Articulating patient loading system and transport device for aircraft
AssigneeAir Methods Corporation
InventorsJeff M. Moss, Roger R. B. Thibault
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Abstract
A selectively tiltable patient loading system and transport device adapted for use in aircraft is disclosed. The device generally comprises a base assembly interconnected to the floor of an aircraft, a platform assembly capable of receiving and supporting a litter with a patient thereon, and an interconnecting assembly interposed between the base assembly and platform assembly for supportably interconnecting the platform assembly to the base assembly and for selectively tilting the platform assembly relative to the base assembly.
Claims21
A patient system and transport device for aircraft comprising:
- a base assembly mountable to the floor of an aircraft;
- a platform assembly for supportably receiving a patient thereupon;
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- interconnecting assembly for portably interconnecting said platform assembly to said base assembly and for selectably tilting said platform assembly relative to said base assembly, wherein said interconnecting assembly includes a means for selectively tilting said platform assembly relative to said base assembly to one of a plurality of tilt positions, said means for selectively tilting comprising a retractable locking subassembly for locking said platform assembly in at least one of said plurality of tilt positions relative to said base assembly.
A patient system and transport device for aircraft comprising:
- a base assembly mountable to the floor of an aircraft;
- a platform assembly for supportably receiving a patient thereupon;
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- an interconnecting assembly for supportably interconnecting said platform assembly to said base assembly and for selectively tilting said platform assembly relative to said base assembly, wherein said platform assembly comprises a litter engaging means, interconnected to said platform assembly, for selectively capturing a litter, wherein the litter is supportable on said platform assembly, said litter engaging means comprising at least one handle interconnected with at least one spring plunger for actuating a pin of said spring plunger into and from channels in a c-shaped member for engaging an end portion of the litter and a rod attached to said litter platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.