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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard H. Heimbrock, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jonathan D. Turner, Dillsboro, IN (US);
D. Scott Manlove, Odgood, IN (US);
Assignee:
Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 2/714 ; A61G 1/312 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 2/714 ; A61G 1/312 ;
Abstract
A mattress for a stretcher comprises a mattress back portion supported on the stretcher back frame, a mattress shoulder portion supported on the stretcher head frame and a mattress head portion supported on the stretcher head rest. The thickness of the mattress shoulder portion is reduced relative to the thickness of the mattress back portion so that upwardly facing top surfaces of the mattress back and shoulder portions are generally coplanar.