Patent ID: 8353071
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
1. A patient support apparatus comprising a deck having a head-end and a foot-end and defining a first support surface having a first support area, and a foot panel removably coupled to the deck, the foot panel including (i) a foot panel body, (ii) a foot panel deck portion extending generally perpendicularly from the foot panel body toward the head-end of the panel, the foot panel deck portion including a head-end that confronts the foot-end of the deck when the foot panel is coupled to the deck, and (iii) a first foot panel post extending generally parallel to and beyond the foot panel deck portion toward the head-end of the deck, the post engaging the deck such that the deck portion of the foot panel cooperates with the deck to form a second support surface, the first and the second support surface defining a second support area larger than the first support area.