Patent ID: 8156582

Claim:
A patient repositioning system comprising: a drive unit mounted to a head end of a patient support, said drive unit having a housing and a winding assembly supported in and enclosed by said housing, and said winding assembly including a tether; a headboard releasably mounted onto said drive unit wherein said drive unit is beneath and interposed between said headboard and said head end of said patient support, and said headboard disengaged from said drive unit when said headboard is removed from said head end of said patient support; and a clamp assembly, said clamp assembly having a stowed position when mounted in said headboard, said tether coupled to said clamp assembly when said clamp assembly is in its stowed position in said headboard and when said headboard is mounted to said drive unit, and when said clamp assembly is removed and deployed from said headboard to a deployed position said clamp assembly configured for coupling to a panel on the patient support.