# US 10,245,192 B2 · Extendable and retractable gurney > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,245,192 B2 - Document ID: US10245192B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/097,699 - Filed: 2016-04-13 - Published: 2017-10-19 - Granted: 2019-04-02 - Earliest claimed: 2016-04-13 - Applicants: Bobby Allan Burkeen - Inventors: Bobby Allan Burkeen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10245192B2 ## CPC - A61G 3/0254: {by moving the stretcher on a horizontal path, e.g. sliding or rolling} - A61G 1/06: Supports for stretchers, e.g. to be placed in or on vehicles {(A61G1/0293 takes precedence; supports fixed to a vehicle A61G3/02 - A61G3/08)} - A61G 3/0245: {by translating the support} - A61G 3/0825: {using support rack, frame} - A61G 3/0883: {by preventing lateral movement, e.g. tracks} - A61G 3/0891: {by preventing longitudinal movement} - A61G 3/0833: {using other support} - A61G: TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS (appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H3/00); OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (embalming corpses A01N1/00) ## Abstract There is provided an extendable and retractable gurney mountable to a rescue vehicle and configured to receive and hold a rescue basket thereon. The gurney has a base for fixed mounting to a floor area of the rescue vehicle. The gurney has a rescue basket cradle that slides (relative to the base) outward from a stowed configuration on a rescue vehicle to an extended configuration to receive a rescue basket, and then moves back inward to a stowed configuration in the emergency vehicle. Rollers are arrayed along a side of a longitudinally extending slat to facilitate rolling contact with an underside of a rescue basket, when it is placed on the cradle, thereby allowing the basket to be readily moved into appropriate position on the cradle for securing it to, and immobilizing it on, the gurney. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An extendable and retractable gurney, mountable to a rescue vehicle and configured to receive and hold a rescue basket thereon, the retractable gurney comprising: a base comprising: a base frame configured for mounting to a floor area of the rescue vehicle; a longitudinal slider bracket fixedly mounted to the base frame, a slider operatively engaged with and sliding relative to the longitudinal slider bracket, from a stowed configuration to an extended configuration; and a rescue basket support frame mounted to the slider and above the base, the rescue basket support frame including: a rescue basket cradle configured to support an end and sides of a rescue basket, the rescue basket cradle including a pair of parallel spaced apart longitudinal rescue basket side supports joined at a proximal end by a rescue basket end support; a first series of rollers to facilitate rolling contact with an underside of a rescue basket placed on the extendable and retractable gurney to move the rescue basket longitudinally; and a plurality of cross beams extending laterally between the pair of spaced apart longitudinal basket side supports such that, when in use, the rescue basket support frame slides on a second series of rollers. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The extendable and retractable gurney of claim 1, further comprising a longitudinally extending slat mounted at a lower elevation than, and extending inboard from, the pair of spaced apart longitudinal basket side supports, at least some of the first series of rollers arrayed alongside and extending at least partially above an upper surface of the slat. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The extendable and retractable gurney of claim 1, wherein the plurality of cross beams is convex-downward cross beams. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The extendable and retractable gurney of claim 1, further comprising a basket clamp, the basket clamp engaging an end portion of a frame of the rescue basket to lock the rescue basket in place on the rescue basket cradle. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The extendable and retractable gurney of claim 4, wherein the basket clamp is spring loaded and has a locking mechanism to secure the rescue basket. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The extendable and retractable gurney of claim 1, further comprising a mechanical lock having a hand grip at a distal end of the extendable and retractable gurney to mechanically lock the gurney in a stowed configuration or an extended configuration. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The extendable and retractable gurney of claim 2, further comprising a second slat parallel to the longitudinally extending slat, at least some of the first series of rollers arrayed alongside and extending at least partially above an upper surface of the second slat. ### Claim 8 An extendable and retractable gurney mountable to a rescue vehicle and configured to receive and hold a rescue basket thereon, the retractable gurney comprising: a base comprising: a set of spaced apart longitudinal slider brackets fixedly mounted to a base frame, configured to attach to a floor area of a rescue vehicle; a set of sliders; each slider of the set of sliders operatively engaged with and sliding relative to one of the set of longitudinal base supports from a stowed position to an extended position; and a rescue basket support frame mounted to the set of sliders and above the base, the rescue basket support frame including: a rescue basket cradle configured to support an end and both sides of a rescue basket, the rescue basket cradle including a pair of spaced apart longitudinal rescue basket side supports joined by a rescue basket end support; a first series of rollers arrayed to facilitate rolling contact between the series of rollers and an underside of a rescue basket, when a rescue basket is placed on the rescue basket cradle; a plurality of cross beams configured to cradle and support a rescue basket thereon and extending laterally between the pair of spaced apart longitudinal basket side supports such that when in use the rescue basket support frame slides on a second series of rollers. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The extendable and retractable gurney of claim 8, further comprising a longitudinally extending slat mounted at a lower elevation than, and extending inboard from, the pair of spaced apart longitudinal basket side supports. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The extendable and retractable gurney of claim 9, further comprising a mechanical lock having a hand grip at a distal end of the extendable and retractable gurney to mechanically lock the gurney in a stowed configuration or an extended configuration. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The extendable and retractable gurney of claim 8, further comprising a basket clamp, the basket clamp engaging an end portion of a frame of the rescue basket to lock the rescue basket in place on the rescue basket cradle. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The extendable and retractable gurney of claim 11, wherein the basket clamp is spring loaded and has a locking mechanism to secure the rescue basket. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The extendable and retractable gurney of claim 10, wherein the mechanical lock is spring-loaded. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The extendable and retractable gurney of claim 9, further comprising a second slat parallel to the longitudinally extending slat, at least some of the first series of rollers arrayed alongside and extending at least partially above an upper surface of the second slat. ### Claim 15 An extendable and retractable gurney configured to receive and hold a rescue basket thereon, the extendable and retractable gurney comprising: a base configured for mounting to a floor area of a rescue vehicle, the base comprising a set of spaced apart longitudinal immobile slider brackets, and a corresponding set of sliders; each slider of the set operatively engaged with one of the set of longitudinal immobile slider brackets, and sliding from a stowed position to an extended position; a rescue basket support frame including: a rescue basket cradle configured to support an end and both sides of a rescue basket, the rescue basket cradle including a pair of spaced apart longitudinal basket side supports joined at their respective proximal ends to form a rescue basket end support; a plurality of cross beams extending laterally between the pair of spaced apart longitudinal basket side supports, the cross beams mounted infixed mechanical relation to the sliders and configured to cradle and support a rescue basket thereon; a pair of spaced apart parallel longitudinally extending slats mounted to the cross beams to extend at a lower elevation than, and inboard of, the pair of spaced apart longitudinal basket side supports; and a series of rollers arrayed along the pair of spaced apart parallel longitudinally extending slats, the rollers extending at least partially above upper surfaces of said slats. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The extendable and retractable gurney of claim 15, further comprising a mechanical lock having a hand grip at a distal end of the extendable and retractable gurney to mechanically lock the gurney in a stowed configuration or an extended configuration. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The extendable and retractable gurney of claim 16, wherein the mechanical lock is spring-loaded. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The extendable and retractable gurney of claim 15, further comprising a basket clamp, the basket clamp engaging an end portion of a frame of the rescue basket to lock the rescue basket in place on the rescue basket cradle. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The extendable and retractable gurney of claim 18, wherein the basket clamp is spring loaded and has a locking mechanism to secure the rescue basket. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The extendable and retractable gurney of claim 15, wherein the cross beams are convex downward.