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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:
Jul. 31, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard H. Heimbrock, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
Hill-Rom, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 1/04 ; A61B 6/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 1/04 ; A61B 6/04 ;
Abstract
In an illustrated embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of trauma board supports are movably coupled to a stretcher for motion between a first position away from a patient support surface of the stretcher and a second position above the patient support surface for releasably supporting a trauma board thereon in a substantially parallel, spaced-apart relation to the patient support surface at a distance sufficient to allow positioning of an x-ray cassette between the trauma board and the patient support surface.