Patent ID: 8474921
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: A47K,A61G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A support apparatus comprising: a headwall configured to be coupled to a wall of a room of a healthcare facility, the headwall comprising (i) a plurality of panels configured to conceal utility lines of the healthcare facility between the wall and the headwall, (ii) a cabinet having a storage chamber defined therein, and (iii) a door secured to the cabinet that is moveable between a closed position in which access to the storage chamber is blocked and an open position in which the storage chamber is accessible, the door cooperating with the plurality of panels to define a front surface of the headwall, a patient assist bar including (i) a base having a lower end positioned in the storage chamber and coupled to the headwall and (ii) a rail pivotally coupled to an upper end of the base, wherein the rail of the patient assist bar has a long axis and is (i) pivotable about a first axis that is substantially vertical and parallel to the headwall and (ii) pivotable about a second axis that is substantially horizontal between an upward stored position and an outward deployed position when the door is in the open position, wherein when the rail is in the upward stored position, (i) the long axis of the rail is oriented generally vertical, and (ii) the rail is situated in the storage chamber, and wherein when the patient assist bar is in the outward deployed position, (i) the long axis of the rail is oriented generally horizontally, and (ii) the rail extends outwardly from the storage chamber and is pivotal about the first axis to assist movement of a patient.