Patent ID: 6663202
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: A47B,A61G

Abstract:
A transportable medical cart comprisinga frame assembly having a plurality of wheels by which said frame assembly is transportable, said frame assembly including a pair of front uprights and a pair of back uprights having upper and lower ends, respectively, an upper front cross member extending perpendicularly between said upper ends of said front uprights, an upper back cross member extending perpendicularly between said upper ends of said back uprights, and a pair of lateral cross-members extending perpendicularly between said upper ends of said front and back uprights, respectively; a plurality of exterior panels mounted on said frame assembly and including a horizontal top panel, a pair of vertical side panels having a retracted position in which said side panels are disposed on opposite sides of said frame assembly in parallel planes, respectively, perpendicular to said top panel, and a pair of extension panels having a non-extended position in which said extension panels are disposed vertically over said side panels, respectively, in overlapping arrangement with said side panels in said retracted position, said extension panels being pivotally mounted on said frame assembly for movement from said non-extended position to an extended position in which said extension panels are horizontally aligned with said top panel to form an operating table, said side panels being pivotally mounted on said frame assembly for movement from said retracted position to a non-retracted position in which said side panels are moved relative to said extension panels outwardly of said frame assembly at an acute angle to said planes, respectively, to support said extension panels in said extended position; a plurality of first hinge parts including a first hinge part on said top panel, a first hinge part on each of said side panels and a first hinge part on each of said extension panels, respectively, and a plurality of second hinge parts on said frame assembly in mating engagement with said plurality of first hinge parts, respectively, to pivotally mount said too panel, said side panels and said extension panels on said frame assembly, said plurality of second hinge parts including a second hinge part on said upper back cross member in mating engagement with said first hinge part on said too panel to pivotally mount said top panel on said frame assembly, second hinge parts on said back uprights, respectively, in mating engagement with said first hinge parts on said side panels, respectively, to pivotally mount said side panels on said frame assembly, and second hinge parts on said lateral cross members, respectively, in mating engagement with said first hinge parts on said extension panels, respectively, to pivotally mount said extension panels on said frame assembly, each of said side panels having forward and rearward upper edge segments and a cut-out between said forward and rearward upper edge segments, said second hinge parts on said lateral cross members being disposed within said cut-outs, respectively, when said side panels are in said retracted position; and securing means on said side panels, respectively, for releasably lockingly securing said extension panels in said extended position.