US 12,433,811 B2
Person support apparatuses for subject repositioning
Christopher Bennett DuBois, Marlborough, MA (US); Ben Hertz, Acton, MA (US); Timothy Allen Lane, Shrewsbury, MA (US); Rachel L. Willliamson, Batesville, IN (US); Kiana Mathews Dezelon, Cary, NC (US); Nicholas Mann, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Varad Narayan Srivastava, Loveland, OH (US)
Assigned to ALLEN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
Filed by ALLEN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC., Batesville, IN (US)
Filed on Apr. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/194,933.
Application 17/089,358 is a division of application No. 15/349,680, filed on Nov. 11, 2016, granted, now 10,857,054, issued on Dec. 8, 2020.
Application 18/194,933 is a continuation of application No. 17/089,358, filed on Nov. 4, 2020, granted, now 11,642,269.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/254,991, filed on Nov. 13, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0293373 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61G 13/08 (2006.01); A61G 13/00 (2006.01); A61G 13/02 (2006.01); A61G 13/10 (2006.01); A61G 13/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 13/08 (2013.01) [A61G 13/0036 (2013.01); A61G 13/02 (2013.01); A61G 13/101 (2013.01); A61G 13/1205 (2013.01); A61G 13/1265 (2013.01); A61G 13/128 (2013.01); A61G 13/1295 (2013.01); A61G 2210/50 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A support pad assembly for a person support apparatus, the support pad assembly comprising:
a clamp that couples to a side rail of the person support apparatus via a clamping feature;
a first actuator coupled to the clamp and actuable to extend in a first direction that is orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the person support apparatus;
a second actuator coupled to the clamp and actuable to extend in a second direction that is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction and the first direction; and
a support pad comprising a pad hinge about which the support pad is folded, the pad hinge dividing the support pad into a first section and a second section,
wherein the first section or the second section of the support pad is coupled to the first actuator and pivotably coupled to the second actuator via a link arm, and
wherein the first and second actuators, when extended, raise the first section or the second section of the support pad relative to the pad hinge and when retracted, lower the first section or the second section of the support pad relative to the pad hinge.