Patent ID: 7412734

Claim:
A bed having a bed frame and a patient support surface, the patient support surface having an upper surface and supported at the bed frame, and a siderail mounted at the bed frame for deployment from a stowed position to a deployed position wherein the siderail extends alongside the patient support surface and above the upper surface of the patient support surface, and wherein the siderail comprises: an upper horizontal rail; a lower horizontal rail; and a pair of support arms pivotally connecting and generally aligning the upper and lower horizontal rails in a common plane, the common plane being generally vertically aligned when the siderail is in the deployed position, the support arms pivotally connecting the upper and lower horizontal rails at the bed frame and being arranged to collapse the siderail in the manner of a four-bar linkage, and the siderail being configured to rotate under the bed frame in the stowed position wherein the upper horizontal rail and the lower horizontal rail generally remain in the common plane when the siderail is collapsed and rotated but with the common plane moving under the bed frame.