James Stinson Lattimore

US Patent:

20150128347, May 14, 2015

Filed:

Nov 20, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/548647

Inventors:

- Batesville IN, US
Jeffrey A. Ruschke - Lawrenceburg IN, US
Jonathan D. Turner - Dillsboro IN, US
John D. Christie - Batesville IN, US
Brian Guthrie - Greensburg IN, US
Joseph A. Ernst - Cincinnati OH, US
David P. Lubbers - Cincinnati OH, US
Scott M. Corbin - Sunman IN, US
Robert A. Bossingham - Rushville IN, US
Mark Tyler Rigsby - Dayton OH, US
James D. Lattimore - Batesville IN, US
Mark E. Lanning - Mt. Pleasant SC, US
Mahesh Kumar Thodupunuri - Troy OH, US
Aziz Ali Bhai - Fishers IN, US

International Classification:

A61G 7/015
A61G 7/018

US Classification:

5616

Abstract:

A bed comprises a deck section having a width and left and right outboard deck edges. Left side and right side wings are movably coupled to the deck section. The bed also includes a left leadscrew receiver mounted on the left wing, a right leadscrew receiver mounted on the right wing, and left and right motor assemblies both mounted on the deck section. A left leadscrew is coupled to the left motor assembly and to the left leadscrew receiver. A right leadscrew is coupled to the right motor assembly and to the right leadscrew receiver. Motor operation is capable of moving the wing to which it is coupled between a deployed position in which the lateral extremity of the wing is outboard of the respective outboard edge of the deck section and a stored position in which the lateral extremity of the wing is inboard of its deployed position.