Patent ID: 9089459
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
1. A person support apparatus comprising: a person support frame for supporting a person support deck, the person support frame having two sides extending between a head end and a foot end; and a support assembly for supporting the person support frame and moving it relative to a floor surface, wherein the support assembly comprises at least one leg assembly pivotally coupled at a first upper end portion to the person support frame and coupled at its second lower end portion to floor engaging means, and an actuator element operable to move the leg assembly and thereby move the person support frame relative to the floor, wherein at least one of the sides of the person support frame comprises an inverted substantially U-shaped channel element having a substantially continuous upper surface, two substantially continuous side surfaces connected at their top edges to the upper surface, and a downward facing opening between the bottom edges of the two side surfaces, and the first upper end portion of the leg assembly includes a guide or follower element arranged to contact and run along an inner surface of the channel element.