Patent ID: 6561724
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: A61G,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A safety connecting and hooking device for first and second tubular elements of a stretcher, comprising:a female element whose first end is connected to said first tubular element and whose second free end has a seat transversally crossed by a hooking pivot; a male element whose first end is connected to said second tubular element and whose second free end has a bracket detachably insertable complementarily into said seat of said female element, said bracket having a recess for housing partially said hooking pivot; a hook hinged to said male element and adapted to be detachably insertable, in correspondence to a hooking condition of said tubular elements, into a slot provided longitudinally in said bracket for engaging said hooking pivot; and a safety hook hinged to said female element and adapted to engage a hollow of said bracket in correspondence to said hooking condition, said hollow is also provided in said hook thereby permitting said safety hook to simultaneously engage said hook and said bracket in said hooking condition.