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.
Claims20
An ambulance cot and cot loading and unloading system for an emergency vehicle comprising:
- a cot having a head end;
- a base for mounting to a deck of the emergency vehicle;
- a support mounted for linear movement relative to said base;
- an arm mounted for linear movement longitudinally relative to said base from a retracted position to an extended position and configured to engage said cot;
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- first and second latches for engaging the cot, said first and second latches being positioned respectively on opposite sides of the cot loading and unloading system,
- wherein, when said support is extended relative to said base and when said arm is extended relative to said base, said arm is extended from said base in said extended position and is configured for lifting said cot and providing cantilevered support to said cot while in said extended position.
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