Aeronautics and astronautics – Aircraft structure – Passenger or crew accommodation
Patent
1994-01-12
1996-07-16
Barefoot, Galen L.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Aircraft structure
Passenger or crew accommodation
296 19, 414535, B64D 900
Patent
active
055359647
ABSTRACT:
The invention comprises a bench and loading lift for supporting a stretcher on an aircraft and for loading the stretcher onto the bench, while the bench is on the aircraft. The bench has a top surface for supporting a stretcher thereon with a slidably adjustable oxygen and vacuum outlet to provide oxygen and a vacuum at a selected locations along the bench by sliding the adjustable oxygen and vacuum outlets along the bench. The bench has sleeve structure at adjustable locations along the bench for receiving the mounting pin at the forward end of a ramp or lift for supporting the forward end of the ramp at an adjustable location on the bench while the bench is in an aircraft. The lift has vertically adjustable rear leg structure adapted to engage the ground outside the aircraft and adjustable to enable the lift to be adjusted to a suitable height for receiving a stretcher, with a patient thereon, on the ground and sliding the stretcher along the lift onto the bench inside the aircraft.
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Barefoot Galen L.
Kleve Robert E.
Spectrum Aeromed, Inc.
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