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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 04, 1995
Matthew W Weismiller, Batesville, IN (US);
Joseph A Kummer, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Peter M Wukusick, Batesville, IN (US);
Gregory W Branson, Batesville, IN (US);
Kenneth L Kramer, St. Paul, IN (US);
Stephen R Schulte, Harrison, OH (US);
Philip D Palermo, Celina, OH (US);
James M Thomas, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
Daniel F Dlugos, Jr, West Chester, OH (US);
Jay T Butterbrodt, Lawrenceburg, IN (US);
David J Ulrich, Sunman, IN (US);
David A Albersmeyer, Batesville, IN (US);
Jason C Brooke, Greensburg, IN (US);
Eric R Meyer, Greensburg, IN (US);
John D Miller, Brookville, IN (US);
John W Ruehl, Shelbyville, IN (US);
Hill-Rom, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Abstract
A bed including a frame, an articulating deck on the frame having head, seat, and foot deck sections, and a mattress on the deck. The deck foot section and mattress foot portion have a first length when the foot section is in the up position and a second length shorter than said first length when the foot section is in the down position. A first driver varies the length of the deck foot section, and a second driver moves the foot section relative to said seat section between the generally horizontal up position and the generally vertically downwardly extending down position.