US 12,458,550 B2
Cover assembly
James K. Galer, Byron Center, MI (US); Patrick Lafleche, Kalamazoo, MI (US); Justin Jon Raymond, Jackson, MI (US); and Spencer Baird, Mattawan, MI (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/953,625.
Application 17/953,625 is a division of application No. 17/119,063, filed on Dec. 11, 2020, granted, now 11,547,621.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/947,128, filed on Dec. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0016294 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. A61G 7/00 (2006.01); A61G 7/07 (2006.01); A61G 7/075 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 7/001 (2013.01) [A61G 7/072 (2013.01); A61G 7/0755 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermoformed cover assembly for a patient support comprising:
a first portion defining a patient support surface, with a plurality of walls extending away from the patient support surface to a first sealing region; and
a second portion defining at least one open face chamber with the open face chamber including a floor and a plurality of walls extending from the floor towards the first portion to a second sealing region;
wherein the first sealing region of the first portion is coupled to the second sealing region of the second portion to enclose the thermoformed cover assembly;
wherein the floor in the at least one open face chamber defines a length between an adjacent pair of the plurality of walls with the length extending parallel and spaced from the first portion;
wherein the first portion and second portions of the thermoformed cover assembly are free of seams;
wherein the second portion defines a hinge and each open face chamber is integral with at least one additional open face chamber by the hinge; and
wherein at least one hinge extends to an apex and a foam is disposed in a gap defined between the apex of the hinge and the first portion.