Patent ID: 8646131

Claim:
A siderail comprising: a rail having a lower edge extending longitudinally from a head end to a foot end; a longitudinally outer link comprising a head side outer link segment and a foot side outer link segment, each segment connected to the rail at a joint (OR) and connected to a host frame at a joint (OF); an inner link longitudinally intermediate the outer link segments, the inner link being connected to the rail at a joint (IR) and connected to the host frame at a joint (IF); the head side outer link segment extending longitudinally from approximately the head end of the rail lower edge toward the inner link without longitudinally overlapping the inner link; and the foot side outer link segment extending longitudinally from approximately the foot end of the rail lower edge toward the inner link without longitudinally overlapping the inner link, wherein the head side outer link segment and the foot side outer link segment have a thickness that is substantially the same as a thickness of the rail.