Patent ID: 7213822
Filing Date: 2007-05-08
Classification: A47B,A61G

Abstract:
1. A medication cart comprising: a frame having a plurality of upstanding posts at spaced corners of the frame; a generally horizontal counter top connected to the frame and providing a work surface for receiving work materials involved in dispensing medications; a plurality of drawers carried on the frame underneath the counter top for sliding movement from a closed position within the frame to an open position allowing access to an interior of the drawers; the drawers having locations therein for containing medications and for containing data charts relating to medications to be dispensed to a number of patients; a base for supporting the frame and the drawers therein; a plurality of ground wheels mounted on the base by which the base and the frame carried thereon can be wheeled by an operator over the ground to different locations to service a series of patients with the medications; each of the posts having a screw lifting jack mounted therein by which the post and the frame can be lifted relative to the base to raise the height of the counter top to accommodate different heights of the operator; and a drive transmission for transferring drive to each of the screw lifting jacks for simultaneous actuation of the screw lifting jacks to raise the frame relative to the base.