Multiple purpose ambulance cot with removable stretcher top
AssigneeFerno-Washington, Inc.
InventorsElroy E. Bourgraf, Kenneth R. Self
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Abstract
An ambulance cot having a base structure which serve as a carrier for a removable stretcher forming a top for the carrier, the carrier base having frame members which form supporting tracks to receive flanged rollers mounted on the stretcher so that the stretcher may be rolled smoothly onto the carrier or removed therefrom, the carrier also mounting locking means for fixedly yet releasably securing the stretcher to the carrier.
Claims7
A multiple purpose portable ambulance cot comprising a carrier base and a detachable stretcher top, said carrier base having a supporting frame including a pair of side rails, said stretcher top having a stretcher frame including a pair of side rails, sets of rollers mounted on one of said frames for engagement with the side rails of the other frame, and releasable locking means for detachably securing said stretcher top to the supporting frame of said carrier base with said rollers in engagement with said rails, whereby said stretcher top forms the patient receiving portion of the cot when attached to the carrier base, the stretcher top being removable for separate use.
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