Patent ID: 8151387

Claim:
A hospital bed comprising a base frame, an upper frame, a deck supported on the upper frame, the deck having a set of deck sections that are movable to support a patient in a variety of positions, a linkage system supporting the upper frame above the base frame, the linkage system being movable to place the upper frame in a horizontal position, a Trendelenburg position, and a reverse Trendelenburg position, the linkage system also being movable to raise and lower the upper frame and the deck, in their entirety, relative to the base frame between a raised position and a lowered position, respectively, while the base frame remains at a constant elevation above a floor, and a headboard supported by a head end of the base frame, the headboard remaining stationary relative to the base frame as the linkage system moves the upper frame between the raised, lowered, horizontal, Trendelenburg, and reverse Trendelenburg positions.