Secure equipment transfer system
AssigneeLifespan Healthcare, LLC
InventorAlexander Bally
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Abstract
An equipment transfer device is provided that is transferrable from one support to another support. The transport device is formed as a housing that has two spaced apart, generally parallel recesses, which form docking cups that are open to the bottom. Each docking cup is configured to receive a docking cone that is supported on a structure and is capable of moving in generally a vertical direction into engagement or out of engagement with their respective docking cups. A support post is also supported by the housing and protrudes from the upper end thereof as a base to which an equipment support structure is attached. In this manner the transfer device can be transferred from one docking cone to another with minimal handling and virtually no possibility of dislodgement.
Claims14
A transfer device for a patient care apparatus, comprising:
- a first support platform having a first receiver affixed thereto;
- a second support platform having a second receiver affixed thereto;
- a transfer device having a first docking cup and a second docking cup, said first and second docking cups selectively receivable about said first and second receivers;
- a security mechanism fully contained within said transfer device and including first and second locks that engage said first and second receivers respectively, said first lock disengaging said first receiver only when said second receiver is fully received within said second docking cup, said second lock disengaging from said second receiver only when said first receiver is fully received within said first docking cup, said first and second lock being spaced apart from one another to form a space therebetween;
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- a support post received and retained in said space between said first and second locks, said support post supporting patient care apparatus.
A transfer device for a patient care apparatus, comprising:
- a first support platform having a first receiver affixed thereto;
- a second support platform having a second receiver affixed thereto;
- a transfer device having a support for said patient care apparatus, a first docking cup and a second docking cup, said first and second docking cups selectively receivable about said first and second receivers;
- said first and second receivers including a frictional element thereon to prevent rotation of said first and second docking cups relative to said first and second receivers;
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- a security mechanism fully contained within said transfer device that operates automatically to engage one of said first and second receivers when the other of said first and second receivers is not engaged within its docking cup.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.