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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:
Jan. 08, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
John W. Ruehl, Shelbyville, IN (US);
Assignee:
Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/053 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/053 ;
Abstract
A patient support apparatus is provided having a base and a patient support platform having a head portion and a seat portion. The patient support apparatus further includes a plurality of links configured to coordinate movement of the head portion of the patient support platform relative to the seat portion of the patient support platform.