Patent ID: 8745786

Claim:
A siderail assembly for a patient support apparatus, the siderail assembly comprising a guide adapted for mounting to a frame of a patient support apparatus, a support coupled to the guide to move relative to the guide, a barrier coupled to the support to pivot about a generally horizontal axis between a raised position and a lowered position, the barrier including an outward side adapted to face away from a mattress included in the patient support apparatus and an inward side adapted to face toward the mattress, and a handle coupled to the barrier to move about a pivot axis relative to the barrier between a storage position in which the handle is arranged to lie in a generally vertical plane with the barrier, and an egress position in which the handle is arranged to extend away from the inward side of the barrier and lie in a generally horizontal plane, wherein the handle includes a forward grip, a lateral grip, and a handle mount interconnecting the forward grip and the lateral grip to the barrier, the forward grip, the lateral grip, and the handle mount cooperate to define an aperture sized to receive a patient's hand therein and support a patient's weight during egress from the patient support apparatus.