Patient carrying platforms

Abstract

A moveable support platform incorporates a base plate 1 mounted on front castor wheels 2 and rear castor wheels 3. Side struts 7 extend up from the base plate 1 and between these is mounted a gripping and pushing bar 8. At a central location of the base plate 1 a guide cover 11 supports the spindle of a larger wheel 12. A patient standing on the base plate 1 can support himself by gripping the bar 10 and can be moved around on the base plate 1 by a helper. When it is necessary to move the construction around a corner or to rotate into the reverse direction, pushing or pulling on the bar 8 will tend to rotate the whole support platform construction generally about the central wheel 12, with the various pulley wheels rotating around the axis of the wheel 12.

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