Patent ID: 7884735

Claim:
An apparatus for use in a room having a floor, the apparatus comprising: a hospital bed having a base frame and movable patient support portions located above the base frame, a patient care equipment support having a bottom portion with a first electrical connector, patient monitoring equipment coupled to the patient care equipment support and operable to monitor at least one patient physiological condition, a user interface device coupled to the patient care equipment support, the user interface device including a display for displaying patient data and for displaying controls for controlling bed functions, and a support structure having at least one segment coupled to the base frame and extending generally horizontally outwardly from the base frame in a cantilevered manner such that an unobstructed space is provided between the support structure and the floor, the patient care equipment support being coupled to the support structure and extending upwardly therefrom, the at least one segment being closer to the floor than to the display and also being pivotable relative to the base frame about a substantially vertical axis to orient the patient care equipment support at a plurality of positions relative to the hospital bed, the at least one segment having a second electrical connector that mates with the first electrical connector when the patient care equipment support is coupled to the support structure; wherein the patient care equipment support has a width defined between opposite side walls of the patient care equipment support and is wider than the support structure so that, when the patient care equipment support is coupled to the support structure, a bottom wall of the patient care equipment support extends beyond opposite sides of the support structure; wherein at least a portion of the display is situated in a recess provided between the opposite side walls of the patient care equipment support.