Operation table
AssigneeMatburn (Holdings) Limited
InventorNorman J. Lee
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Abstract
A surgical operation table has a patient supporting surface supported on a column on a movable base. The base has a plurality of feet which can rest on the ground to support the base in a fixed position. The base can be moved on running wheels which are movable with respect to the base to and from a position in which they are engaged with the ground, and the feet are clear of the ground. A support frame is displaceable with respect to the base to move the running wheels into the position in which they are engaged with the ground and the feet are clear of the ground. The frame is also displaceable with respect to the base to enable the running wheels to move clear of the ground and the feet to engage the ground.
Claims5
A surgical operation table or the like comprising a patient supporting surface, a movable base and a column by which the patient supporting surface is mounted on the base, wherein the said base comprises a plurality of feet which can rest on the ground to support the base in a fixed position and running wheels on which the base can be moved, and a support frame displaceable with respect to the base to move the running wheels into the position in which they are engaged with the ground and the feet are clear of the ground, said running wheels being connected to said support frame, a plurality of casters or the like mounted on the support frame, wherein the frame is displaceable with respect to the base from a position in which the running wheels are engaged with the ground and the feet are clear of the ground through a position in which the casters or the like are engaged with the ground and both the feet and the running wheels are clear of the ground to a position in which the feet are engaged with the ground and the casters and running wheels are clear of the ground.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.