Patent ID: 8028359

Claim:
An apparatus for use in supporting a person, the apparatus comprising: a patient support assembly including an upper body support portion coupled with a lower body support portion; a base assembly having a plurality of rolling members; and a carriage assembly interposed between the patient support assembly and the base assembly, the carriage assembly including: at least one lift actuator extending between the patient support assembly and the base assembly and operable to change an amount of vertical separation therebetween, and at least one support cylinder telescopically extending between the patient support assembly and the base assembly and operable to enhance at least a lateral stability of the support apparatus, wherein the lower body support portion includes: a seat support portion; a left leg support assembly pivotably coupled with and positionable relative to a left side of the seat support portion; and a right leg support assembly pivotably coupled with and positionable relative to a right side of the seat support portion, wherein the left leg support assembly and the right leg support assembly are each positionable substantially independently of the other, wherein the lower body support portion includes a foot support portion having: a left foot support portion extendably coupled with the left leg support assembly; and a right foot support portion extendably coupled with the right leg support assembly, wherein the left foot support portion and the right foot support portion are each positionable substantially independently of the other, and wherein each of the left foot support portion and the right foot support portion include: a tube member having a first aperture; an elongated shaft received within the tube member and having a plurality of second apertures which are each alignable with the first aperture; and a catch bolt which is insertable into the first aperture and an aligned one of the second apertures, thereby securing the tube member and the elongated shaft in a relative position.