US Patent Issued to Hill-Rom Services on March 17 for "Siderail assemblies and person-support apparatuses for adjustable width surface" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,985, issued on March 17, was assigned to Hill-Rom Services Inc. (Batesville, Ind.).

"Siderail assemblies and person-support apparatuses for adjustable width surface" was invented by Todd O'Neal (Batesville, Ind.), Travis A. Pelo (Batesville, Ind.), Robert Mark Zerhusen (Batesville, Ind.), Nicholas Mann (Batesville, Ind.), Neal Wiggermann (Batesville, Ind.), David C. Newkirk (Batesville, Ind.) and Jack B. Sing (Batesville, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments disclosed include a person-support apparatus, which includes a mattress, a person-support apparatus frame, and a siderail. The siderail assembly may be pivotally coup...