US 5,344,169 AGranted

Multi-pole support stand

AssigneePryor Products

InventorsJohn W. Pryor, Jeffery W. Pryor, Jack W. Ratcliff

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Abstract

A mobile support stand for hospital equipment has a plurality of poles projecting upwardly from a wheeled base with IV hangers at the upper ends of the poles. The base has a span sufficient to provide the needed stability against tipping, with legs projecting outwardly from the base with wheels at their free ends for supporting and transporting the stand. At least one of the legs is retractable between a fully extended, operative position and a retracted, non-extended position. A securing mechanism allows the stand to be secured to existing mounting holes on a hospital bed with the retractable leg facing outward, and once the stand is secured to the bed the retractable leg is retracted out of the way so that the floor space taken up by the bed and attached stand is minimized.

Claims6

Dependent claims

A multi-pole support stand, comprising:

a wheeled base having an elongate bar with fixed legs projecting from each end and a pair of stabilizer legs extending from opposite sides of a central portion of the elongate bar, each leg carrying a wheel at an outer end thereof;
a plurality of poles extending upwardly from the elongate bar for supporting equipment;
a slide rail bracket attached to said plurality of poles and extending above said elongate bar;
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securing means for securing the stand to spaced apart, vertical mounting holes of a hospital bed, said securing means comprises a pair of sliders slidably mounted on said slide rail bracket, each slider having a connector piece projecting transversely from one side of the slide rail, a hollow sleeve member affixed to an outer end of the connector piece, and a pin member telescopically received within the sleeve member and extending downwardly therefrom, each pin member being receivable in a respective one of the vertical mounting holes for securing the stand to the hospital bed.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 08/009,655Filed 27 Jan 1993 · continuation in part
Priority: 27 Jan 1992
Granted: 6 Sep 1994
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

B62B 3/02
Hand carts having more than one axis carrying transport wheels; Steering devices therefor; Equipment therefor: involving parts being adjustable,…
A61G 7/0503
Parts, details or accessories of beds: holders, support devices for receptacles, e.g. for drainage or urine bags
A61G 12/008
Supply appliances, e.g. columns for gas, fluid, electricity supply: mounted on a mobile base, e.g. on a trolley
F16M 11/046
Allowing translations: adapted to upward-downward translation movement

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Serial826,012Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 27 Jan 1992
US 5,344,169 AThis patent

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