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US 7,922,183 B2Granted
Stretcher having hand actuated wheel braking apparatus
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorsGregory J. Figel, Kenneth Q. Rudolf, David A. Albersmeyer, Richard Henry Heimbrock, Jonathan D. Turner, Brian T. Wiggins, Eugene E. Osborne, Nicholas C. Batta
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Abstract
A patient support apparatus includes a frame, a plurality of casters coupled to the frame and supporting the frame above a floor, a wheel, a push handle that is coupled to the frame and that is gripable to maneuver the patient support apparatus along the floor, and a brake handle coupled to the push handle and movable to move a brake to impede rotation of the wheel.
Claims19
A patient support apparatus comprising:
- a frame configured to support a patient lying in a supine position,
- a plurality of casters coupled to the frame and supporting the frame above a floor,
- a wheel coupled to the frame and arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the plurality of casters, the wheel movable relative to the frame between a first position engaging the floor and a second position spaced-apart from the floor,
- a brake movable between a braking position engaging the wheel to impede the rotation of the wheel and a releasing position allowing rotation of the wheel when in the first position engaging the floor,
- a push handle coupled to the frame and gripable to maneuver the patient support apparatus along the floor, and
- a brake handle coupled to the push handle and movable to move the brake to the braking position to brake the wheel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.