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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2021
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Brian J. Tessmer, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Richard A. Derenne, Portage, MI (US);
Gary L. Bartley, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Bryan Garfoot, Portage, MI (US);
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A patient support apparatus includes a base, a frame supported relative to the base to support a mattress for supporting a patient thereon, and a lift assembly for raising or lowering the frame relative to the base. The lift assembly includes a pair of lifting legs, a pair of crank arms, and an actuator. The actuator has a fixed end mounted relative to the lifting legs and an extendible end and supports a pin connection between the extendible end and the fixed end. The pin connection being movable with the extendible end and is pivotally coupled to the pair of crank arms, with the pair of crank arms coupled at upper ends thereof to the lifting legs and at lower ends thereof to the base.