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A siderail assembly includes a guide, a support frame coupled to the frame and movable between first and second positions, and a barrier coupled to the support frame and movable therewith. The siderail assembly further includes a handle coupled to the barrier to move between a first position and a s

A siderail assembly includes a guide, a support frame coupled to the frame and movable between first and second positions, and a barrier coupled to the support frame and movable therewith. The siderail assembly further includes a handle coupled to the barrier to move between a first position and a second position relative to the barrier. The siderail assembly may include electronic controls to change the position or limit movement of various portions of a patient support apparatus on which the siderail assembly may be coupled.

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1. A siderail assembly for a patient support apparatus, the siderail assembly comprising a barrier adapted for mounting to a frame of a patient support apparatus to pivot between a raised position and a lowered position, the barrier including an outward side adapted to face away from a patient suppo

1. A siderail assembly for a patient support apparatus, the siderail assembly comprising a barrier adapted for mounting to a frame of a patient support apparatus to pivot between a raised position and a lowered position, the barrier including an outward side adapted to face away from a patient support apparatus and an inward side adapted to face toward a deck included in a patient support apparatus andan egress unit coupled to the barrier to move relative to the barrier between a barrier position in which the egress unit lies in a generally vertical plane adjacent to the barrier and an egress position in which a portion of the egress unit lies spaced-apart from and extends away from the inward side of the barrier and lies in a plane that is not generally parallel with the generally vertical plane. 2. The siderail assembly of claim 1, wherein the egress unit includes a handle and a slide assembly, the slide assembly lies between and interconnects the handle and the barrier, the slide assembly is movable between a retracted position in which the handle is adjacent to the barrier and an extended position in which the handle has translated away from the barrier in a longitudinal direction. 3. The siderail assembly of claim 2, wherein the handle and the barrier cooperate to define a first barrier length when the slide assembly is in the retracted position, a second barrier length when the slide assembly is in the extended position, and the first barrier length is less than the second barrier length. 4. The siderail assembly of claim 3, wherein the handle is coupled to the slide assembly to move about a pivot axis between a first position in which the handle is arranged to lie in a recess formed in the barrier and a second position in which the handle extends away from the inner side of the barrier and lies in a generally horizontal plane, the horizontal plane being generally orthogonal to both the inner and outer sides of the barrier. 5. The siderail assembly of claim 4, wherein the handle includes a forward grip, a lateral grip, and a grip mount, the grip mount interconnecting the forward grip and the lateral grip to the slide assembly, and the grip mount defines the pivot axis. 6. The siderail assembly of claim 4, wherein the barrier pivots about a generally horizontal axis between the raised and the lowered positions. 7. The siderail assembly of claim 6, wherein the pivot axis is spaced-apart above and generally parallel to the generally horizontal axis. 8. The siderail assembly of claim 2, wherein the handle is coupled to the slide assembly to move about a pivot axis between a first position in which the handle extends away from the slide assembly in a longitudinal direction and lies in a generally vertical first plane and a second position in which the handle extends away from the slide assembly in a lateral direction and lies in a generally vertical second plane, the lateral direction being orthogonal to the longitudinal direction and the second plane being orthogonal to the first plane. 9. The siderail assembly of claim 8, wherein the barrier pivots about a generally horizontal axis between the raised and the lowered positions. 10. The siderail assembly of claim 9, wherein the pivot axis intersects the generally horizontal axis at about a right angle. 11. The siderail assembly of claim 2, wherein the egress unit further comprises an egress position controller configured to selectively block movement of the egress unit between the barrier position and the egress position. 12. The siderail assembly of claim 11, wherein the egress position controller includes a handle lock coupled to the slide assembly to move therewith and is configured to selectively block movement of the handle relative to the slide assembly and a slide lock coupled to the barrier to selectively block movement of the handle relative to the barrier. 13. The siderail assembly of claim 12, wherein the handle lock includes a plunger coupled to the slide assembly to move relative to the slide assembly, a receiver formed in the handle and configured to mate with the plunger when the handle lock is in a locked position, and a bias spring interconnecting the plunger and the slide assembly and configured to provide a bias force to the plunger to urge the plunger to mate with the receiver. 14. The siderail assembly of claim 13, wherein the slide lock includes a piston coupled to the barrier to move relative to the barrier, a notch formed in the slide assembly and configured to mate with the piston when the slide lock is in a locked position, and a bias spring interconnecting the piston and the barrier, the bias spring being configured to provide a bias force to the piston to urge the piston to mate with the notch. 15. A siderail assembly for a patient support apparatus, the siderail assembly comprising a barrier movable between a raised position and a lowered position, the barrier including a foot edge facing toward a foot end of the patient support apparatus, a spaced-apart head edge facing toward a head end of the patient support apparatus, an inner side facing toward a mattress included in the patient support apparatus, an oppositely facing outer side facing away from the mattress, a first portion adapted to couple to a side of the patient support apparatus to extend between the head and the foot edges, a second portion appended to the first portion to extend in an upward direction and between the head and foot edges, and a third portion appended to the second portion to extend in the upward direction away from the second portion andan egress unit including a handle and a slide assembly arranged to lie between and interconnect the handle and the barrier for movement of the slide assembly between a retracted position in which the handle lies in confronting relation with the barrier and an extended position in which the handle is spaced-apart from the barrier and the handle is movable between a first position in which the handle extends away from the mattress and a second position in which the handle extends away from the inner side of the barrier toward the mattress. 16. The siderail assembly of claim 15, wherein the slide assembly is spaced-apart above the first portion of the barrier and coupled to the third portion. 17. The siderail assembly of claim 16, wherein the slide assembly includes a first slide tube and a first slide-tube receiver coupled to the top portion of the barrier to move therewith and the first slide tube is coupled to the first slide-tube receiver for translating movement back and forth relative to the slide-tube receiver. 18. The siderail assembly of claim 17, wherein the first slide tube is generally aligned with the pivot axis to move back and forth along the pivot axis. 19. The siderail assembly of claim 17, wherein the slide assembly further comprises a second slide tube and a second slide-tube receiver, the second slide tube is spaced-apart below the first slide tube, the second slide-tube receiver is coupled to the second portion of the barrier to move therewith, and the second slide-tube receiver is spaced-apart below the first slide-tube receiver. 20. The siderail assembly of claim 15, further comprising a linkage that includes a guide adapted for mounting to the side of the patient support apparatus and a support coupled to the guide and to the barrier to cause the guide to move with the barrier as the barrier moves between the raised and the lowered positions. 21. A siderail assembly for a patient support apparatus, the siderail assembly comprising, a barrier adapted for mounting to a frame of a patient support apparatus to move between a raised position and lowered position while the barrier remains in a substantially vertical orientation, the barrier including a foot edge, a spaced-apart head edge, an inner side, an oppositely facing outer side, a first portion adapted to couple to a frame of the patient support apparatus to extend between the head and the foot edges, a second portion appended to the first portion to extend in an upward direction and extend between the head and foot edges, and a third portion appended to the second portion to extend in the upward direction away from the second portion to locate the second portion between the first and third portions, andan egress unit including a handle and a slide assembly interconnecting the handle to the barrier, the slide assembly being movable from a retracted position in which the handle is in confronting relation with the barrier to an extended position in which the handle has slid in a longitudinal direction away from the barrier, and the handle being movable about a pivot axis from a first position in which the handle is in a generally vertical plane, the generally vertical plane being parallel to the outer and inner sides of the barrier, to a second position in which the handle lies in a plane, the plane being generally orthogonal to the inner and outer sides of the barrier. 22. The siderail assembly of claim 21, wherein the siderail assembly further includes a light coupled to the barrier, the light being configured to provide light to the handle in response to a command from a bed controller. 23. The siderail assembly of claim 21, wherein the siderail assembly further comprises a sensor configured to sense a position of the handle relative to the barrier and the sensor is adapted to send an input to a bed controller to control movement of the patient support apparatus in response to the second input. 24. The siderail assembly of claim 21, wherein the handle is movable in a counter clockwise direction about the pivot axis from the first position to the second position.