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US 9,816,663 B2Granted
Secure equipment transfer system
AssigneeNexxspan Healthcare, LLC
InventorAlexander Bally
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Abstract
A method of using a transfer system includes: supporting a first docking cone of the transfer system by a first support platform to orient a docking cone axis of the first docking cone with a vertical axis; inserting the first docking cone into a first docking cup of a transfer device of the transfer system; and locking the first docking cone within the first docking cup by a security mechanism of the transfer device, the security mechanism comprising a first security lever and a second security lever.
Claims19
A method of using a transfer system, the method comprising:
- obtaining a transfer system, the transfer system comprising:
- a first support platform;
- a first docking cone fixedly attached to and supported by the first support
- platform, the first docking cone comprising a tip and defining a docking cone axis, the docking cone axis of the first docking cone oriented with a vertical axis, and the tip of the first docking cone pointed upward;
- and
- a transfer device defining a first docking cup, the first docking cup defining a
- conical cavity facing downward, the transfer device comprising a security mechanism comprising a first security lever and a second security lever, the transfer device as assembled defining no upward-facing cavities;
- positioning the first docking cone below the first docking cup of a transfer device of the transfer system before inserting the first docking cone into the first docking cup;
- inserting the first docking cone into the conical cavity of the first docking cup of the transfer device of the transfer system;
- and
- automatically locking the first docking cone within the first docking cup by the security mechanism of the transfer device by inserting the first docking cone within the first docking cup to automatically engage a one of the first security lever and the second security lever of the security mechanism with a security notch defined in the first docking cone.
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A method of using a transfer system, the method comprising:
- obtaining a transfer system, the transfer system comprising:
- a first support platform;
- a second support platform;
- a first docking cone fixedly attached to and supported by the first support platform, the first docking cone comprising a tip and defining a docking cone axis, the docking cone axis of the first docking cone oriented with a vertical axis, and the tip of the first docking cone pointed upward;
- a second docking cone fixedly attached to and supported by the second support platform, the second docking cone comprising a tip and defining a docking cone axis, the docking cone axis of the second docking cone oriented with a vertical axis, and the tip of the second docking cone pointed upward;
- a transfer device defining a first docking cup and a second docking cup, each of the first docking cup and the second docking cup defining a conical cavity facing downward, the transfer device comprising a security mechanism comprising a first security lever and a second security lever;
- locking the first docking cone within the downward-facing conical cavity of the first docking cup of the transfer device of the transfer system by the security mechanism of the transfer device, the security mechanism and the tip of the first docking cone housed within the first docking cup;
- automatically releasing the security mechanism of the transfer device from locking engagement with the first docking cone by engaging the second docking cone within the downward-facing conical cavity of the second docking cup of the transfer device, the tip of the second docking cone housed within the second docking cup;
- and
- locking the second docking cone within the second docking cup of the transfer device by moving the second docking cone upward relative to the first docking cone or moving the first docking cone downward relative to the second docking cone.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.