Patient-support apparatus with a configurable siderail

A siderail assembly for a patient-support apparatus including a frame, the patient-support apparatus defining a head end, a foot end longitudinally spaced-apart therefrom, and two laterally spaced-apart sides extending therebetween, the siderail assembly comprising

• a siderail body, and
• a movement assembly coupled to the siderail body and to the frame, the movement assembly configured to guide movement of the siderail body relative to the frame about a generally laterally-extending axis between at least one storage position and at least one deployed position, the movement assembly including
• a bracket
• a guide assembly including
• a follower coupled with the siderail body for movement coordinated therewith and
• a guide configured to be removably coupled relative to the bracket, the guide including a path defined by a first slot terminating at a first end and a second end and a second slot connected to the first slot at a first end and terminating at a second end, the follower engaging the first end of the first slot when the siderail body is in a first position and the follower engaging the second end of the first slot when the siderail body is in a second position and the follower being positioned at about the first end of the second slot when the siderail body is in a third position and the follower engaging the second end of the second slot when the siderail body is in a fourth position, wherein the siderail body in the second position and the fourth position are at about the same vertical height with respect to a reference point.

A patient-support apparatus including a frame and a siderail coupled to the frame for movement relative thereto, the patient-support apparatus comprising:

• a guide assembly coupled to the siderail and to the frame, the guide assembly including
• a follower coupled to the siderail for movement coordinated therewith between a first position, a second position spaced apart from the first position a first distance, and a third position spaced apart from each of the first position and the second position, wherein the siderail being at substantially the same vertical height with respect to the frame when the siderail is in the second position and the third position and laterally spaced apart from the frame a first distance in the second position and a second distance in the third position,
• a guide including a first guide path engaged by the follower during at least a portion of the movement of the follower relative to the guide path between the first position and the third position, and a second guide path engaged by the follower during at least a portion of the movement of the follower relative to the guide path between the second position and the third position, at least a portion of the second guide path being distinct from at least a portion of the first guide path, wherein the second guide path is spaced apart from the first guide path by a third distance and wherein the distance between the first guide path and the second guide path is substantially equal to the distance between the siderail in the second position and the siderail in the third position.

A patient-support apparatus, the patient support apparatus comprising:

• a frame including a head end, a foot end longitudinally spaced-apart from the head end, and a first side and a second side laterally spaced-apart from the first side, the first side and the second side extending between the head end and the foot end,
• a first siderail body coupled to the first side of the frame for movement relative to the frame about a first generally laterally-extending axis between a storage position, a first deployed position, and a second deployed position laterally spaced apart from the first deployed position, and
• a second siderail body coupled to the second side of the frame for movement relative to the frame about a second generally laterally-extending axis between a storage position, a first deployed position, and a second deployed position laterally spaced apart from the first deployed position, the first siderail body laterally spaced apart from the second siderail body by a first distance when the first siderail body is in its first deployed position and the second siderail body is in its first deployed position and the first siderail body is laterally spaced apart from the second siderail body by a second distance greater than the first distance when the first siderail body is in its second deployed position and the second siderail body is in its second deployed position, wherein the first siderail body and the second siderail body are at substantially the same vertical height with respect to a reference point when the first siderail body and the second siderail body are in at least one of the first deployed position and the second deployed position.