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Details
Inventors: Poehner, Michael E.; Welling, Jeffrey R.;
Assignee: Hill-Rom Company, Inc. (Batesville, IN)
Primary Examiner: Grosz; Alexander
Assistant Examiner: Trettel; Michael F.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: McLary; Steve M., Koepcke; F. Kristen

A hospital bed footboard is provided which can be moved from the normal, vertical position of a bed footboard to a horizontal position overlying the bed. The support for the footboard in the overbed position is of a fully cantilevered nature so no impediment is placed to approaching the patient from the sides of the bed, nor is the overall width of the bed increased. The footboard when positioned over the bed can serve as a shelf for holding monitoring and life support devices during patient transport.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION This invention is an improved form of footboard for a hospital bed.
The hospital bed is of the type which has support members which are tied together by to form a platform.
The platform can serve to hold a patient supporting mattress.
The bed has a headboard attached to the head end.
A footboard is attached to the foot end of the bed.
The footboard is attached by a means that allows moving the footboard from a first position facing the headboard to a second position that is generally perpendicular to the headboard and overlying the mattress.
The attachment means provides a cantilevered support for the footboard in the second position, thus leaving the sides of the bed completely free of any obstruction resulting from positioning the headboard over the mattress.


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