Patent ID: 6643869
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: A61G,Y10S

Abstract:
A patient transfer platform comprising:a patient support deck assembly; a support frame having four support frame legs secured to the patient support deck assembly; and a rear trailing arm assembly secured to the patient support deck assembly; the patient support deck assembly including a substantially U-shaped frame attachment structure having four frame leg mounts provided on a upper surface thereof and each secured to one of the four support frame legs, two lockable caster assemblies provided on the underside of two spaced apart tip ends thereof, two outrigger portions each formed in connection with an opposite end of a center section of the frame attachment structure and having a lockable caster provided on a bottom surface thereof and a docking stop provided on a trailer arm facing surface thereof, and a planar patient support platform supported by the frame attachment structure at a level below the upper surface of the frame attachment structure; the patient support platform having non-slip upper platform surface and an assistant standing area cut into the front thereof for allowing an assistant to stand near the patient while the patient is attempting to rise to a standing position on the patient support platform; the rear trailing arm assembly including a pair of lockable casters secured to the underside of opposed end corners thereof along an end of the rear trailing arm assembly opposite a connection location of the rear trailing arm assembly to the patient support deck assembly.