US 11,806,294 B2
Side rail assembly for a patient support apparatus
William D. Childs, Plainwell, MI (US); and Christopher Ryan Sweeney, Portage, MI (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Mar. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/120,502.
Application 18/120,502 is a continuation of application No. 17/243,867, filed on Apr. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,622,897.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/017,927, filed on Apr. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0210705 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. A61G 7/05 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 7/052 (2016.11) [A61G 7/0509 (2016.11); A61G 7/0516 (2016.11)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patient support apparatus comprising:
a support structure having a patient support deck;
a side rail coupled to the support structure and movable relative to the support structure;
a lock to releasably lock the side rail in one or more side rail positions, the lock including:
a latch disk pivotably coupled to the side rail about a first pivot axis, and
a latch pawl pivotably coupled to the side rail about a second pivot axis substantially parallel to and spaced from the first pivot axis such that the latch disk and the latch pawl pivot in a common plane, the latch pawl being movable relative to the latch disk between a locked position engaged with the latch disk, and an unlocked position disengaged from the latch disk; and
a manual release coupled to the side rail and operable to pivot the latch pawl about the second pivot axis to move the latch pawl out of engagement with the latch disk and into the unlocked position.