US 11,865,056 B2
Patient support usable with bariatric patients
Richard Brian Roussy, London (CA); Jason John Connell, London (CA); Joseph Steven David Elku, Tillsonburg (CA); Jason James Cerny, London (CA); Christopher Alan George, St. Thomas (CA); Joseph William Roussy, London (CA); Christopher Scott Jacob, London (CA); and Aleem Yusuf, Kitchener (CA)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/890,717.
Application 17/890,717 is a continuation of application No. 17/095,958, filed on Nov. 12, 2020, granted, now 11,419,776.
Application 17/095,958 is a continuation of application No. 16/191,537, filed on Nov. 15, 2018, granted, now 10,842,694, issued on Nov. 24, 2020.
Application 16/191,537 is a continuation of application No. 14/916,335, granted, now 10,130,536, issued on Nov. 20, 2018, previously published as PCT/CA2014/050850, filed on Sep. 8, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/874,959, filed on Sep. 6, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0395412 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. A61G 7/00 (2006.01); A61G 7/012 (2006.01); A61G 7/002 (2006.01); A61G 7/015 (2006.01); A61G 7/05 (2006.01); A61G 7/018 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 7/012 (2013.01) [A61G 7/002 (2013.01); A61G 7/015 (2013.01); A61G 7/018 (2013.01); A61G 7/0506 (2013.01); A61G 7/0507 (2013.01); A61G 7/0509 (2016.11); A61G 7/0512 (2016.11); A61G 7/0514 (2016.11); A61G 7/0516 (2016.11); A61G 7/0518 (2016.11); A61G 7/0524 (2016.11); A61G 7/0528 (2016.11); A61G 2200/16 (2013.01); A61G 2203/74 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patient support comprising:
a patient support deck, the patient support deck having a pivotal head deck section;
at least one guard structure mounted relative to the patient support deck, the guard structure movable from a raised position to one or more lowered positions relative to the patient support deck;
a CPR release operable to lower the head deck section to place the patient support in an emergency state;
a latch operable to lock the position of the guard structure in the raised position; and
the CPR release further operable to release the latch to allow the guard rail structure to lower or be lowered from the raised position.