Hospital bed

US6957461B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Hill-Rom Services, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Eugene E. Osborne · Hebron, US
• John W. Koenig · Cincinnati, US
• Glenn C. Suttman · Batesville, US
• Matthew Visca · Lancaster, US
• Jack Wilker, Jr. · Shelbyville, US
• Jeffrey R. Welling · Cincinnati, US
• Gregory W. Branson · Batesville, US
• Kenneth L. Kramer · Greensburg, US
• Bruce E. Dickman, Jr. · Batesville, US
• Dean M. Valvano · Lawrenceburg, US
• Robert A. Kinker, Jr. · Greensburg, US
• William L. Jacques, II · Mount Pleasant, US
• James K. Findlay · Fishers, US
• Francis C. Ganance · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 9, 2003
• Grant date: Oct 25, 2005
• Expiry date: Dec 9, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61G2203/74
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A bed for a person is provided. The bed includes a frame, a deck including a seat section and a foot section movable relative to the seat section. The bed further including a mechanism that control movement of the foot section relative to the seat section.