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US 4,389,066 AGranted
Rescue unit
AssigneeRoy Weir
InventorsRoy Weir, Larry G. Morin, Louis D. Guenette
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Abstract
A rescue unit adapted to be towed by a snow mobile or the like includes a frame and attached skis. A patient support section is carried by the frame and includes a movable cover. An attendant support section is also carried on the frame longitudinally spaced from the head of a patient carried on the patient support section. The cover preferably includes first and second portions, the first portion being hingedly connected with one side of the frame and limited in its opening movement. The second cover portion is telescopically movable with respect to the first cover portion, and preferably has a transparent section for viewing the head of a patient being carried on the unit.
Claims16
A rescue unit adapted to be transported by a vehicle, comprising:
- (a) frame means;
- (b) transport assembly means attached to said frame means for permitting transport of the unit;
- (c) a patient support section carried by said frame means and including cover means for said section, said cover means being movable to permit access to said patient support section;
- (d) an attendant support section carried on said frame means longitudinally spaced from said patient support section in the direction of the head of a patient carried on said patient support section,
- (e) said cover means comprising a first portion and a second portion, said first portion being hingedly connected with one side of said frame means, means for limiting hinged open movement of said cover, and said second cover portion being telescopingly movable with respect to said first cover portion,
- (f) said second cover portion having a transparent section for association with a portion of the patient support section in the area of the head of a patient being carried on said unit,
- (g) said second cover portion carrying a transparent windscreen adjacent the transparent section and forward of the attendant support section, and
- (h) said attendant section including a transverse safety bar immediately rearwardly of said patient support section.
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A rescue unit adapted to be transported by a vehicle, comprising:
- (a) frame means;
- (b) transport assembly means attached to said frame means for permitting transport of the unit;
- (c) a patient support section carried by said frame means and including cover means for said section, said cover means being movable to permit access to said patient support section;
- (d) an attendant support section carried on said frame means longitudinally spaced from said patient support section in the direction of the head of a patient carried on said patient support section,
- (e) said cover means comprising a first portion and a second portion, said first portion being hingedly connected with one side of said frame means, means for limiting hinged open movement of said cover, and said second cover portion being telescopingly movable with respect to said first cover portion,
- (f) said second cover portion having a transparent section for association with a portion of the patient support section in the area of the head of a patient being carried on said unit,
- (g) said attendant section including seat means facing said patient support section and including footrest means between said seat means and said patient support section, and
- (h) said seat means including backrest means and a hinged seat, said seat means having a storage area accessible through said hinged seat.
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A rescue unit adapted to be transported by a vehicle, comprising:
- (a) frame means;
- (b) transport assembly means attached to said frame means for permitting transport of the unit;
- (c) a patient support section carried by said frame means and including cover means for said section, said cover means being movable to permit access to said patient support section;
- (d) an attendant support section carried on said frame means longitudinally spaced from said patient support section in the direction of the head of a patient carried on said patient support section, (e) said cover means comprising a first portion and a second portion, said first portion being hingedly connected with one side of said frame means, means for limiting hinged open movement of said cover, and said second cover portion being telescopingly movable with respect to said first cover portion,
- (f) said second cover portion having a transparent section for association with a portion of the patient support section in the area of the head of a patient being carried on said unit,
- (g) said frame means comprising two I beams and said patient support section including a frame support secured to the upper flange surfaces of said I beams, cover means secured to the bottom flange surfaces of said I beams and defining with said frame support a storage area, and board means supported within said storage area and telescopingly removable therefrom below said patient support section and said attendant section.
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A rescue unit adapted to be transported by a vehicle, comprising:
- (a) frame means;
- (b) transport assembly means attached to said frame means for permitting transport of the unit;
- (c) a patient support section carried by said frame means and including cover means for said section;
- (d) an attendant support section carried on said frame means rearwardly of said patient support section and in the direction of the head of a patient carried on said patient support section;
- (e) said cover means comprising a first portion and a second portion, said first portion being hingedly connected with said frame means;
- (f) said second cover portion being movable with said first portion when said first portion is moved from a closed position to an open position to provide access to said patient support section, means for limiting hinged open movement of said cover means, said second portion further being in telescoping association with said first portion to provide selective access to the upper portion of a patient being carried on a moving rescue unit to an attendant;
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- (g) said support attendant section including seat means facing said patient support section and footrest means between said seat means and said patient support section, said attendant section further including attendant graspable safety means adjacent said second cover portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.