US 11,707,392 B2
Patient support apparatus for removably retaining differently-sized portable electronic devices
Jeffrey Alan Kennedy, Kalamazoo, MI (US); Christopher Ryan Sweeney, Portage, MI (US); Kurosh Nahavandi, Portage, MI (US); Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu, Kalamazoo, MI (US); Anish Paul, Kalamazoo, MI (US); Jerald A. Trepanier, Augusta, MI (US); and Kyle Stephen Spieker, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Apr. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/241,216.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/015,819, filed on Apr. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0330526 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. A61G 7/05 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); A61G 7/015 (2006.01); A61G 7/012 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 7/0524 (2016.11) [A61G 7/012 (2013.01); A61G 7/015 (2013.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patient support apparatus for removably retaining differently-sized portable electronic devices, said patient support apparatus comprising:
a base;
a litter with a patient support deck for supporting a patient; and
a side rail coupled to said litter and arranged for movement relative to said base, said side rail including a caddy comprising:
a back;
a first brace extending laterally from said back and defining a first bottom support region with a first support face; and
a second brace, spaced from said first brace, extending laterally from said back and defining a second bottom support region with a second support face spaced from and converging toward said first support face of said first bottom support region at an oblique angle to arrange said first and second bottom support regions to provide differing points of contact for retaining differently-sized portable electronic devices.