Method of unloading an ambulance cot into an ambulance
AssigneeStryker Corporation
InventorsClifford E. Lambarth, Christopher B. Way
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Abstract
An ambulance cot loading and unloading device which utilizes an elongate guide track configured for mounting to a floor surface of a cargo area on the ambulance. A trolley is supported for movement relative to the guide track and has an elongate boom. The ambulance cot has a powered collapsible and extendable base and a patient support deck mounted on the base. A connection mechanism is provided on the trolley and the ambulance cot which is configured to interconnect and securely hold the ambulance cot on the trolley.
Claims3
A method of unloading a wheel supported ambulance cot having a collapsible and extendable base thereon from an ambulance, comprising the steps of:
- moving an ambulance cot with a collapsed base coupled to a trolley out of a cargo area of said ambulance so that said ambulance cot is cantilevered externally away from said access opening such that the collapsible and extendable base on said ambulance cot is spaced directly above a ground surface unobstructed by other structure;
- extending said base while said ambulance cot is cantilevered externally away from said access opening so that said wheels engage said ground surface and effect a support of said ambulance cot on said wheels;
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- moving said ambulance cot on said wheels in a direction until said ambulance cot is generally free of interference from said trolley.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.