US 11,806,295 B2
Patient support apparatus with portable charging device
Kevin M. Patmore, Plainwell, MI (US); and Krishna S. Bhimavarapu, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Feb. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/166,099.
Application 17/166,099 is a continuation of application No. 16/210,878, filed on Dec. 5, 2018, granted, now 10,940,068.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/608,838, filed on Dec. 21, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0154068 A1, May 27, 2021
Int. Cl. A61G 7/05 (2006.01); A61G 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 7/0524 (2016.11) [A61G 7/0509 (2016.11); A61G 7/0528 (2016.11); A61G 1/0281 (2013.01); A61G 7/0503 (2013.01); A61G 7/0506 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patient support apparatus comprising:
a support structure;
a power supply;
a charging device being portable and comprising an energy storage unit and a receiving element coupled to the energy storage unit and with the receiving element being configured to wirelessly receive power; and
a receptacle operatively attached to the support structure and arranged for pivotal movement with respect to the support structure while remaining operatively attached to the support structure, the receptacle comprising a surface including a sending element being coupled to the power supply and with the surface being configured to receive the charging device for concurrent pivotal movement with the receptacle relative to the support structure, and with the charging device being removable from the surface while the receptacle remains operatively attached to and pivotable relative to the support structure;
wherein the sending element is configured to wirelessly transfer power to the receiving element of the charging device such that the energy storage unit of the charging device stores the transferred power for charging an external electronic device.