Ambulance cot with kickstand

a technology of ambulance cot and kickstand, which is applied in the field of multi-level roll-in ambulance cots with kickstands, can solve the problems of reducing the quality of medical care provided, difficult or impossible to achieve, and difficult to stand or be transferred from the ambulance cot to a wheelchair, so as to reduce the footprint of the wheeled undercarriage

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-07-19
FERNO WASHINGTON
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[0004] It is against the above background that the present invention provides a kickstand to a cot construction. Cot constructions of the present invention include a cot frame supported by a stable wheeled undercarriage, which permits the cot frame to be raised and lowered to a plurality of positions of use. The kickstand is provided to the wheeled undercarriage, and may be situated in at least raised and lowered positions. The kickstand when placed in the lowered position lifts one of the two pairs of wheels provided to the wheeled undercarriage into the air. By lifting one of the two pairs of wheels, the kickstand reduces the footprint of the wheeled undercarriage upon a support surface such that a patient situated upon the cot may be conveniently weighed on a platform scale.

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Although the prior art cots have been generally adequate for their intended purposes, they have not been satisfactory in all aspects.
For many of these individuals, standing or being transferred from the ambulance cot to a wheelchair is difficult, or impossible, to accomplish.
Consequently, forgoing the weighing of such patients has become commonplace, which can degrade the quality of medical care provided to them.

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[0014] Referring to FIGS. 1, 2, 3, and 3A, illustrated is a cot structure embodiment, generally indicated by symbol 10, having a kickstand, generally indicated by symbol 12, according to the present invention. The cot 10 has a rectangular undercarriage 14 mounting pairs of swivel caster wheels 16 at its opposite ends. The undercarriage 14 includes opposing side frame members 18 and 20, which are interconnected by transverse frame members 22 and 24, which are best seen in FIG. 3.

[0015] Extending upwardly from the undercarriage 14 are pairs of cross forming frame members 26a, 28a and 26b, 28b, which serve to interconnect the undercarriage 14 with a cot frame, generally indicated by symbol 30. Cot frame 30 includes opposing tubular side frame members 32 (same on side not shown) interconnected at the foot or trailing end by a transverse tubular end member 34. At their leading or forward ends, the side frames 32 each terminate at a respective hinge pivot 36 (same on side not shown). Sup...

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An ambulance cot comprising a kickstand having a lowered position and a raised position is disclosed.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] This invention relates to ambulance cots and in particularly, to a multi-level roll-in ambulance cot having a kickstand. [0002] Ambulance cots typically comprise an essentially rectangular patient support frame with wheeled collapsible-leg assemblies enabling the stretcher to be stowed or loaded into the back of an ambulance. Examples of such prior art cots are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,097,941, 4,192,541, 4,767,148, 5,537,700, and 5,575,026. Although the prior art cots have been generally adequate for their intended purposes, they have not been satisfactory in all aspects. [0003] Patients transported on an ambulance cot often need to be weighed as part of a medical check upon admittance to a hospital or other health care facility. Due to the size of the wheelbase of a cot and the size of platform scales generally found in clinics, hospitals, nursing homes, or rehabilitation centers, patients typically must either stand on the platform scale or...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A61G7/012
CPCA61G1/04A61G1/0567A61G1/0212A61G1/0262A61G1/0237
Inventor ARNOLD, ABEBENEDICT, WILLIAM HARRY
Owner FERNO WASHINGTON
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