Patent ID: 8104117

Claim:
An occupant support apparatus comprising a frame including an occupant support deck above which an occupant is supportable, a siderail having a raised position in which at least a portion of the siderail is higher in elevation than the occupant support deck, the siderail having a recess therein; and a control unit having user inputs configured to be engaged by a user, the control unit being generally vertically slidable within the recess relative to the siderail between a lowest position in which at least a majority of the control unit is received in the recess and a highest position in which at least a majority of the control unit resides outside the recess and extends past a perimeter of the siderail, the control unit having a base that can remain in the recess when the control unit is in the highest position, and an upper portion which carries the user inputs and which is pivotable relative to the base about a generally vertical axis.