Movable canopy for an infant care unit
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorsJoseph A. Costanzo, John L. Eble
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Abstract
An infant care unit comprising a platform upon which an infant rests, a radiant heater mounted on the care unit, disposed relative to the platform, and having a central position from which it is effective to warm the infant on the platform by radiation, the heater while mounted on the care unit being movable from the central position to a position spaced therefrom which spaced position of the heater is ineffective to warm the infant, and a mechanism for locating the heater in its central position when it is returned from the position spaced therefrom.
Claims28
An infant care unit comprising a platform upon which an infant may rest, a radiant heater mounted on the care unit, disposed relative to the platform, and having a central position from which it is effective to warm the infant on the platform by radiation, the heater while mounted on the care unit being movable from the central position to a position spaced therefrom which spaced position of the heater is ineffective to warm the infant, and a mechanism for locating the heater in its central position when it is returned from the position spaced therefrom.
A combination incubator and infant warmer comprising a platform upon which the infant may rest, a generally vertical support adjacent the platform, a radiant heater mounted on the vertical support for movement about the platform, the heater having a central position where heat is directed at the platform and retracted positions from wherein heat would be away from the platform, a canopy movable with the heater and configured to provide a closed space over the platform, and a locking mechanism, the locking mechanism being configured to releasably lock the heater in the central position.
An infant-support apparatus comprising:
- a base,
- an infant-support platform carried by the base,
- an overhead arm located generally above the infant-support platform,
- a mounting assembly configured to couple the overhead arm to the base for pivoting movement relative thereto from a position generally above the infant-support platform to a position aside from the infant-support platform and wherein said movement is in a second plane that is generally parallel to a first plane defined by the infant-support platform,
- a radiant heater coupled to the overhead arm to pivot therewith and configured to direct heat toward the infant-support platform, and
- a locking mechanism configured to lock the overhead arm in the position generally above the infant-support platform.
An infant care unit comprising:
- a base;
- an infant-support on the base and defining a central position;
- a canopy arranged above the infant-support for movement from the central position which overlies the infant-support base to a position aside from the infant support base;
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- a mounting assembly attached to the base and the canopy, the assembly including a pivot mechanism configured to prevent movement of the canopy laterally in a plane above the support between the central position and the position spaced aside therefrom.
An infant-support apparatus comprising
- a base,
- an infant-support platform carried by the base,
- an overhead arm located generally above the infant-support platform, and
- a mounting assembly configured to couple the overhead arm to the base, the mounting assembly comprising a stationary first plate and a second plate movable relative to the first plate in a second plane that is generally parallel to a first plane defined by the infant-support platform to permit the overhead arm to be moved from the position generally above the infant support platform to a position away from and not above the infant support platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.