Mobile ventilator capable of nesting within and docking with a hospital bed base

The combination comprising:

• a hospital bed having a base, a patient support mounted on said base and opposite head and foot ends, said base including wheels thereon, said bed defining a footprint on a floor surface therebelow by projecting downwardly thereon a periphery of said bed;
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• a ventilator supported on a cart, said cart including wheels thereon, at least one of said ventilator and cart being dockable to said base whereby said ventilator and said bed may be removably secured together and rolled as a unit, said ventilator and cart being positioned underneath said patient support, at one of said ends of said bed and within said bed footprint.

A combination comprising:

• a hospital bed having a base and a patient support mounted on said base, said base being generally Y-shaped having a pair of spaced arms on one end thereof, said base including wheels thereon, said bed defining a footprint on a floor surface therebelow by projecting downwardly thereon a periphery of said bed;
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• a ventilator on a cart, said cart including wheels thereon and a selectively raisable and lowerable support for supporting said ventilator, said ventilator and cart being dockable to said base within said spaced arms when said ventilator is lowered by said support whereby said ventilator and bed may be rolled as a unit, said ventilator being positioned underneath said patient support and within said bed footprint.