Secure equipment transfer system
AssigneeNexxspan Healthcare, LLC
InventorAlexander Bally
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Abstract
An equipment transfer device is provided that is transferrable from one support to another support. The transport device is formed as a housing that has two spaced apart, generally parallel recesses, which form docking cups that are open to the bottom. Each docking cup is configured to receive a docking cone that is supported on a structure and is capable of moving in generally a vertical direction into engagement or out of engagement with their respective docking cups. A support post is also supported by the housing and protrudes from the upper end thereof as a base to which an equipment support structure is attached. In this manner the transfer device can be transferred from one docking cone to another with minimal handling and virtually no possibility of dislodgement.
Claims19
A transfer device for a patient care apparatus, comprising:
- a first support platform having a first receiver affixed thereto;
- a second support platform having a second receiver affixed thereto;
- a transfer device having a first docking cup and a second docking cup, said first and second docking cups selectively receivable about said first and second receivers;
- a security mechanism fully contained within said transfer device and including a first security lever and a second security lever that engage said first and second receivers, respectively, said first security lever disengaging said first receiver only when said second receiver is fully received within said second docking cup, said second security lever disengaging from said second receiver only when said first receiver is fully received within said first docking cup, said first security lever and said second security lever being spaced apart from one another to form a space therebetween;
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- a support post received and retained in said space between said first security lever and said second security lever, said support post supporting the patient care apparatus.
A transfer device for a patient care apparatus, comprising:
- a first support platform having a first receiver affixed thereto;
- a second support platform having a second receiver affixed thereto;
- a transfer device having a support for said patient care apparatus, a first docking cup and a second docking cup, said first and second docking cups selectively receivable about said first and second receivers;
- said first and second receivers including a frictional element thereon to prevent rotation of said first and second docking cups relative to said first and second receivers;
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- a security mechanism fully contained within said transfer device that operates automatically to engage one of said first and second receivers when the other of said first and second receivers is not engaged within its docking cup, said security mechanism including
- a first security lever extending from said first docking cup into said second docking cup, wherein engagement of said second receiver within said second docking cup releases said first security lever from said first receiver;
- a second security lever and extending from said second docking cup into said first docking cup wherein engagement of said first receiver within said first docking cup releases said second security lever from said second receiver.
A transfer device for a patient care apparatus, comprising:
- a first support platform having a first receiver affixed thereto;
- a second support platform having a second receiver affixed thereto;
- a transfer device having a support for said patient care apparatus, a first docking cup and a second docking cup, said first and second docking cups selectively receivable about said first and second receivers;
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- a security mechanism fully contained within said transfer device that operates automatically to engage one of said first and second receivers when the other of said first and second receivers is not engaged within its docking cup, said security mechanism including a first security lever and a second security lever, the first security lever releasing said first receiver when the first security lever is engaged by said second receiver, and the second security lever releasing said second receiver when the second security lever is engaged by said first receiver.
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