Patent ID: 7644543
Filing Date: 2010-01-12
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
1. A patient seclusion enclosure comprising: a floor, a ceiling, a back wall, a first fixed side wall, a second fixed side wall, and a front wall meeting said first and second fixed side walls at respective corners and having a first door disposed near the corner with said first wall and a second door near the corner with said second wall, said movable wall and said first fixed wall defining a patient seclusion space therebetween; a movable side wall spanning from said floor to said ceiling and from said back wall to said front wall, and normally disposed in a withdrawn position against said second fixed wall; track means disposed at said back wall and at said front wall engaging corresponding structure on said movable wall and extending from said second fixed wall to an position substantially at one edge of said first door, for permitting said movable wall to travel from said withdrawn position to an extended position near said edge of said first door; said first wall and said movable wall defining a narrow space between them when the movable wall is in its extended position, said narrow space being aligned with said second door such that when said movable wall has been moved to its extended position, one or more members of an extraction team can enter the narrow space through said second door; and a hatch disposed in a manway in said movable wall at a side thereof towards said back wall and remote from said first door, said hatch being removable from said manway when said movable wall is in its extended position, such that said one or more members of the extraction team can enter the patient seclusion space from said narrow space through said hatchway, and can push a patient confined in said seclusion space out through said first door.