US 8,505,135 B2Granted

Bedridden patient transfer gurney

AssigneeZhaoxiang Zeng

InventorXianhui Zeng

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Abstract

A bedridden patient transfer gurney is provided, which includes a gurney body, and further includes several support feet installed with a swivel caster at the bottom. A top end of each support foot is connected to the gurney body. An elevation device is disposed on the support foot. Two curved panels opposite to each other having a shape of a grab bucket are disposed at a lower portion of the gurney body. When being closed, the two curved panels are capable of accommodating a human body. An opening and closing device is disposed between the gurney body and the two curved panels. The opening and closing device is respectively connected to the gurney body and the two curved panels. The bedridden patient transfer gurney is used for transferring a bedridden patient, has a simple structure and an advantage of convenient use, and ensures good stability when the patient is being transferred, thereby preventing the patient from experiencing more pain.

Claims5

Dependent claims

A bedridden patient transfer gurney, comprising a gurney body, and further comprising several support feet installed with a swivel caster at a bottom, wherein a top end of each support foot is connected to the gurney body, and an elevation device is disposed on the support foot;

two curved panels opposite to each other having a shape of a grab bucket are disposed at a lower portion of the gurney body, the two curved panels being capable to close, forming a space to accommodate a human body;
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an opening and closing device is disposed between the gurney body and the two curved panels, and the opening and closing device is respectively connected to the gurney body and the two curved panels,
wherein the opening and closing device is formed of an installation box, two gas springs, a vertical connecting rod, and two inclined connecting rods,
the installation box is fixedly connected to the gurney body, and upper portions of the two curved panels are respectively hinged to sidewalls of the installation box, and
one end of each of the two gas springs is hinged to an inner wall of the installation box, the other end of each of the two gas springs is hinged to a top end portion of the vertical connecting rod, a lower end portion of the vertical connecting rod is hinged to an end portion of each of the two inclined connecting rods, and the other end portion of each of the two inclined connecting rods is respectively hinged to a corresponding lug fixed on each of the two curved panels.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/143,971Filed 28 Dec 2009
Priority: CN 2009 2 0049909 U9 Jan 2009
Published: US 2011/0258774 A127 Oct 2011
Granted: 13 Aug 2013
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Classification6 codes

A61G 7/1046
Devices carried or supported by: mobile bases, e.g. having wheels
A61G 7/1011
Specially adapted for specific applications: picking up from the floor
A61G 7/1019
Lifting of patients by: vertical extending columns or mechanisms
A61G 7/1036
Lateral movement of patients, e.g. horizontal transfer: facilitating loading and unloading of the patient, e.g. using flaps or additional tilting