main body. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The footboard of claim 1, wherein the first shelf is returnable to the first storage position while the second shelf remains in the second use position. ### Claim 12 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. ### Claim 13 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. ### Claim 14 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. ### Claim 15 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.