Patent ID: 8096005
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
1. A device for assisting loading onto a loading ramp of an ambulance a stretcher provided with a chassis and front pivoting legs pivotally attached to the chassis, said pivoting legs having idle wheels fit for moving the stretcher, said device comprises: at least one driving wheel fixed in the front lower portion of the chassis, in front of the front pivoting legs remote from said idle wheels, in order to engage the loading ramp of the ambulance during loading and unloading of the stretcher; said at least one driving wheel is operably connected to a driving member which is electrically powered and controlled to activate the at least one driving wheel at least during the loading of the stretcher into the ambulance, and a transmission axis to which is fixed a pulley which is connected to the driving member and further connected to the transmission axis are two lateral wheels, at least one of which is the driving wheel, wherein the lateral wheels are each configured to free wheel at a higher speed than that provided by the driving member.