US 11,806,291 B2
Patient support apparatus having bearing arrangement for deck extension assembly
Matthew A. Cutler, Portage, MI (US); David Scharich, III, Coloma, MI (US); and Anish Paul, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Sep. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/952,667.
Application 17/952,667 is a continuation of application No. 16/596,196, filed on Oct. 8, 2019, granted, now 11,484,450.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/742,673, filed on Oct. 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0017096 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61G 7/015 (2006.01); A61G 7/05 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 7/015 (2013.01) [A61G 7/0507 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patient support apparatus comprising:
a base having a plurality of wheels arranged for movement along floor surfaces;
a support frame operatively attached to the base;
a patient support deck carried by the support frame, the patient support deck having a back section and a foot section configured to articulate relative to the support frame;
a deck extension assembly comprising an extension frame and a deck extension section, wherein the extension frame and the deck extension section are configured to extend and retract relative to the support frame;
a bearing fixed to the support frame and arranged to act between the deck extension section and the support frame when the deck extension section extends and retracts relative to the support frame; and
a shield member coupled to the foot section and extending adjacent to the bearing to cover at least a portion of the bearing;
wherein the deck extension section maintains contact with the bearing when extending and retracting relative to the support frame.