Equipment support having rotatable bumpers and hooks

• US 7,849,537 B2
• Filed: 10/12/2004
• Issued: 12/14/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hill-Rom Services Incorporated (Baxter International Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hill-Rom Services Incorporated (Baxter International Inc.)
• Inventors: Graham, Mark Alan, Newkirk, David C.
• Primary Examiner(s): BAXTER, GWENDOLYN WRENN
• Application Number:
  US10/575,403
• Publication Number:
  US 20070018058A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,254 Days
• Field of Search: 550/31, 566/2, 565/8, 248/224.51, 248/298.1, 248/430, 248/222.11, 248/222.13, 403/314, 403/263, 403/409.1
• US Class Current: 5/503.1
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 12/002 Supply appliances, e.g. columns for gas, fluid, electricity supply vertical ducts or channels for receiving utility lines E04F17/08; installations of electric cables or lines, wall trunking H02G3/0431; structural combinations of lighting devices with other articles F21V33/0068; stands or trestles as supports for apparatus or articles F16M11/00; buildings for public purposes E04H3/08
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2203/72 for collision prevention
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2203/723 Impact absorbing means, e.g. bumpers or airbags
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/0503 Holders, support devices for receptacles, e.g. for drainage or urine bags hanging-up devices for infusion A61M5/1414
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1415 Stands, brackets or the like for supporting infusion accessories
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1417 Holders or handles for hanging up infusion containers
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 2200/10 Details of socket shapes

Abstract

A patient care equipment support includes an equipment supporting portion configured to support patient care equipment, and at least one arm pivotally coupled to the equipment supporting portion, and configured to support at least one IV container. The equipment support may include at least roller bumper rotatably coupled to the equipment supporting portion. The equipment supporting portion may include an upper horizontal member, a lower horizontal member and a pair of horizontally spaced vertical posts extending between the upper and lower members. Illustratively, the arm is pivotally coupled to one of the posts. The upper and lower horizontal members may define a space therebetween for receiving infusion management equipment.

Claims

1. A patient care equipment support comprising:

an equipment supporting portion configured to support patient care equipment,

at least one member rotatably coupled to the equipment supporting portion, and

a coupler coupled to the equipment supporting portion and extending generally downwardly therefrom, wherein the equipment supporting portion includes an upper member, a lower member and a pair of vertical posts extending between the upper and lower members, and the at least one member is pivotally coupled to one of the posts adjacent to the upper member.

2. The equipment support of claim 1, wherein the at least one member comprises an arm pivotally coupled to the equipment supporting portion, and the arm is configured to support at least one IV container.

3. The patient care equipment support of claim 1, wherein the at least one member comprises a roller bumper.

4. The equipment support of claim 1, wherein the at least one member comprises a pair of roller bumpers rotatably coupled to the equipment supporting portion.

5. The equipment support of claim 4, wherein the equipment supporting portion has upper and lower members, the roller bumpers are coupled to the upper member adjacent to opposite ends thereof, and each roller bumper has a peripheral portion that extends horizontally beyond the outer periphery of the equipment supporting portion.

6. The equipment support of claim 5, wherein the upper member has a pair of roller bumper-receiving spaces adjacent to the opposite ends thereof, and at least a portion of each of the roller bumpers is received in a respective one of the roller bumper-receiving spaces in the upper member.

7. A patient care equipment support comprising:

an equipment supporting portion configured to support patient care equipment, and

at least one member rotatably coupled to the equipment supporting portion, wherein the at least one member comprises a pair of arms pivotally coupled to the equipment supporting portion adjacent to opposite ends thereof, and each arm is configured to support at least one IV container, wherein the equipment supporting portion includes an upper member, a lower member and a pair of vertical posts extending between the upper and lower members, and the arms are pivotally coupled to the respective posts.

8. The equipment support of claim 7, wherein the equipment supporting portion defines a recess, and each arm is movable between a retracted position within the recess and an extended position outside the recess.

9. The equipment support of claim 7, wherein each arm has a plurality of hook portions spaced therealong to support a plurality of IV containers.

10. The equipment support of claim 9, wherein the plurality of hook portions are spaced at equal increments along the length of the respective arm.

11. The equipment support of claim 9, wherein each hook portion comprises a disc.

12. The equipment support of claim 11, wherein each disc is circular in cross section.

13. The equipment support of claim 11, wherein each disc is elliptical in cross section.

14. The equipment support of claim 11, wherein each disc is oval in cross section.

15. The equipment support of claim 7, wherein each arm has a plurality of outwardly extending portions extending outwardly, each outwardly extending portion carries a hook portion at a distal end thereof, and the hook portion extends above and below the outwardly extending portion in a common plane.

16. The equipment support of claim 7, wherein each arm includes a collar portion having a bore configured to receive one of the posts and a cantilevered portion extending outwardly from the collar portion.

17. The equipment support of claim 16, wherein each bore in the collar portion is dimensioned to provide a frictional engagement with the associated post.

18. The equipment support of claim 16, wherein each post has a groove positioned below the collar portion of the respective arm for receiving a retaining ring therein for vertically supporting the arm.

19. The equipment support of claim 18, comprising a wave washer held in a state of compression between each collar portion and the associated retaining ring to provide a rotational drag on the respective arm.

20. The equipment support of claim 7, wherein the arms are located adjacent to the upper member.

21. The equipment support of claim 7, wherein the posts are located adjacent to opposite ends of the upper and lower members.

22. The equipment support of claim 7, wherein the upper and lower members define a space therebetween to house infusion management equipment.

23. The equipment support of claim 7, wherein the equipment supporting portion includes a third vertical post extending between the upper and lower members and positioned between the two horizontally spaced vertical posts, and the third vertical post is configured to support infusion management equipment.