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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2018
Valeda Company, Oakland Park, FL (US);
Patrick Girardin, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Paul Edward Slevinsky, Brockville, CA;
Mark Easton, Chatham, GB;
Gareth Holloway, Birchington, GB;
Robert Andrew Cumming, Cheshire, GB;
Valeda Company, LLC, Oakland Park, FL (US);
Abstract
The embodiments described and claimed herein are a restraint system for securing a gurney in a vehicle. In one embodiment, a conventional antler and rail-type gurney restraint system is improved by the addition of a center latch restraint that engages with a latch member secured by a support bracket to the underside of the gurney. In one configuration, the latch member enters into engagement with the center latch restraint through lateral movement of the control end of the gurney. In that respect, the EMT may use the same autonomic movements used with the conventional antler and rail-type system to secure the gurney in the vehicle. Optionally, one or more of the gurney occupant restraint belts are directly connected to the support bracket, whereby occupant loads during an accident will bypass the gurney and occupant head excursions can be reduced.