PATIENT HANDLING EQUIPMENT AND PATIENT HANDLING EQUIPMENT COMPONENTS, namely, STRETCHERS FOR PATIENT TRANSPORT AND THERAPEUTIC MEDICAL BEDS FEATURING ONE OR MORE BACK STRESS REDUCING COMPONENTS, namely, INTEGRATED SCALES, SIDE RAILS, SIDE RAIL MECHANISMS, POWERED GATCHES IN THE NATURE OF ARTICULATING DECKS POWERED BY ONE OR MORE ACTUATORS, BACKRESTS, BACKREST MECHANISMS, LIFT MECHANISMS IN THE NATURE OF ONE OR MORE ACTUATORS FOR RAISING OR LOWERING A DECK OR A PORTION OF A DECK OF THE BED OR STRETCHER, PUSH HANDLES, CONTROL SYSTEMS, namely, A CONTROLLER FOR CONFIGURING THE BED OR STRETCHER IN DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS, BRAKES, FIFTH WHEELS, DRIVE SYSTEMS HAVING ONE OR MORE MOTORS FOR DRIVING A FIFTH WHEEL, PATIENT REPOSITIONING DEVICES, ARTICULATABLE FOOT SECTIONS, CALF SUPPORTS, TRENDELENBURG POSITION DRIVE MECHANISMS IN THE NATURE OF ONE OR MORE ACTUATORS, OR TRENDELENBURG POSITION CONTROLS IN THE NATURE OF A CONTROLLER, ALL FOR REDUCING STRESS AND/OR STRAIN ON A CAREGIVER