Patent ID: 7904976

Claim:
An endboard for a patient support including a frame having a head end and a foot end, care equipment adjacent the frame, a service supply, and a service line operably coupling the service supply to the care equipment, the endboard comprising: a housing including a front surface, a back surface spaced apart from the front surface by a depth of the housing, a top, a bottom spaced apart from the top by a height of the housing, a first end and a second end spaced apart from the first end by a width of the housing, the front surface facing outwardly away from the patient support when the endboard is installed on the patient support, the top extending upwardly from the patient support when the endboard is installed on the patient support, at least a portion of the front surface cooperating with at least a portion of the back surface to define an interior region, and at least one of the front surface and the back surface define a service supply mounting region having a perimeter generally corresponding to a perimeter of the service supply when the service supply is mounted to the housing, and a line support located proximate to the service supply mounting region and configured to support at least a portion of the service line, the line support defined by a first channel having a first opening formed in the front surface of the housing and second opening formed in the back surface of the housing, a second channel having a first opening formed in the front surface of the housing and second opening formed in the back surface of the housing, and a third channel formed in the interior space connecting the first and second channels.