Person support apparatuses with selectively coupled foot sections
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorsThomas F. Heil, Glenn C. Suttman
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Abstract
Person support apparatuses with selectively coupled foot sections are disclosed. In one embodiment, the person support apparatus includes a base frame, a primary support frame supported on the base frame, and a foot section coupled to the primary support frame. The person support apparatus also includes a carriage that is freely translatable between a head end of the primary support frame and a foot end of the primary support frame, the carriage comprising a torso portion and a seat portion having a thigh segment and a gluteal segment. The person support apparatus further includes a selectable trunnion that selectively and severally couples the foot section to the primary support frame and the thigh segment of the seat portion.
Claims25
A person support apparatus comprising:
- a base frame;
- a primary support frame supported on the base frame;
- a foot section coupled to the primary support frame;
- a carriage that is freely translatable between a head end of the primary support frame and a foot end of the primary support frame, the carriage comprising a torso portion and a seat portion having a thigh segment and a gluteal segment;
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- a selectable trunnion that selectively and severally couples the foot section to the primary support frame and the thigh segment of the seat portion.
A person support apparatus comprising:
- a primary support frame;
- a foot section coupled to the primary support frame;
- a carriage that is freely translatable between a head end of the primary support frame and a foot end of the primary support frame, the carriage comprising a torso portion and a seat portion having a thigh segment and a gluteal segment;
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- a selectable trunnion that selectively and severally couples the foot section to the primary support frame and the thigh segment of the seat portion, wherein the selectable trunnion is repositionable between a first position in which the selectable trunnion couples the foot section to the primary support frame and a second position in which the selectable trunnion couples the foot section to the thigh segment of the seat portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.