Hill-rom Services, Inc.

Dennis E Geiling

Robert Mark Zerhusen

David W Hornbach

Francis Charles Ganance

David W Hensley

Gerald D Eckstein

John P Biondo

Darrell L Metz

Thomas W Hanson

James J Saar

A bed siderail for a bed having a frame includes a flexible section to allow a portion of the siderail to flex upward.

Bed siderails having flexible portions

A mechanism for raising and lowering the height of a patient support surface of a bed which includes a threaded shaft upon which a pulley support is raised and lowered and a chain and pulley system which transfers vertical displacement of the pulley support to the patient support surface. An articulating perimeter frame for supporting a patient on a bed frame which includes a plurality of extruded elongate members which are coupled together by hinges and corner members. The perimeter frame receives and supports inserts which receive head, seat and foot mattress sections. A pivotal push handle/tray combination that is pivotally coupled to the end posts of a bed and includes a mechanism for locking the handle/tray combination into one of a plurality of positions.

Hospital bed mechanisms

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Brookville, IN, United States of America

Dennis E Geiling