Patent ID: 7386899
Filing Date: 2008-06-17
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
1. A medical examination table, comprising: table structure including a patient support surface adapted to support a patient thereon; a bay defined in said table structure for receiving a stowable step therein; a step operatively coupled to said table, proximate said bay, for movement between a first position wherein said step is received within said bay, and a second position wherein said step extends outwardly from said bay; said step comprising: at least one slide member operatively coupled between said step housing and said table structure; at least a portion of said slide member slidably movable into and out of said step housing interior through said aperture to at least partially support said step in said first and second positions; said aperture spaced inboard from said first and second lateral sides such that said slide member is enclosed within said step housing or said bay when said step is in said second position.