Patent ID: 7237288
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
1. A patient support apparatus, comprising: a litter frame having a head end and a foot end and including a pair of laterally spaced, longitudinally extending support rails; a seat section including a seat frame secured to said support rails; a first head section including a first frame moveably supported on said support rails between a first horizontal position and a second position wherein a head end of said first frame is elevated above a foot end of said first frame, said foot end of said first head section always being oriented on said litter frame immediately adjacent a head end of said seat frame; and a second head section separate from said first head section and including a second frame moveably supported on said support rails between a first horizontal position and a second position wherein a head end of said second frame is elevated above a foot end of said second frame, said foot end of said second head section always being oriented on said litter frame immediately adjacent said head end of said seat frame.