Patent ID: 6446283
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
A patient support apparatus comprising:a patient support deck having an upwardly-facing patient support surface, and a first sideframe adjacent to a first side of the patient support apparatus, and movable, while remaining completely attached to the patient support apparatus, between (i) a first raised position where the top of the first sideframe is generally disposed above the patient support surface at a first adult patient-restraining height, (ii) a second fully-raised position where the top of the first sideframe is generally disposed above the patient support surface at a second pediatric patient-restraining height greater than the first adult patient-restraining height, and (iii) a third out-of-the-way down position where the top of the first sideframe is generally disposed below the patient support surface, wherein the deck has a length dimension, and wherein the first sideframe extends substantially the entire length dimension of the deck.