Patient support table with pivotal edge gate members - has mattress with discharge outlet for bathing water retained when gate members in up positions

摘要

A support table for a recumbent patient has a table plate provided at least along the side edges, and preferably also at the head and foot edges, with gate members which are pivotally mounted so that they can be fixed in up positions. In the up positions the gate members not only keep a patient from rolling off the table but they cooperate with a mattress on the table to form a trough in which water may be retained for bathing the patient. The mattress has an outlet for discharging the water after bathing. In the down positions of the gate members the mattress edges are also folded downwardly.