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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2004
Guy Lemire, Beaumont, CA;
Marco Morin, Levis, CA;
Richard Pare, Quebec, CA;
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A patient support apparatus which includes a litter frame having a head end and a foot end and a pair of laterally spaced, longitudinally extending support rails. A seat section which includes a seat frame is secured to the support rails. A first head section which includes a first frame is movably supported on the support rails between a first horizontal position and a second position wherein a head end of the first frame is elevated above a foot end of the first frame. The foot end of the first head section is always oriented on the litter frame immediately adjacent a head end of the seat frame. A second head section is provided on the litter frame and is separate from the first head section. The second head section includes a second frame movably supported on the support rails between a first horizontal position and a second position wherein a head end of the second frame is elevated above a foot end of the second frame. The foot end the second head section is always oriented on the litter frame immediately adjacent the head end of the seat frame.