Patient Support Apparatus Including Storage Structure

• Main Authors: HOLL, STEPHEN M, HORNBACK, DAVID W, RUDOLF, KENNETH Q, WUKUSICK, PETER M, METZ, DARRELL L, ZERHUSEN, ROBERT MARK, GANANCE, FRANCIS C, BIONDO, JOHN P, CHANCE, RICHARD W, RECKELHOFF, JEROME EDWARD, HAUFLER, MARK E, COOKS, ROBERT JR, KRAMER, KENNETH L
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 25.09.2013
• Subjects: BEARINGS; BLASTING; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; FUNERAL DEVICES; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HEATING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; SHAFTS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; TRANSPORT OR ACCOMODATION FOR PATIENTS; WEAPONS

A patient-support apparatus (10) includes a patient-support deck (360) movable from a use position to a stowed position. The patient-support deck (360) is configured to engage receivers (380, 382) of the patient-support apparatus to support the deck (360) in a cantilevered configuration. The patient-support deck (360) may be secured to the patient-support apparatus (10) by a locking mechanism (872). A storage structure (400, 592) is configured to support the patient-support deck (360) in a stowed position. The storage structure (400, 592) is configured to deflect under load to prevent damage to the storage structure (400, 592) or patient-support deck (360).