US 12,343,279 B2
Bracket assemblies including restraint brackets for person support apparatuses and person support apparatuses comprising the same
Gautham Kamath Bantwal, Batesville, IN (US); Jeyakumar Thiruppathi, Batesville, IN (US); and Nicholas Batta, Batesville, IN (US)
Assigned to Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US)
Filed by Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/847,621.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/225,593, filed on Jul. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0025593 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. A61F 5/37 (2006.01); A61G 7/05 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/3776 (2013.01) [A61G 7/05 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A restraint bracket comprising:
a bracket body having an upper surface and a lower surface opposite the upper surface;
an attachment member extending from the lower surface of the bracket body, the attachment member having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first end and the second end fixed to the lower surface of the bracket body,
the attachment member comprising:
a bar having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the bar defining a bar axis;
a first leg extending from the first end of the bar to the lower surface of the bracket body at a first mount portion; and
a second leg extending from the second end of the bar to the lower surface of the bracket body at a second mount portion; and
a pair of flanges formed on the upper surface of the bracket body, the pair of flanges comprising:
a first flange defining a first flange axis; and
a second flange defining a second flange axis perpendicular to the first flange axis,
the bar axis extending at an angle between 20 degrees and 70 degrees from the first flange axis.