Hospital bed footboard and clamp therefor

• US 3,195,151 A
• Filed: 02/23/1962
• Issued: 07/20/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/1962
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Russell I. Boyer
• Original Assignee: Russell I. Boyer
• Inventors: Boyer, Russell I.
• Application Number:
  US04/175,199
• Time in Patent Office: 1,243 Days
• US Class Current: 5/624
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 19/022 Head or foot boards

Claims

11. IN A FOOTBOARD ASSEMBLY FOR A BED, THE COMBINATION, COMPRISING (A) A PAIR OF CLAMPS MOUNTED ON THE OPPOSED SIDES OF THE BED, (B) AN ELONGATED PANEL ADAPTED TO EXTEND TRANSVERSELY OF THE BED, (C) BRACKET MEANS MOUNTED ON THE OPPOSED ENDS OF SAID PANEL AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO A PAIR OF ELONGATED SLEEVES DISPOSED LATERALLY OUTWARDLY FROM THE ENDS OF SAID PANEL, (D) A PAIR OF TUBULAR SUPPORTS AT OPPOSED ENDS OF THE PANEL HAVING THEIR LOWER ENDS CONNECTED TO SAID CLAMPS AND HAVING THEIR UPPER PORTIONS RECEIVED IN SAID SLEEVES TO SUPPORT SAID PANEL ON THE BED ON SAID CLAMPS, (E) MEANS FOR ADJUSTABLY SWINGING SAID PANEL RELATIVE TO SAID SUPPORTS ABOUT A TRANSVERSE HORIZONTAL AXIS, AND (F) ONE OR MORE PADDED BLOCKS ABUTTING THE FRONT FACE OF SAID PANEL AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED THERETO FOR LATERAL AND ROTATIONAL ADJUSTMENT ACROSS THE ENTIRE FRONT FACE OF SAID PANEL.