Cot loading and unloading systems having a fixed rail
AssigneeFerno-Washington, Inc.
InventorsGavin Broadley, Alan Cambridge, Richard Potts, Qusai F. Takruri, Matthew Burrell, Ross Kenman, Nicholas Valentino, Robert Louis Potak, Jacob L. Cartner
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a cot loading and unloading system includes a fixed rail having a track, wherein the fixed rail is operable to be fixed to a floor, and a carriage directly coupled to the track and operable to travel along the fixed rail on the track, wherein the carriage is further operable to travel to an extended position such that at least a portion of the carriage extends beyond a length of the fixed rail.
Claims20
A cot loading and unloading system comprising:
- a fixed rail comprising a track, wherein the fixed rail is operable to be fixed to a floor;
- and
- a carriage directly coupled to the track and operable to travel along the fixed rail on the track, wherein the carriage is further operable to travel to an extended position such that at least a portion of the carriage extends beyond a length of the fixed rail.
A fixed rail of a cot loading and unloading system comprising a track further comprising a first side, a second side, a rack member, and a wheel guide member, wherein:
- the fixed rail is operable to be fixed to a floor;
- the rack member comprises a plurality of teeth and a rack protrusion;
- the wheel guide member comprises a wheel guide protrusion;
- the rack protrusion and the wheel guide protrusion oppose one another to receive at least one wheel of a carriage;
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- the rack protrusion and the wheel guide protrusion have a profile to mate with a groove of the at least one wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.