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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 1980
Filed:
Mar. 09, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
David F Huempfner, Two Rivers, WI (US);
Assignee:
American Hospital Supply Corporation, Evanston, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
5 68 ; 5 66 ; 5 79 ;
Abstract
A patient stretcher, bed, or the like having a tiltable mattress support section driven by an actuator having a release clutch mechanism. A sliding joint between the tiltable top section and the actuator permits the clutch to disengage at various angular positions of the tiltable top which are controlled by an adjustable limit stop.