Patent ID: 8640286

Claim:
A medical bed comprising: (a) a frame having a head-end and a foot-end; (b) a mattress pad positioned atop the frame, the mattress pad having a backrest section, a medial section, and a footrest section, the backrest section oriented toward the head-end of the frame, and the footrest section oriented toward the foot-end of the frame, the mattress pad being translatable with respect to the frame, the footrest section including a plurality of partitioned segments that are pivotable with respect to each other, each partitioned segment includes an upper surface and a pair of downward-extending side surfaces, the interior angle θ between the upper surface and each side surface being less than 90° such that the side surfaces extend generally toward each other as the side surfaces extend downward from the upper surface, whereby a void is left between the side surfaces of the adjacent segments allowing the segments to pivot downwardly over the foot-end of the frame; (c) wherein the footrest section cascades down and over the foot-end of the frame when the mattress pad is translated toward the foot-end.