Document Type
Patent
Publication Date
April 2010
Patent Number
7690057
Abstract
A prone cart for carrying a patient has a frame, a pair of independently powered and suspended drive wheels located centrally off the frame and an articuable body support having relatively moveable tray, chest support, abdominal support and leg support sections connected end to end for carrying a patient prone between a lowered position where the patient lies in a horizontal orientation to a raised position where the patient's head and chest are elevated with respect to the patient's abdomen and legs. Linkage mechanisms move the sections between the raised and lowered positions. A pair of independently suspended drive wheels mounted centrally of the frame is controllable so that each may each rotate independently in clockwise or counterclockwise sense so that the cart may be maneuvered in confined spaces with a zero turning radius.
Application Number
12/134,147
Recommended Citation
Malassigne, Pascal; Harrow, Jeffrey; Jensen, Robert; and Erdman, John, "Folding frame motorized prone cart" (2010). USF Patents. 473.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_patents/473
Assignees
The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
Filing Date
06/05/2008
Primary/U.S. Class
5/1
