Patent ID: 8528704

Claim:
A brake assembly for a bed, the brake assembly including: a. a brake actuator shaft; b. a pedal having: (1) a first fitting having: i. an outer side and an inner side with a first fitting intermediate side extending therebetween, ii. a shaft attachment location provided on the inner side, wherein the brake actuator shaft extends from the pedal at the shaft attachment location, and iii. a strut extending from the inner side of the first fitting, with the brake actuator shaft extending within the strut; wherein the inner side of the first fitting is concave, and is complementarily and rotationally fit about the outer circumference of one end of the strut; (2) a second fitting joined to the first fitting at a location spaced from the shaft and the shaft attachment location, the second fitting having an outer side and an inner side with a second fitting intermediate side extending therebetween; (3) at least one arm extending outwardly from at least one of the first fitting intermediate side and the second fitting intermediate side; wherein the first fitting, second fitting, and arm are integrally formed as a unitary component; c. a coupling member rotationally coupled to the second fitting.