Patent ID: 7669258
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
1. A patient bed system, comprising a patient bed, a support column for supporting the bed and a trolley for transporting the bed, the bed having arranged on it first coupling elements which are intended for selective connection to second or third coupling elements on the support column and on the trolley, respectively, locking means being provided on at least one of the coupling elements, in order to lock the first coupling elements alternatively to the second or third coupling elements when the bed is coupled to the support column or to the trolley, wherein the locking means comprise at least one locking element which is arranged adjustably on one of the coupling elements and which, in an engagement position of two coupling elements, engages into a clearance of the coupling element adjacent in each case, and the others of the coupling elements have formed on them control cams, by means of which, during an operation of transferring the bed from the support column onto the trolley, or vice versa, the at least one locking element is shifted positively into the clearance or is shifted out of the clearance.