Ambulance lock

A stretcher frame securing system for a patient transport vehicle having a rearwardly located patient access, said system comprising a part for mounting on the floor of the transport vehicle adjacent said access, a part for mounting on the floor forwardly of said access, and an actuating mechanism connecting said parts;

• said forwardly mounting part including fixed and pivotal angled restraints for securing a stretcher frame wherein said fixed angled restraint inclines upwardly and rearwardly in a direction toward said vehicle access and said pivotal angled restraint is adapted to pivot between an orientation in which it inclines downwardly and rearwardly to said vehicle access, and an orientation in which it inclines upwardly and forwardly of said vehicle;
• said part adjacent the access including a longitudinally movable handle and associated hooking member which pivots between a horizontal plane and a vertical plane upon movement of the handle in a direction toward said access, said pivotal action of said hooking member being accompanied by a longitudinal movement which takes the hooking member into and out of locking correspondence with an appendage on the rear section of the stretcher;
• said interconnecting actuating mechanism acting to pivot said pivotal angled restraint upon longitudinal movement of the handle, so that the pivotal angled restraint in combination with the fixed restraint secures the stretcher frame therebetween.