US 11,723,820 B2
Patient support apparatus
Anish Paul, Kalamazoo, MI (US); Mehmet Zihni Gürlek, Kayseri (TR); Mustafa Karasu, Kayseri (TR); William D. Childs, Plainwell, MI (US); Steven L. Birman, Kalamazoo, MI (US); Murat Serkan Kantarci, Kayseri (TR); and Berkay Güncan, Mersin (TR)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Mar. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/213,528.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/001,301, filed on Mar. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0298971 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. A61G 7/015 (2006.01); A61G 7/05 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 7/015 (2013.01) [A61G 7/0503 (2013.01); A61G 7/0506 (2013.01); A61G 2200/32 (2013.01); A61G 2203/70 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patient support apparatus comprising:
a base frame arranged for movement about a floor surface and defining a foot end and a head end, the base frame including first and second longitudinal rails extending between the foot end and the head end with a plurality of lateral receivers formed in each of the first and second longitudinal rails, wherein the first and second longitudinal rails each comprise:
an outer rail surface and an inner rail surface, with each of the plurality of lateral receivers defined extending through the outer rail surface and through the inner rail surface,
an upper rail surface and a lower rail surface, with each of the plurality of lateral receivers spaced vertically between the upper rail surface and the lower rail surface, and
a plurality of fastener apertures defined in the upper rail surface and in the lower rail surface;
a patient support deck to provide support to a patient, the patient support deck including:
a fowler deck section coupled to the base frame for pivoting movement relative to the first and second longitudinal rails, and
a base deck section attached to the first and second longitudinal rails, the base deck section including a plurality of lateral braces having notched ends shaped to be inserted into a respective one the plurality of lateral receivers formed in the first and second longitudinal rails to assemble the patient support apparatus; wherein each of the plurality of lateral braces further comprise fastener apertures arranged adjacent to the notched ends; and
a plurality of fasteners to attach the base deck section to the first and second longitudinal rails, with each of the plurality of fasteners passing through one of the fastener apertures defined in the upper rail surface, through one of the fastener apertures formed in the lateral braces, and out of one of the fastener apertures defined in the lower rail surface.