Patent ID: 6315319
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: A61G,Y10S

Abstract:
A chair for transporting a patient over a floor, the chair comprisinga base frame,a plurality of casters mounted to the base frame and engaging the floor,a patient support coupled to the base frame,a wheel positioned to lie below the patient support, the wheel being coupled to the base frame for movement relative thereto between a downward brake-steer position engaging the floor and an upward neutral position spaced apart from the floor,a brake-steer shaft mounted to the base frame for rotation about a first axis between a braking position and a steering position, the wheel being coupled to the brake-steer shaft so that rotation of the brake-steer shaft moves the wheel between the brake-steer position and the neutral position, anda neutral pedal coupled to the base frame for rotation about a second axis, the neutral pedal being coupled to the brake-steer shaft so that movement of the neutral pedal to a neutral position automatically rotates the brake-steer shaft to a neutral position between the braking and steering positions and automatically moves the wheel to the neutral position.