Patent ID: 8621688

Claim:
A patient support apparatus comprising a base, a frame coupled to the base, a deck supported by the frame, and a siderail assembly including a guide coupled to the frame, a support coupled to the guide to move relative to the guide, a barrier including a lower panel coupled to the support to move therewith and an upper panel located in spaced-apart relation above the lower panel and coupled to the lower panel to extend upwardly away from the lower panel, the barrier being movable between a raised position above the deck and a lowered position below the deck while remaining in a generally vertical orientation, and a pivot unit interposed between the upper panel and the lower panel to support the upper panel for rotation about a generally vertical axis from a straight position generally aligned vertically with the lower panel outside of a scat-section space defined above a perimeter of a seat section included in the deck and a canted position rotated toward the seat section to extend into the seat-section space so that an angle is defined between the upper panel and the lower panel, wherein a first portion of the upper panel extends away from the lower panel into the seat-section space and a second portion of the upper panel extends away from the lower panel and the seat-section space when the upper panel is in the canted position.