Patient transport apparatus with multiple mode handle assembly
AssigneeStryker Corporation
InventorsTrey Thomas Pfeiffer, Cory P. Herbst, Nathan W. Matheny, Conor McCarrey, Daniel V. Brosnan, Kelly Sandmeyer, John Wallace, Melvin Gottschalk, Jr.
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Abstract
A patient transport apparatus for transporting patients in a stair configuration and in a chair configuration. A multiple mode handle assembly is provided for user engagement, and is movable between a first handle configuration, a second handle configuration, and a third handle configuration.
Claims18
A patient transport apparatus operable by a user for transporting a patient, the patient transport apparatus comprising:
- a support structure having a front strut and a rear support assembly including a rear upright;
- a seat section operatively attached to the support structure for supporting the patient;
- a track assembly arranged for movement relative to the support structure between a retracted position arranged adjacent to the rear upright, and a deployed position for traversing stairs;
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- a handle assembly coupled to the rear support assembly, the handle assembly comprising an upper bar defining a middle grip portion arranged for engagement by the user, a bar mount supporting the upper bar for selective movement between a first bar position and a second bar position with the middle grip portion of the upper bar being arranged closer to the bar mount in the first bar position than in the second bar position, and an extension post movably coupled to the rear upright and supporting the bar mount for concurrent selective movement relative to the rear support assembly between a collapsed position and an extended position with the bar mount being arranged closer to the rear upright in the collapsed position than in the extended position.
A patient transport apparatus operable by a user for transporting a patient, the patient transport apparatus comprising:
- a support structure having a front strut and a rear support assembly including a rear upright;
- a seat section operatively attached to the support structure for supporting the patient;
- a track assembly arranged for movement relative to the support structure between a retracted position arranged adjacent to the rear upright, and a deployed position for traversing stairs;
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- a handle assembly coupled to the rear support assembly, the handle assembly comprising an upper bar defining a middle grip portion arranged for engagement by the user, a bar mount supporting the upper bar for selective movement relative to the bar mount between a first bar position and a second bar position with the middle grip portion of the upper bar being arranged closer to the bar mount in the first bar position than in the second bar position, and an extension post movably coupled to the rear upright and supporting the bar mount for concurrent selective movement relative to the rear support assembly between a collapsed position and an extended position with the bar mount and the upper bar each being arranged closer to the rear upright in the collapsed position than in the extended position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.