Body transfer system
OwnerChristopher McNultyinventor
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Abstract
A system for transferring a body from a first surface to a second surface, with substantially no agitation of the body, is provided. The system comprises a housing having a substantially planar top portion configured to support the body and a substantially planar bottom portion configured to engage either of the first or the second surface. A first translation means is operatively disposed at the top portion a second translation means is operatively disposed at the bottom portion. The second translation means is configured to transfer the system between the surfaces, with or without the body. The first translation means is configured burrow between the first surface and the body.
Claims34
A system for transferring a body from a first surface to a second surface, the system comprising:
- A. a housing having a substantially planar top portion configured to support a body and having a substantially planar bottom portion;
- B. a bottom translation mechanism disposed at the bottom portion and configured to engage the first surface and the second surface and to translate the system back and forth between the second surface and the first surface;
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- C. a top translation mechanism disposed at the top portion and configured to burrow the system between the first surface and the body as the bottom translation mechanism transfers the system from the second surface to the first surface.
A system for transferring a body from a first surface to a second surface, the system comprising:
- A. a housing having an upper portion coupled to a lower portion by a hinge mechanism, wherein the upper portion includes a planar upper top portion configured to support an upper body and a planar upper bottom portion, wherein the lower portion includes a planar top lower portion configured to support a lower body and a planar bottom lower portion;
- B. a lower bottom translation mechanism disposed at the lower bottom portion and an upper bottom translation mechanism disposed at the upper bottom portion, wherein the lower bottom translation mechanism and the upper bottom translation mechanism cooperate to transfer the system back and forth between the first surface and the second surface;
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- C:
- a lower top translation mechanism disposed at the housing lower top portion and an upper top translation mechanism disposed at the housing upper top portion, wherein the lower top translation mechanism and the upper top translation mechanism are configured to burrow the system between the first surface and the body, as the lower bottom translation mechanism and the upper bottom translation mechanism cooperate to transfer the system from the second surface to the first surface.
A method of transferring a body from a first surface to a second surface, the method comprising:
- A. providing a housing having a substantially planar top portion configured to support a body and having a substantially planar bottom portion;
- B. translating the housing from the second surface to the first surface using a bottom translation mechanism at the bottom portion and simultaneously burrowing the housing under the body using a top translation mechanism;
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- C. translating the housing and body from the second surface to the first surface using the bottom translation mechanism.
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