Patent ID: 9687399
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: A61G,E04G,G05G

Claim:
1. A method of preventing inadvertent disconnecting of a patient support structure from a base structure, the patient support structure configured for supporting a patient above a floor during a medical procedure, the patient support structure including an end releasably coupled to a first end of a connection subassembly by a first pin extending through the first end of the connection subassembly and the end of the patient support structure, the base structure including a rotator member, the connection subassembly including a second end releasably coupled to the rotator member, the method comprising: removing the first pin from the first end of the connection subassembly and the end of the patient support structure; and decoupling the rotator member and the second end of the connection subassembly, wherein decoupling of the rotator member and the second end of the connection subassembly is prevented until the first pin is removed, which permits movement of at least a portion of the connection subassembly relative to the rotator member, and allows the decoupling of the rotator member and the second end of the connection subassembly.