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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2007
Gregory J. Figel, Alpine, TX (US);
Kenneth Q. Rudolf, Batesville, IN (US);
David A. Albersmeyer, Hoagland, IN (US);
Richard Henry Heimbrock, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jonathan D. Turner, Dillsboro, IN (US);
Brian T. Wiggins, Burlington, IN (US);
Eugene E. Osborne, Hebron, KY (US);
Nicholas C. Batta, Batesville, IN (US);
Gregory J. Figel, Alpine, TX (US);
Kenneth Q. Rudolf, Batesville, IN (US);
David A. Albersmeyer, Hoagland, IN (US);
Richard Henry Heimbrock, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jonathan D. Turner, Dillsboro, IN (US);
Brian T. Wiggins, Burlington, IN (US);
Eugene E. Osborne, Hebron, KY (US);
Nicholas C. Batta, Batesville, IN (US);
Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A patient support apparatus includes a frame, a plurality of casters coupled to the frame and supporting the frame above a floor, a wheel, a push handle that is coupled to the frame and that is gripable to maneuver the patient support apparatus along the floor, and a brake handle coupled to the push handle and movable to move a brake to impede rotation of the wheel.