Patent ID: 6540660
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
A patient-support apparatus comprisinga base, and a patient-support assembly supported above the base, the patient-support assembly including a patient-support deck having first and second sides, a mattress supported above the patient-support deck, an x-ray tray coupled to the patient-support deck for sliding movement beneath the mattress, and a link coupling the x-ray tray to the patient-support deck, the x-ray tray being movable between a use position underlying the mattress, a first load position in which a portion of the x-ray tray extends beyond the first side of the patient-support deck, and a second load position in which a portion of the x-ray tray extends beyond the second side of the patient-support deck, the patient-support deck being formed to include a first stop and a second stop, the x-ray tray being in the first load position when the link engages the first stop and the x-ray tray being in the second load position when the link engages the second stop.