Patent ID: 7661641

Claim:
A medical equipment transfer system, comprising: a first support base; a second support base; an equipment carriage, the equipment carriage defining a first locking assembly and a second locking assembly, the first locking assembly being operative to secure the equipment carriage to the first support base to prevent it from being removed from the first support base in a locked position and permit it to be removed when it is in an unlocked position, the second locking assembly being operative to secure the equipment carriage to the second support base to prevent it from being removed from the second support base when it is in a locked position and permit it to be removed when it is in an unlocked position, the equipment carriage being simultaneously engageable with the first and second support bases via the first and second locking assemblies; and an actuator operable to simultaneously unlock the equipment carriage from one of the first and second support bases and lock the equipment carriage to the other base, i.e. the second or first support base, respectively.