Patent ID: 8713727

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 longitudinal axis between a raised position and a lowered position, the barrier including an outward side adapted to face away from a patient support apparatus and an inward side adapted to face toward a mattress included in a patient support apparatus, and a handle coupled to the barrier to move relative to the barrier between a first position in which the handle is arranged to lie in a generally vertical plane with the barrier and a second position in which the handle is arranged to extend away from the inward side of the barrier, wherein the handle moves about a pivot axis from the first position to the second position, wherein the pivot axis is at an angle relative to the generally longitudinal axis, and wherein the angle is greater than about 0 degrees and less than about 90 degrees.