US 12,109,157 B2
Overhead arm assembly for patient bed
Robert M. Zerhusen, Batesville, IN (US); Jonathan K. Moenter, Batesville, IN (US); Joshua L. Meyer, Batesville, IN (US); Robert D. Ross, Durham, NC (US); John G. Byers, Brookville, IN (US); and Matthew R. Knue, Sunman, IN (US)
Assigned to Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US)
Filed by Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/510,769.
Application 18/510,769 is a continuation of application No. 17/389,790, filed on Jul. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,850,196.
Application 17/389,790 is a continuation of application No. 15/976,984, filed on May 11, 2018, granted, now 11,103,398, issued on Aug. 31, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/572,922, filed on Oct. 16, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/507,727, filed on May 17, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0082085 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. A61G 7/05 (2006.01); A61G 12/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/713 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 7/05 (2013.01) [A61G 7/0503 (2013.01); A61G 12/00 (2013.01); A61G 12/002 (2013.01); A61G 12/008 (2013.01); H01R 13/7135 (2013.01); A61G 2203/20 (2013.01); A61G 2203/78 (2013.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An overhead arm assembly for a patient bed, the overhead arm assembly comprising
a first L-shaped arm having a first bottom end configured to couple to the patient bed,
a second L-shaped arm,
a third arm pivotably interconnecting the first and second L-shaped arms, and
a patient interface unit suspended from a bottom region of the second L-shaped arm, wherein the overhead arm assembly has a use position in which the first and second L-shaped arms are pivoted with respect to the third arm such that the patient interface unit is suspended for use by a patient on the patient bed, wherein the overhead arm assembly has a transport position in which the first and second L-shaped arms are collapsed together such that the patient interface unit is situated adjacent a substantially vertical portion of the first L-shaped arm, wherein the overhead arm assembly has a T-shaped configuration in the transport position.