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Architectural system having transferrable life support cart

  • US 7,735,266 B2
  • Filed: 06/09/2008
  • Issued: 06/15/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A set of hospital equipment for use in a hospital room having a floor and at least one wall, the set of equipment comprisinga hospital bed supported by the floor,an arm assembly hanging in the hospital room above the floor,a head wall unit coupled to the wall and formed to include a cavity defined, in part, by a ledge surface that is higher in elevation than the floor, anda mobile cart comprising an upstanding pedestal, a plurality of legs coupled to a bottom of the upstanding pedestal, a plurality of wheels, each wheel being coupled to a respective leg of the plurality of legs, the legs each being movable between a first position having the respective wheel located outwardly from beneath the upstanding pedestal and a second position having the respective wheel tucked beneath the upstanding pedestal, and a plurality of patient-care modules coupled to the upstanding pedestal,wherein the mobile cart is coupleable to the hospital bed so as to be elevated above the floor with the wheels of the mobile cart being spaced apart from the floor, wherein the mobile cart is coupleable to the arm assembly so as to be elevated above the floor with the wheels of the mobile cart being spaced apart from the floor, wherein the mobile cart is receivable within the cavity of the head wall unit with the wheels of the mobile cart engaging the ledge surface, and wherein the mobile cart is supportable on the floor with the wheels of the mobile cart engaging the floor.

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