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US 5,163,189 AGranted
Mechanical gurney
OwnerWilliam G. DeGrayinventor
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A mobile, self powered and power steered gurney is provided including an elevatable and laterally tiltable support structure from which patient support structure is supported for adjusted shifting laterally of the gurney between a first position superposed over the support structure and an extended position projecting outwardly of one side margin of the support structure. The patient support structure incorporates a conveyor structure which is operative to convey a patient laterally of the support structure responsive to shifting of the patient support structure further operative to shift a patient laterally of the patient support structure relative thereto in a direction opposite to the direction in which the patient support structure is being shifted relative to the support structure and at a speed substantially equal to the speed of shifting of the patient support structure relative to the support structure.
A patient carrying and transferring gurney, said gurney including a wheeled frame, support structure including opposite margins and being mounted from said frame for adjusted elevational shifting relative thereto and adjustable angular displacement relative to said frame about a horizontal axis generally paralleling said opposite side margins, patient support means carried by said support structure for elevational and angular adjustment therewith relative to said frame, means mounting said patient support means from said support structure for adjusted generally horizontal displacement relative to said support structure along a first predetermined path extending laterally of said axis between a first retracted position superposed over said support structure and a second extended position projecting outwardly of one of said side margins, said patient support means including patient conveyor means supported therefrom operative to support and convey a patient thereon back and forth along a second path generally paralleling said first path.
In combination, generally horizontal support structure having opposite side margins, patient support means mounted from said patient support structure for adjusted generally horizontal displacement relative thereto along a first predetermined path disposed at generally right angles relative to said opposite side margins between a first retracted position superposed over said support structure and a second extended position projecting outwardly of one of said side margins, said patient support means including patient conveyor means supported therefrom and operative to support and convey a patient thereon back and forth along a second path generally paralleling said first path.
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