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US 10,307,312 B2Granted
Gurney protective cover
OwnerMatthew Butterfield, Ronald Layinventors
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Abstract
A gurney cover that can be quickly deployed from an integrated pocket to protect a mattress or patient area of a gurney with the undployed gurney cover contained within the integral pocket.
Claims17
A fabric cover for a gurney with an attached gurney mattress and a patient area comprising;
- a gurney cover that includes a pocket, the pocket including attachments configured for releasable attachment to a gurney near a first end of a gurney mattress,
- a first position with the gurney cover located within the pocket with one end of the gurney cover attached to an interior of the pocket, and handle structure at a free end of the gurney cover that is configured to enable quick traction from the pocket, and
- a second position with the free end of the gurney cover having been pulled by the handle structure through an opening of the pocket and extended over a patient area to a second end of a gurney mattress,
- the free end of the gurney cover including fitting structure for removably attaching to a second end of a gurney mattress end, at the second position.
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A fabric cover for a gurney mattress comprising:
- a pocket that is dimensioned to hold a gurney cover, the gurney cover attached to the pocket at an attachment end at an opening of the pocket, the pocket having attachments configured for releasable attachment near a first end of a gurney structure;
- the gurney cover having a fitted extended end that when extended from the pocket releasably attaches to a second end of the gurney mattress by fitting to a second end of a gurney mattress,
- wherein the gurney cover has a total width that is wider than the pocket so as to define laterally extending side flaps on lateral edges of the gurney cover;
- the gurney having a first position with the laterally extending side flaps folded over the gurney cover as part of the gurney cover and together with the gurney cover folded within the pocket, and
- a second position with the gurney cover extended from the pocket with the fitted extended end configured to be releasably attached to a second end of a gurney mattress, the laterally extending side flaps unfolded in a configuration so as to hang down sides of a gurney mattress.
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A fabric cover for a gurney comprising;
- a pocket that is dimensioned to contain a gurney cover with gurney attachments configured for releasable attachment to a gurney structure,
- the gurney cover having an attached end attached to the interior of the pocket, and handle structure at a free end of the gurney cover that is configured to enable quick traction of the free end of the gurney cover out of the pocket to extend the gurney cover over a length of a gurney,
- the free end of the gurney cover including fitting structure, such that the free end can be removably fitted to a mattress of a gurney after the free end is pulled through an opening of the pocket, and extended,
- wherein the gurney cover has a total width that is wider than the pocket so as to define laterally extending side flaps on lateral edges of the gurney cover, the side flaps being foldable over the cover to make the cover have a same width as the pocket when storing the cover within the pocket, and
- a plurality of equally spaced fold lines transverse to a length of the gurney cover that enable an accordion-style fold of the gurney cover for storage within the cover and quick traction to and from the pocket.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.