Patent ID: 8171580

Claim:
A transfer system for transferring a patient from a first support structure to a second support structure, the first support structure being arranged to be moved to an operative position adjacent the second support structure, said transfer system comprising a patient support panel, a first base member and a second base member, said patient support panel being generally planar having a pair of ends and comprising a pair of longitudinally extending side rail portions, each of said side rail portions extending the length of the patient support panel between said pair of ends and projecting upward from the plane of said patient support panel, said first base member having a pair of ends comprising a first pair of clamps, one of said first pair of clamps being arranged to be mounted on the first support structure adjacent one end of said first base member, the other of said first pair of clamps being arranged to be mounted on the first support structure adjacent the other end of said first base member, said second base member comprising a second pair of clamps, one of said second pair of clamps being arranged to be mounted on the second support structure adjacent one end of said second base member, the other of said second pair of clamps being arranged to be mounted on the second support structure adjacent the other end of said second base member, said patient support panel being arranged to be disposed on the first support structure, said first and second base members having planar surfaces over which said patient support panel can be readily slid when the first support structure is in the operative position with respect to the second support structure, said first pair of clamps of said first base member being arranged to releasably secure said patient support panel on the first base member via said first pair of clamps of said first base member engaging one of said longitudinal extending side rail portions of said patient support panel adjacent said pair of ends of said patient support panel, said second pair of clamps of said second base member being arranged to releasably secure said patient support panel on said second base member via said second pair of clamps of said second base member engaging the other of said longitudinal extending side rail portions of said patient support panels adjacent said pair of ends of said patient support panel.