Patent ID: 6926366
Filing Date: 2005-08-09
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
1. An extendable and retractable foot section for a medical examination table, the table having a sitting surface, comprising: a footrest support frame pivotally attached to the table and adapted to rotate between a generally horizontal and a generally vertical position; a footrest having a foot resting surface, the footrest attached to the footrest support frame and adapted to slide along the footrest support frame between an extended position and a retracted position; and an interconnected linkage assembly pivotally attached to the table and to the footrest support frame and to the footrest, the linkage assembly adapted to slide the footrest between the extended position and the retracted position while the footrest support frame rotates the footrest between the generally horizontal position and the generally vertical position, the linkage assembly also adapted to slide the footrest between the retracted position and the extended position while the footrest support frame rotates the footrest between the generally vertical position and the generally horizontal position and positions the foot resting surface level with the sitting surface.