Patent ID: 8510881

Claim:
A hospital bed comprising: a bed frame; a mattress disposed on the bed frame, said mattress having stationary cushions and moveable cushions, with said moveable cushions located in a central portion of said mattress and configured for sliding along an axis said hospital bed for accessing a central opening extending through the mattress in a mid-section of said hospital bed; a drawer mounted beneath said mid-section of said bed, extendable from an inward position to an extended position in which said drawer extends outward of said mid-section of said hospital bed; a bed pan removable mounted in said drawer, wherein said bed pan is disposed beneath said central opening when said drawer is disposed in said inward position and said bed pan is disposed outward and aside of said mattress when said drawer is disposed in said extended position; and forward and rearward splash plates lining said central opening in said mid-section of said bed.