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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2018
Hill-rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Robert A. Bossingham, Rushville, IN (US);
John D. Christie, Batesville, IN (US);
Joseph A. Ernst, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Brian Guthrie, Greensburg, IN (US);
Stephen E. Hutchison, Batesville, IN (US);
Mark E. Lanning, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
James D. Lattimore, Fairort, NY (US);
Mark Tyler Rigsby, Dayton, OH (US);
Jeffrey A. Ruschke, Lawrenceburg, IN (US);
Jonathan D. Turner, Dillsboro, IN (US);
Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Abstract
A system for changing the width of a person support apparatus includes a bed controller for receiving a command signal indicating a command for width alteration, a first motor controlled by the bed controller for driving an extension of a first deck section of the support apparatus thereby altering the width of the first deck section, and a second motor controlled by the bed controller for driving an extension of a second deck section of the support apparatus thereby altering the width of the second deck section. The bed controller controls the first motor and the second motor in a manner that causes the first deck section to reach a first deck section width alteration limit at a first time and the second deck section to reach a second deck section width alteration limit at a second time, wherein the first time and the second time are not equal.