Patent ID: 7918422
Filing Date: 2011-04-05
Classification: A61G,A61M

Abstract:
1. An IV pole system for supporting medical equipment comprising: a base having a plurality of legs, each of said plurality of legs comprising at least one wheel; a mast engaged to said base said mast comprising a length, a top, and a bottom; and a lifting mechanism comprising a gas spring engaged to said base and to said mast, said lifting mechanism being constructed and arranged to position said plurality of legs in an extended configuration and in a retracted configuration, at least a portion of said wheels being disposed lower than said bottom of said mast when said plurality of legs are in the extended configuration and said wheels being radially separated from said mast in said extended configuration, said lifting mechanism being further constructed and arranged to elevate said base and to draw at least a portion of said plurality of legs inwardly proximate to said mast in said retracted configuration and to position said wheels radially proximate to said mast and to said bottom and to elevate said wheels above a surface in said retracted configuration, wherein when the plurality of legs are in the extended configuration, the wheel of each of the plurality of legs contacts the surface and the bottom of the mast does not contact the surface, and wherein when the plurality of legs are in the retracted configuration, the bottom of the mast contacts the surface.