Patient-support apparatus with a locking deck section

US8117697B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Hill-Rom Services, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Francis C. Ganance · Cincinnati, US
• Robert Cooks · Cincinnati, US
• Kenneth L. Kramer · Greensburg, US
• Jerome E. Reckelhoff · Blue Ash, US
• Peter M. Wukusick · Batesville, US
• Robert M. Zerhusen · Cincinnati, US
• Mark E. Haufler · Cincinnati, US
• Darrell L. Metz · Batesville, US
• Kenneth Q. Rudolf · Batesville, US
• Stephen M. Holl · Columbus, US
• Richard W. Chance · Greenwood, US
• David W. Hornbach · Brookville, US
• John P. Biondo · Aurora, US
• James K. Findlay · Fishers, US
• David W. Hensley · Milan, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 18, 2010
• Grant date: Feb 21, 2012
• Expiry date: Feb 18, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T74/2101
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A patient-support apparatus includes a patient-support deck movable from a use position to a stowed position. The patient-support deck is configured to engage receivers of the patient-support apparatus to support the deck in a cantilevered configuration. The patient-support deck may be secured to the patient-support apparatus by a locking mechanism. A storage structure is configured to support the patient-support deck in a stowed position. The storage structure is configured to deflect under load to prevent damage to the storage structure or patient-support deck.