Patent ID: 8038159
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: A61G,B60B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of joining a medical transport cart to a patient care apparatus, providing a transport cart having a rearward portion having at least two rear casters and a forward portion having a forward caster affixed to the transport cart proximate to the forward portion and being pivotable about a vertical axis, the transport cart having a locking mechanism movable between an unlocked position displaced away from the forward caster and a locked position where the locking mechanism restrains the pivotal movement of the forward caster about the vertical axis, providing a patient care apparatus having a plurality of casters supporting the infant care apparatus, joining the transport cart to the patient care apparatus by progressively moving the transport cart toward and into contact with the patient care apparatus, moving the locking mechanism from the unlocked position to the locked position by the contact and progressive movement of the transport cart toward the patient care apparatus wherein the locking mechanism restrains the pivoting of the forward caster when the transport cart is joined to the patient care apparatus.