Patent ID: 8844951
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: A47F,A61G,B62B

Abstract:
1. A cart for carrying medical instrumentation, the cart comprising: a frame having first and second parallel spaced vertical portions, the first spaced vertical portion having a first interior surface and the second spaced vertical portion having a second interior surface opposed to the first interior surface, the first and second interior surfaces being spaced apart by a first distance such that the first and second parallel spaced vertical portions are configured to receive the medical instrumentation therebetween; a support rail attached to the frame such that the support rail is cantilevered from the frame, wherein the support rail includes a first section and a second section extending from the frame parallel to each other and to a first axis and a third section coupled to the first and second sections and extending perpendicular to the first and second sections, wherein the first section of the support rail includes a first end portion coupled to the first interior surface of the first spaced vertical portion of the frame and wherein the second section of the support rail includes a second end portion coupled to the second interior surface of the second spaced vertical portion of the frame, the first and second end portions being disposed parallel to each other and to the first axis and being separated by a second distance approximately equal to the first distance, and the first and second end portions attaching the first and second sections of the support rail to the frame; wherein the first section of the support rail further includes a first transition zone and a first loop section, the first transition zone being disposed between the first end portion and the first loop section and being angled with respect to the first end portion such that a vertical plane coextensive with the first end portion is not coplanar with the first loop section, and wherein the second section of the support rail further includes a second transition zone and a second loop section, the second transition zone being disposed between the second end portion and the second loop section and being angled with respect to the second end portion such that a vertical plane coextensive with the second end portion is not coplanar with the second loop section, the first and second loop sections being parallel to each other and to the first axis and being separated by a third distance greater than the second distance; wherein the third section of the support rail has a length approximately equal to the third distance between first and second loop sections of the support rail, and wherein a first end of the third section of the support rail is continuously coupled to the first loop section of the first section of the support rail and wherein a second end of the third section of the support rail is continuously coupled to the second loop section of the second section of the support rail such that the first loop section, the third section of the support rail, and the second loop section form a continuous loop; a bottom platform joined to the frame for holding processing components of the medical instrumentation, the bottom platform including wheels for rolling the cart; and a top platform for holding at least a user interface device; wherein the support rail is disposed between the top platform and the bottom platform and within an outer profile of the cart defined by the top platform and the bottom platform; and wherein the first loop section, the second loop section, and the third section of the support rail are sized and shaped similar to a rail on which medical accessories are mounted during use with a patient such that the medical accessories are mounted to the support rail in a similar manner for storage on the cart.