Ambulance cot and loading and unloading system
AssigneeStryker Corporation
InventorsClifford Edwin Lambarth, Chad Conway Souke, Kurosh Nahavandi, Adam Darwin Downey, Robert Gregory Cox
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Abstract
An ambulance cot loading and unloading system for an emergency vehicle includes a base for mounting in the emergency vehicle and an arm mounted for linear movement along the base, wherein the arm configured to support a cot while the cot is being loaded into or unloaded from the emergency vehicle. The ambulance cot loading and unloading system further includes an indicator mounted relative to the arm and a control system, which is in communication with the indicator and configured to generate a status indication of the cot loading and unloading system at the indicator.
Claims18
An ambulance cot loading and unloading apparatus for loading or unloading a cot into an emergency vehicle, the emergency vehicle having a cargo area and an opening into the cargo area, said ambulance cot loading and unloading apparatus comprising:
- a base mountable to a deck of the emergency vehicle;
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- a trolley movable relative to the base, said trolley including an arm configured to support the cot, said arm being extendable from the cargo area to an extended position to support the cot outside the emergency vehicle, wherein, in the extended position, the arm is operable to provide cantilevered support for the cot,
- said trolley including first and second latches for engaging the cot, said first and second latches respectively at opposite sides of said trolley, and
- said trolley including first and second recesses respectively at opposite sides of said trolley, said trolley including guide surfaces that guide the cot toward the first and second recesses.
An ambulance cot loading and unloading apparatus for loading or unloading a cot into an emergency vehicle, the emergency vehicle having a cargo area and an opening into the cargo area, said ambulance cot loading and unloading apparatus comprising:
- a base mountable to a deck of the emergency vehicle;
- an arm mounted relative to said base and mounted for linear movement along said base and to extend from the cargo area to an extended position to support the cot outside the emergency vehicle, wherein, in the extended position, the arm is operable to provide cantilevered support for the cot;
- first and second recesses spaced apart and operable to receive the cot;
- first and second guide surfaces mounted relative to said arm, said first and second guide surfaces guiding the cot into alignment with the said first and second recesses;
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- a trolley movable relative to the base, said trolley including said arm, said trolley including first and second latches for engaging the cot, said first and second latches respectively at opposite sides of said trolley.
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