# US 2019/0314654 A1 · Ergonomic scba holder

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- Number: US 2019/0314654 A1
- Document ID: US20190314654A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/954,390
- Filed: 2018-04-16
- Published: 2019-10-17
- Earliest claimed: 2018-04-16
- Assignees: Spartan Motors, Inc.
- Inventors: James Roger Lackore, JR.
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190314654A1

## CPC

- A62B 25/00: Devices for storing {or holding or carrying} respiratory or breathing apparatus
- A62C 27/00: Fire-fighting land vehicles
- B60R 7/02: in separate luggage compartment {(B60R7/005 takes precedence)}
- B60R 7/08: Disposition of racks, clips {, holders, containers} or the like {for supporting specific articles (B60R7/005 takes precedence)}
- B62D 33/06: Drivers' cabs {(overhead guards, e.g. against loads falling down B60R21/11; roll-over protection B60R21/13)}
- A62B: DEVICES, APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR LIFE-SAVING (valves specially adapted for medical use A61M39/00; life-saving devices, apparatus or methods specially adapted for use in water B63C9/00; divers' equipment B63C11/00; specially adopted for use with aircraft, e.g. parachutes, ejector seats, {B64D17/00, B64D25/10}; rescue devices peculiar to mining E21F11/00)
- A62C: FIRE-FIGHTING (fire-extinguishing compositions, use of chemical substances in extinguishing fires A62D1/00; spraying, applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general B05; alarm arrangements G08B, e.g. fire alarms actuated by smoke or gases G08B17/10)
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M)

## Abstract

Embodiments of a storage compartment for self-contained breathing apparatuses (SCBA) are provided. The storage compartment includes a deployment mechanism to facilitate efficient and ergonomic donning of the SCBA. Advantageously, the storage compartment is closed off from the cabin of a firetruck and is accessed from the exterior of the firetruck so that any chemicals that off-gas from the SCBA are contained in their own compartment separate from the interior of the firetruck's cabin. The SCBA are able to be deployed from the storage compartment in a variety of different ways. Each embodiment of the deployment mechanism is configured to deploy the SCBA from an elevated position within the storage compartment to an exterior position that is roughly at the level of a firefighter's back.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A storage compartment on a firetruck for self-contained breathing apparatuses (SCBA), the storage compartment comprising:
a mount configured to hold at least one SCBA; and
a deployment mechanism;
wherein the deployment mechanism is configured to transition the mount from a first vertical position on an interior of the storage compartment to a second vertical position on an exterior of the storage compartment;
wherein the second vertical position is lower than the first vertical position; and
wherein the second vertical position is at an ergonomic height for donning of the at least one SCBA.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The storage compartment of claim 1, wherein the deployment mechanism is an articulated arm having a first arm section, a second arm section, and a third arm section;
wherein, in the first vertical position, the first arm section and the third arm section are in a horizontal arrangement and the second arm section is in a vertical arrangement; and
wherein, in the second vertical position, the first arm section and the third arm section are in a vertical arrangement and the second arm is in a horizontal arrangement.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The storage compartment of claim 1, wherein the deployment mechanism includes at least one arm and an actuator connected to the at least one arm, the actuator configured to cause rotation of the at least one arm so as to move the mount between the first vertical position and the second vertical position.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The storage compartment of claim 3, wherein actuator has an actuator arm that extends to cause rotation of the at least one arm such that the mount moves from the first vertical position to the second vertical position.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The storage compartment of claim 3, wherein the actuator has an actuator arm that retracts to cause rotation of the at least one arm such that the mount moves from the first vertical position to the second vertical position.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The storage compartment of claim 1, wherein the deployment mechanism includes at least one slidable extension track having at least one extender arm connected to the mount.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The storage compartment of claim 6, wherein the mount is connected to the at least one extender arm via a back plate and a linkage bar, wherein the back plate is connected directly to the at least one extender arm, wherein the linkage bar is disposed between the back plate and the mount, and wherein the back plate is hingably connected to a first end of the linkage bar and the mount is hingably connected to a second end of the linkage bar.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The storage compartment of claim 6, wherein the mount is connected to the at least one extender arm via a drop down sleeve and a scissor extender arm, wherein the drop down sleeve is connected directly to the at least one extender arm, wherein the scissor extender is vertically arranged within drop down sleeve, wherein the drop down sleeve is connected to a top end of the scissor extender arm, and wherein the mount is connected to a bottom end of the scissor arm extender.

### Claim 9 (depends on 6)

The storage compartment of claim 6, wherein the mount is pivotably attached to the at least one extender arm and wherein the mount rotates 180° in a plane parallel to the at least one extender arm moving from the first vertical position to the second vertical position.

### Claim 10 (depends on 6)

The storage compartment of claim 6, wherein the mount is hingably attached to the at least one extender arm and wherein the mount rotates 180° in a plane perpendicular to the at least one extender arm moving from the first vertical position to the second vertical position.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The storage compartment of claim 1, wherein the mount is connected to a door panel, wherein deployment mechanism includes a hinge connecting the door panel to a floor of the storage compartment, and wherein the mount rotates 180° in a plane defined by the mount moving from the first vertical position to the second vertical position.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The storage compartment of claim 1, wherein the deployment mechanism includes an L-shaped arm having a long component and a short component, wherein the short component is pivotably attached to the mount, wherein the long component is hingably attached to a floor of the storage compartment, wherein the long component transitions from a vertical arrangement in the first vertical position to a horizontal arrangement in the second vertical position, and wherein the short component transitions from a horizontal arrangement in the first vertical position to a vertical arrangement in the second vertical position.

### Claim 13

A cabin body of a firetruck, comprising:
at least one occupant section; and
at least one storage compartment, each of the at least one storage compartment having a mount configured to hold at least one self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) and a deployment mechanism;
wherein the deployment mechanism is configured to transition the mount from a first vertical position on an interior of the storage compartment to a second vertical position lower than the first vertical position on an exterior of the storage compartment; and
wherein the at least one storage compartment is closed off from the at least one occupant section.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The cabin body of claim 13, wherein the at least one occupant section comprises a front occupant section and a rear occupant section and wherein the at least one storage compartment is located between the front occupant section and the rear occupant section.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The cabin body of claim 14, wherein the at least one storage compartment is located above a wheel well of the firetruck.

### Claim 16 (depends on 13)

The cabin body of claim 13, wherein the firetruck has a driver side and a passenger side, wherein the at least one storage compartment comprises a driver side storage compartment and a passenger side storage compartment.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The cabin body of claim 16, wherein each of the driver side storage compartment and the passenger side storage compartment hold at least two SCBA.

### Claim 18

A method of deploying a mount for self-contained breathing apparatuses (SCBA) on a firetruck from a storage compartment, the method comprising the steps of:
moving the mount from the interior of the storage compartment to an exterior of the storage compartment; and
lowering the mount from a first vertical position to a second vertical position that is from 3.5′ to 5′ off the ground.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The method of claim 18, further comprising performing the moving and the lowering steps concurrently.

### Claim 20 (depends on 18)

The method of claim 18, wherein the moving step further comprises extending a slidable track or an extension arm.