Patent ID: 7581265

Claim:
A roll-in chair cot for transporting a patient, said roll-in chair cot comprising: a patient support surface configured to be movable between a chair position, a fully lowered position, a fully elevated cot height position, and an intermediate cot height position between said fully lowered cot height position and said fully elevated cot height position, said patient support in each of said fully lowered cot height position, a fully elevated cot height position, and an intermediate cot height position is configured to permit said patient to be transported thereon in a generally supine position, and said patient support in the chair position arranges the chair cot such that relative to a seat segment both a leg segment extends downwardly and a back segment extends upwardly, thereby permitting the patient to be transported thereon in a generally seated position; and a bolting pattern provided to said roll-in cot, said bolting pattern configured to permit adjusting a loading height of said roll-in cot.