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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Hill-rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Inventors:
Jonathan D. Turner, Dillsboro, IN (US);
Richard H. Heimbrock, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Joseph A. Ernst, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47B 7/02 (2006.01); A61G 7/018 (2006.01); A61G 7/015 (2006.01); A47C 19/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/018 (2013.01); A61G 7/015 (2013.01); A47C 19/04 (2013.01); A61G 2203/74 (2013.01);
Abstract
An occupant support system for supporting an occupant comprises a frame, an articulable assembly which includes an upper body section, and a motion control system arranged to rotate the upper body section by an amount Δα relative to the frame, to translate the upper body section along the frame by an amount ΔCS, and to translate the upper body section by an amount ΔBS in a direction parallel to the upper body section. Both ΔBS and ΔCS are a function of Δα.