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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Hill-rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Inventors:
Stephen E. Hutchison, Batesville, IN (US);
Richard H. Heimbrock, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/05 (2006.01); A47C 19/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/0506 (2013.01); A47C 19/022 (2013.01);
Abstract
A person-support apparatus comprises a frame configured to support a person thereon, and an endboard assembly configured to be removably coupled to the frame. The endboard assembly includes an endboard assembly including an endboard body and a plurality of support members that are configured to removably couple the endboard body to the frame in a use position and cooperate to maintain the endboard body in an upright orientation when the endboard assembly is uncoupled from the frame and in a storage position.