Patent ID: 9545345
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: A61G

Claim:
1. A deployable gurney ramp assembly for lifting a gurney with an undercarriage including wheels and an apparatus for raising and lowering the gurney, comprising: a retractable ramp deployment apparatus having opposing first and second deployment tracks extending parallel from front ends to rear ends; parallel first and second base tracks having front and rear ends, the rear ends terminating in stops; the deployment tracks configured to slidably engage the base tracks; the front ends of the deployment tracks have slidable axial rotating device pivotally retained in the base tracks by the stops; at least one ramp guide slidably engaged along the length of the deployment tracks having rear ends pivotally engaging a ramp permitting the ramp to pivot when raised or lowered; the ramp having a floor, two sides with the two pivot attachments disposed opposite one another on each side of the ramp, an unobstructed entryway at the ramp's rear to accommodate the gurney; a cross bar rigidly disposed between the first and second deployment tracks and at or near to the front end thereof forming a single rigid structure; a first retraction apparatus for slidably moving the retractable ramp deployment apparatus along the length of the base tracks; a second retraction apparatus for slidably moving the ramp guides along the length of the deployment tracks; lift actuators for lifting and lowering the ramp; and a lift mechanism extending from the floor of the ramp to engage, control, and lower the gurney.