Patent ID: 7540243

Claim:
An overbed table for use with a hospital bed having a bed base and a mattress supported above the bed base, the overbed table also being for use with a computer, the overbed table comprising: a base configured to fit underneath the bed base, a table section spaced above the base by a sufficient amount to permit the table section to overlie the mattress when the base is underneath the bed base, the table section having a longitudinal axis defined along dimension of the table section, a storage unit situated above the base, the table section being movable relative to the storage unit in a direction parallel with the longitudinal axis within a substantially horizontal plane between a first position and a second position, the storage unit having a storage recess, and a computer support coupled to the storage unit and movable from a storage position within the storage recess to a use position out of the recess, the table section covering the storage recess and covering the computer support when the computer support is in the storage position and the table section is in the first position, the storage recess being accessible when the table section is in the second position to permit the computer support to be moved up and out of the storage recess to the use position.