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US 5,398,358 AGranted
Stretcher
AssigneeJunkin Safety Appliance Co.
InventorsR. Bruce Mercke, David K. Mercke, W. Chris Mercke
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Abstract
A stretcher or litter for transporting patients has a bottom peripheral frame rail and a top peripheral hand-grasp rail spaced above the bottom frame rail. A molded plastic patient-receiving container or basket is secured to the bottom frame rail so that the top peripheral hand-grasp rail is unobstructed.
Claims12
A litter or stretcher, comprising:
- a. a bottom peripheral frame;
- b. a top peripheral hand-grasp rail generally conforming in peripheral shape to the peripheral shape of the bottom frame, spaced above the bottom frame, and substantially concentrically disposed to the bottom frame;
- c. bracket means interconnecting the top hand-grasp rail to the bottom peripheral frame;
- d. a molded plastic patient-receiving basket having a bottom wall and a peripheral side wall integral with the bottom wall, the peripheral shape of the top peripheral edge of the peripheral side wall generally conforming to the peripheral shape of the bottom peripheral frame, and a peripheral lip formed at the top peripheral edge of the peripheral side wall, the peripheral lip being positioned in peripheral juxtaposition to the bottom peripheral frame;
- and,
- e. means for securing the peripheral lip of the basket peripheral side wall to the bottom peripheral frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.