Rescue vehicle
AssigneeAgusta S.p.A.
InventorPietro Alli
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Abstract
A rescue vehicle having a compartment for receiving a movable stretcher having two mushroom-shaped pins located at a front end and a rear end respectively of the stretcher. The compartment has a lateral opening for passage of the stretcher, and which is narrower than the length of the stretcher; a click-on lock unit located at one end of the compartment, such end facing the lateral opening, and for locking a first of the two pins; and a guide unit, which is set back with respect to the lateral opening, is coplanar with the lock unit, and on which a second of the two pins slides during insertion.
Claims10
1) A rescue vehicle (1) comprising a loading compartment (2);
- a first and a second lateral wall (3, 4) defining said compartment (2), at least the first said lateral wall (3) having a loading-unloading opening (6) narrower than the length of said compartment (2) and located adjacent to a first longitudinal end of the compartment (2);
- at least one stretcher (15) set to a longitudinal transportation position inside said compartment (2), and movable to and from said compartment (2) through said opening (6), the stretcher (15) being narrower and longer than the width of said opening (6);
- and fastening means (22) for releasably fixing said stretcher (15) in said transportation position;
- characterized in that said fastening means (22) comprise two pins (23, 24) projecting downwards from opposite ends of said stretcher (15);
- a first and a second seat (26, 27) located inside said compartment (2), and each for receiving a respective said pin (23, 24), said first seat (26) being adjacent to said first longitudinal end and facing said opening (6), and said second seat (27) being set back with respect to said opening (6);
- releasable click-on locking means (28) associated with said first seat (26) to lock the respective said pin (23) inside said first seat (26);
- and transverse guide means (29) extending from said second seat (27) and for guiding the respective said pin (24) along a transverse insertion path into said second seat (27).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.