Patent ID: 8033613

Claim:
A cushioned chair back for a patient chair configured to move from a generally upright sitting position to a generally supine position, the chair back comprising: a patient contact surface bounded in part by a top edge and an opposing bottom edge and having opposed wing sections extending between the top edge and the bottom edge; the patient contact surface comprising a support region centrally positioned relative to and at least partially recessed from the opposed wing sections, wherein the support region is configured to contact and support a patient's spine when the patient chair is positioned in a generally supine position; resiliently deflectable support members supporting each of the opposed wing sections such that the wing sections deflect and support the patient's arms when the patient chair is positioned in the generally supine position; and a cushion overlying and defining the patient contact surface at least in the areas of the support members; wherein a portion of the support region between a mid-region of the patient contact surface and the bottom edge defines a generally trough shaped region contoured to receive the patient's back, and wherein the opposed wing sections occupy a substantially common plane disposed forwardly of the trough shaped region.