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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2018
Applicant:
Hill-rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Inventor:
Neal Wiggermann, Batesville, IN (US);
Assignee:
Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 1/02 (2006.01); A61G 7/018 (2006.01); B62B 5/00 (2006.01); B62D 51/04 (2006.01); G05D 13/00 (2006.01); G05D 13/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 1/0281 (2013.01); A61G 1/0287 (2013.01); B62B 5/0026 (2013.01); B62D 51/04 (2013.01); G05D 13/00 (2013.01); G05D 13/62 (2013.01); A61G 1/0212 (2013.01); A61G 1/0275 (2013.01); A61G 7/018 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mobile support such as a stretcher includes a left rear rolling element and a right rear rolling element. The support also includes a sensor system adapted to sense displacement force applied to the support, and a deceleration system. Provided the bed is moving in a forward direction, machine readable instructions executed by a processor cause the deceleration system to apply a decelerating influence to selected members of the set of rolling elements in response to the sensed displacement force in order to assist braking and steering maneuvers.