Patent ID: 6024528
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: A61G,B60P,Y10S

Abstract:
Stretcher supporting and lifting apparatus for mounting beneath the body of an ambulance connected to a frame comprising, a first pair of laterally spaced apart sets of telescoping members, each set comprising an elongated inner member slidably receivable within an outer member and moveable relative thereto, a second pair of laterally spaced apart sets of telescoping members adjacent said first pair, each set of said second pair comprising an elongated inner member slidably receivable within an outer member and moveable relative thereto, the outer members of said second pair of sets of telescoping members being connected to and moveable with the inner members of said first pair of sets of telescoping members, said outer members of said first pair of sets of telescoping members connected to the frame of said ambulance, first power drive means for selectively extending and retracting said inner members of said first pair of sets of telescoping members relative to said outer members of said first pair of sets of telescoping members and said inner members of said second sets of telescoping members relative to said outer members of said second pair of sets of telescoping members, a stretcher receiving apparatus supported by and moveable with the inner members of said second pair of sets of telescoping members, said stretcher receiving apparatus including a base, a scissors mechanism carried by the base, a support platform carried by the scissors mechanism raised and lowered by said mechanism relative to said base, and second power drive means for raising and lowering said scissors mechanism and thereby said support platform selectively, whereby said stretcher receiving apparatus may be raised and lowered relative to said base and retracted and extended longitudinally relative to said outer members of said first pair of sets.