Beds – Invalid bed or surgical support – Vertically movable support for whole body of user
Reexamination Certificate
2008-07-15
2008-07-15
Trettel, Michael (Department: 3673)
Beds
Invalid bed or surgical support
Vertically movable support for whole body of user
C005S086100, C296S020000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11172434
ABSTRACT:
An ambulance cot is disclosed and the ambulance cot having a base frame configured for support on a surface, a litter frame configured for supporting thereon a patient and an elevating mechanism interconnecting the base frame and the litter frame and configured to interconnect the litter frame and the base frame in order to facilitate movement of the base frame and the litter frame toward and away from each other. A control mechanism is provided on the cot which is configured to facilitate the movement of the base frame and the litter frame toward each other and at differing speeds predicated on at least one of whether the base frame is supported on the surface and the litter frame is supported by an external support separate from the elevating mechanism.
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Co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 10/850,144, filed May 20, 2004, Device for Preventing Emergency Vehicle Bumper Interference with Cot Wheel Deployment.
Reed Dennis A.
Souke Chad
Way Christopher B.
Flynn ,Thiel, Boutell & Tanis, P.C.
Stryker Corporation
Trettel Michael
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