US 11,752,055 B2
Rotation lockout for surgical support
Zachary B. Konsin, Brighton, MA (US); Michael B. Pierce, Harvard, MA (US); Alexander E. Rojas, Waltham, MA (US); Christopher B. Dubois, Lincoln, RI (US); Phillip B. Dolliver, Framingham, MA (US); Jason S. Bernotsky, Dunmore, PA (US); Andrew L. Thompson, Townsend, MA (US); David C. Newkirk, Lawrenceburg, IN (US); and Todd P. O'Neal, Fairfield, OH (US)
Assigned to Allen Medical Systems, Inc., Batesville, IN (US)
Filed by Allen Medical Systems, Inc., Batesville, IN (US)
Filed on Dec. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/67,785.
Application 18/067,785 is a continuation of application No. 17/537,703, filed on Nov. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,554,068.
Application 17/537,703 is a continuation of application No. 16/038,519, filed on Jul. 18, 2018, granted, now 11,213,448, issued on Jan. 4, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/539,484, filed on Jul. 31, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0123610 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. A61G 13/02 (2006.01); A61G 13/12 (2006.01); A61G 7/012 (2006.01); A61G 7/008 (2006.01); A61G 13/04 (2006.01); A61G 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 13/02 (2013.01) [A61G 7/008 (2013.01); A61G 7/012 (2013.01); A61G 13/04 (2013.01); A61G 13/122 (2013.01); A61G 13/0054 (2016.11); A61G 2200/325 (2013.01); A61G 2200/327 (2013.01); A61G 2203/42 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patient support apparatus comprising:
a patient support top for providing support to a patient's body,
an end support configured to support the patient support top for selective rotation about a rotation axis, and
a rotation lockout operable between a locked state to block against free rotation of the patient support top about the rotation axis and an unlocked state to permit free rotation of the patient support top about the rotation axis, the rotation lockout including a rotation disk rotatable between locked and unlocked positions corresponding respectively with the locked and unlocked states of the rotation lockout, a handle coupled to the rotation disk and, when in a use position, extending from the rotation disk in in a cantilever manner, and a trigger coupled to the rotation disk and moveable to unlock the rotation disk for movement between the locked and unlocked positions, the rotation disk including a depression configured to receive the handle therein when the handle is moved from the use position to a storage position, and the rotation disk having a trigger-receiving cavity through which the trigger is movable to unlock the rotation disk.