Hospital bed
First Claim
1. A siderail for a patient support, said siderail comprising:
- a siderail body being movable between a first position, a second position, and a third position between said first position and said second position, one of said first position and said second position comprising a raised locked position and the other of said first and second positions comprising a lowered position; and
a latching mechanism configured to allow said siderail body to bypass said third position when said siderail body is moved in a first direction from said first position toward said second position and reconfigured to releasably lock said siderail body at said third position when said siderail body is moved in a second direction from said second position toward said first position after said siderail body is moved past said third position but before reaching the second position.
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Abstract
A patient support incorporates a lying surface and at least one siderail on at least one side of the support. The siderails are operable between a raised position, an intermediate position, and a lowered position. When unlocked and urged from the raised position to the intermediate position, a latching mechanism automatically locks the siderails in the intermediate position. When urged from the lowered position to the raised position, the locking mechanism permits the siderails to pass through the intermediate position without locking, and to subsequently lock at the raised position. In the intermediate position, the siderails may define a gap through which a patient can ingress or egress the bed. In the raised and intermediate positions, the siderails may define gaps between each other and/or between the siderails and a headboard and footboard, that are sufficiently small to prevent accidental egress, and sufficiently large to prevent pinching and entrapment.
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21 Claims
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1. A siderail for a patient support, said siderail comprising:
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a siderail body being movable between a first position, a second position, and a third position between said first position and said second position, one of said first position and said second position comprising a raised locked position and the other of said first and second positions comprising a lowered position; and a latching mechanism configured to allow said siderail body to bypass said third position when said siderail body is moved in a first direction from said first position toward said second position and reconfigured to releasably lock said siderail body at said third position when said siderail body is moved in a second direction from said second position toward said first position after said siderail body is moved past said third position but before reaching the second position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A siderail for a patient support, said siderail comprising:
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a siderail body being movable between a first position, a second position, and a third position between said first position and said second position; and a latching mechanism having a bypass configuration adapted to allow said siderail body to bypass said third position when said siderail body moves in a first direction from said first position toward said second position and having a locking configuration configured to releasably lock said siderail body in said second position, and said latching mechanism being configured to selectively lock said siderail body at said third position when said siderail body moves in a second direction from said second position toward said first position, and said latching mechanism being reconfigured between said bypass configuration and said locking configuration just after passing said third position and before said siderail reaches said second position. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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Specification