Patent ID: 7594284

Claim:
A bed transport apparatus comprising: a. a base comprising a chassis, a handle assembly and spaced apart bed guiding arms extending from said base, each of said spaced apart bed guiding arms including a floor engaging guide wheel for select positioning adjacent a floor engaging wheel of a bed; and, b. a lift assembly operatively supported by said chassis, said lift assembly comprising bed support structures adapted to receive and retain a portion of a bed in furtherance of disengaging a set of floor engaging wheels thereof from a floor, and an actuatable linkage for raising and lowering said bed support structures; wherein each support structure of said bed support structures is adapted to receive and retain a floor engaging wheel of the bed; wherein each support structure of said bed support structures comprises a bed wheel trap assembly for receiving and retaining the bed wheel; wherein said bed wheel trap assembly comprises a wheel receiving platform pivotally supported by a frame of said trap assembly; and wherein said wheel receiving platform pivots with respect to said frame upon raising said trap assembly from the floor.