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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:
May. 25, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1997
Robert J Ferrand, Woodside, CA (US);
Marc M Thomas, Redwood City, CA (US);
Lincoln J Alvord, Redwood City, CA (US);
Stephen D Smith, San Francisco, CA (US);
Steven N Roe, San Mateo, CA (US);
Richard W O'Connor, San Francisco, CA (US);
William A Gilmartin, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
William Loh, San Ramon, CA (US);
William R Fish, San Jose, CA (US);
Jonathan Salzedo, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Charles W Neder, Mountain View, CA (US);
Wesley E Grass, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John E Looper, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dean I Miller, Redwood City, CA (US);
Celia Oakley, Redwood City, CA (US);
Hill-Rom, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Abstract
A bed for supporting a patient having a seat panel and a back panel coupled together by a joint assembly that allows the panels to rotate about an axis coincident with the patient's hip joint.