Hill-rom Services, Inc.

Gerald D Eckstein

David W Hornbach

Robert Mark Zerhusen

Kenneth L Kramer

Francis Charles Ganance

David A Albersmeyer

David W Hensley

Michael W Hamilton

Dennis E Geiling

Michelle Larsen Walker

Jeffrey A Moster

Christopher M George

Raymond C Gould

Ken Q Rudolph

A bed comprises a frame and a deck coupled to the frame. The deck includes a back section, a seat section, a thigh section, and a foot section. An actuator is coupled to the back section to move the back section from a horizontal position to an elevated position relative to the frame.

Hospital bed

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

An overbed table includes a table portion and a telescoping support column. The column includes an outer column portion and an inner column portion. The inner and outer column portions have surfaces adjacent each other. A bearing cage is oriented between the adjacent surfaces of the inner and outer column portions. Bearings are captured between the surfaces and the bearing cage. The bearings engage the surfaces to promote projection of the inner column portion from, and retraction of the inner column portion into, the outer column portion. The overbed table also includes a first table section supported by the column for movement horizontally with respect to the column, and a second table section coupled to the first table section and the column such that movement of the second table section results in sliding movement of the first table section.

Overbed table

A manifold and valve assembly includes a manifold block having an inlet, an outlet, and a conduit in fluid communication with the inlet and with the outlet. The assembly also includes a valve having a portion movable within the conduit between a first position blocking fluid communication between the inlet and the outlet and a second position in which the inlet is in fluid communication with the outlet, a solenoid operable to move the valve from the first position to the second position in response to an electrical input applied to the solenoid, and a lever operable to move the valve from the first position to the second position in response to a manual input applied to the lever.

Hydraulic control apparatus for a hospital bed

Growing community of inventors

Batesville, IN, United States of America

Gerald D Eckstein