Patent Publication Number: US-10322055-B1

Title: Leg attached medical dolly system

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to medical dollies and more particularly pertains to a new medical dolly system for increasing user mobility while attached to a medical device. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a base platform having an upper surface, a lower surface, an outer edge, and an aperture extending through from the upper surface to the lower surface and proximal the outer edge. An equipment strap has a first segment with a first equipment closure mechanism and a second segment with a second equipment closure mechanism. Each of the first segment and the second segment is attached to the lower surface of the base platform proximal the outer edge. The first equipment closure mechanism is selectively engageable with the second equipment closure mechanism to secure a medical device to the upper surface of the base platform. A plurality of wheels is coupled to the lower surface of the base platform. A tether has a platform end and a harness end. The platform end is attached to the base platform through the aperture and the harness end has a harness attachment mechanism. A harness assembly is wearable by a user, wherein the harness attachment mechanism selectively attaches to the harness assembly such that the base platform is pulled by the tether as the user moves. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a front elevation view of a leg attached medical dolly system according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a side elevation view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a bottom plan view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is an isometric view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is an in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 5  thereof, a new medical dolly embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 5 , the leg attached medical dolly system  10  generally comprises a base platform  12  having an upper surface  14 , a lower surface  16 , an outer edge  18 , and an aperture  20  extending through from the upper surface  14  to the lower surface  16  and proximal the outer edge  18 . The base platform may be circular in order to minimize contact with objects and to eliminate corners in case it hits a person. An equipment strap  22  has a first segment  24  with a first equipment closure mechanism  26  and a second segment  28  with a second equipment closure mechanism  30 . Each of the first segment  24  and the second segment  28  is attached to the lower surface  16  of the base platform  12  proximal the outer edge  18 . The first equipment closure mechanism  26  is selectively engageable with the second equipment closure mechanism  30  to secure a medical device  32  to the upper surface  14  of the base platform. A plurality of wheels  34  is coupled to the lower surface  16  of the base platform. The plurality of wheels may be six wheels. Each of the plurality of wheels may be rotatable, allowing the base platform to spin and move in any direction. A tether  36  has a platform end  38  and a harness end  40 . The platform end  38  is attached to the base platform  12  through the aperture  20  and the harness end  40  has a harness attachment mechanism  42 . The harness attachment mechanism may be a carabiner  43 . A harness assembly  44  is wearable by a user  46 , wherein the harness attachment mechanism  42  selectively attaches to the harness assembly  44  such that the base platform  12  is pulled by the tether  36  as the user moves. 
     The harness assembly  44  may comprise a waist belt  48 , a thigh strap  50 , and a connection strap  52 . The waist belt  48  has a waist belt closure mechanism  54  that is configured to adjustably attach to a waistline  56  of the user. The waist belt  48  is selectively engageable with the harness attachment mechanism  42  of the tether. The thigh strap  50  has a thigh strap closure mechanism  58  that is configured to adjustably attach to a lower thigh  60  of the user. The thigh strap  50  is configured to secure the tether  36  and a tube  62  of the medical device  32 . The connection strap  52  has an upper end  64  attached to the waist belt  48  and a lower end  66  attached to the thigh strap. Each of the first equipment closure mechanism  26 , the second equipment closure mechanism  30 , the waist belt closure mechanism  54 , and the thigh strap closure mechanism  58  may be a hook-and-loop fastener. 
     In use, the user places the medical device such as a feeding pump  68  onto the base platform  12  and secures the feeding pump with the equipment strap  22 . The user wears the harness assembly  44  and attaches the tether  36  the waist belt  48 . The user passes the tether and the tube  62  of the feeding pump through the thigh strap  50  in order to prevent them from being tugged. The user can then walk freely with the feeding pump  68  traveling behind on the base platform  12 . 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.