Patent ID: 9744087
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: A61G

Claim:
1. A patient support apparatus comprising: (a) a base including a head end support and a foot end support positioned in spaced relation to said head end support; (b) an upper body support frame hingedly connected at an outer end to said head end support; (c) a lower body support frame hingedly connected at an outer end to said foot end support and hingedly connected to said upper body support frame to enable an angular orientation between said support frames at an inward hingedly connected articulation; (d) a body slide assembly including a body slide support pad, wherein the body slide assembly slidingly moves the body slide support pad along the lower body support frame, the body slide assembly having a body slide motor engaged between the body slide support pad and the lower body support frame; and (e) a controller interfaced with said body slide motor and a motor to angulate said hingedly connected support frames to operatively coordinate positioning of said body slide support pad with said angular orientation at the inward hingedly connected articulation.