Patents by Inventor Foster L. Dale

Foster L. Dale has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Hospital bed and assemblies of hospital care apparatus
    Patent number: 5077843
    Abstract: A hospital bed has, at least at its head end, longitudinally extending inflatable mattress sections on each side of the bed. When those mattress sections are deflated, that portion of the bed can be narrowed to permit a nurse to move into the vacated space along side the bed and to permit hospital equipment such as an IV rack to be moved into the vacated spaced on the other side of the bed. Thus, the nurse can conveniently reach the patient as well as the patient care instruments on the opposite side of the bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1992
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Foster L. Dale, Michael E. Poehner