Cart for ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and ultrasound diagnostic unit having gas-spring operation mechanism

An ultrasound diagnostic unit comprising:

• a cart for an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus with a table on which a transportable ultrasound diagnostic apparatus is placed, the cart comprising:
• a gas spring that is able to form a locked state in which the table is unraisable and unlowerable and an unlocked state in which the table is unlocked and is biased upward,
• wherein the gas spring includes a gas spring operation reception portion that receives an operation of switching between the locked state and the unlocked state,
• the cart further includes a user push-button, and
• a movement transmission mechanism that transmits movement of the user push-button being pressed to the gas spring operation reception portion so that a state of the table is changed from the locked state to the unlocked state while the user push-button is pressed,
• the movement transmission mechanism includes a translational movement component that translationally moves as the user push-button is pressed and that is in charge of at least part of transmission of the movement from the user push-button to the gas spring operation reception portion,
• the cart further includes an apparatus push-button that is provided to protrude from an upper surface of the table and that is pressed by the transportable ultrasound diagnostic apparatus while the transportable ultrasound diagnostic apparatus is placed on the table, and
• a movement restriction portion that is interlocked with the apparatus push-button, and
• the movement restriction portion restricts movement of the translational movement component while being positioned in a region in which the movement restriction portion interferes with the movement of the translational movement component while the apparatus push-button is in an unpressed state and allows the movement of the translational movement component while being positioned in a region in which the movement restriction portion does not interfere with the movement of the translational movement component while the apparatus push-button is in a pressed state;
• and
• the transportable ultrasound diagnostic apparatus placed on the table of the cart.