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US 11,020,292 B2Granted
Collapsible cadaver rack
AssigneeTrailerlogic, LLC
InventorMichael P. Richardson
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a collapsible rack for storing and transporting cadavers and human bodies.
Claims8
A vertically collapsible cadaver rack, the rack comprising:
- a) at least three vertically-oriented supports and at least four frame members collapsibly connecting each of the at least three vertically-oriented supports to each other such that the rack can be oriented in
- i) a first open position where the frame members are in a substantially horizontal position;
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- ii) a second collapsed, vertically upright, position where the frame members are in a substantially vertical position,
- wherein two of the at least three vertically-oriented supports are vertically-oriented end supports and at least one of the at least three vertically-oriented supports is a vertically-oriented center support, the collapsible cadaver rack further comprising at least one removable guide rail which connects the two vertically-oriented end supports when the rack is in the first open position and wherein the removable guide rail is not present when the rack is in the second collapsed, vertically upright, position;
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- b) at least two horizontal support beams internally positioned within each vertically-oriented support,
- wherein when the rack is oriented in the second collapsed, vertically upright position, the rack is vertically stable, and remains in a vertical position, without requiring additional vertical stabilizing support.
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A vertically collapsible cadaver rack, the rack comprising:
- a) two vertically-oriented, rectangularly-shaped, end supports and a vertically-oriented, rectangularly-shaped, center support;
- b) eight hinged frame members collapsibly connecting each of the two vertically-oriented, rectangularly-shaped, end supports with the vertically-oriented, rectangularly-shaped, center support such that the rack can be oriented in
- i) a first open position where the frame members are in a substantially horizontal position;
- and
- ii) a second collapsed, vertically upright, position where the frame members are in a substantially vertical position;
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- wherein when the rack is oriented in the second collapsed, vertically upright position, the rack is vertically stable, and remains in a vertical position, without requiring additional vertical stabilizing support;
- c) at least three horizontal end support beams internally positioned within each vertically-oriented, rectangularly-shaped end support for receiving a cadaver transfer board;
- d) a plurality of removable guide rails corresponding in number to the number of horizontal end support beams and extending between the two vertically-oriented, rectangularly-shaped, end supports when the rack is in the first open position and wherein the plurality of removable guide rails are not present when the rack is in the second collapsed, vertically upright, position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.