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Invalid transfer arrangement

  • US 5,319,813 A
  • Filed: 07/06/1992
  • Issued: 06/14/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/10/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An invalid transfer arrangement comprising:

  • a bed with a foot end and a head end;

    said bed having a mattress, a roller at said head end, a roller at said foot end, and a transport sheet extending across said mattress and fastened to each roller, said sheet being partially rolled on each roller;

    a wheelchair positioned at said foot end of the bed;

    said wheelchair having a frame, a seat, a removable back rest and a leg rest;

    said leg rest being movable from a seating position sloping down from said seat to a substantially level transfer position above said seat;

    a spring connected to said frame and said leg rest for forcing said leg rest down to said seating position;

    hook means positioned at the back of said wheelchair;

    said hook means being coupled to said leg rest, said leg rest being movable from said seating position to said transfer position by pulling said hook means;

    a bar adjacent and parallel to said foot end of said bed;

    a linear actuator on said bed and pivotably connected to said bar, said bar being extendable from said bed by extending said actuator a predetermined distance, said bar being raisable by further extension of said actuator;

    said actuator being retractable for lowering said bar to capture said hook means, for pulling said wheelchair firmly against said bed, and for acting against said spring and raising said leg rest to said transfer position;

    said actuator being extendable for lowering said leg rest and moving said bar out, up and free of said hook means.

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