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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 1990
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Clement J Koerber, Sr, Batesville, IN (US);
Howard J Boyd, Oldenburg, IN (US);
Assignee:
Hill-Rom Company, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G / ; A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
177144 ; 128897 ; 604 29 ;
Abstract
A hospital bed has a support frame and a weigh frame mounted on the support frame by load cells. The output of the load cells is summed to provide a reading of the total weight on the weigh frame. The tare weight is subtracted to provide the patient's weight.