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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1999
Dennis J. Gallant, Harrison, OH (US);
John W. Ruehl, Shelbyville, IN (US);
John C. Gray, Great Falls, MT (US);
Edward W. Catton, New Palestine, IN (US);
Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Abstract
A mobile care cart includes a latch mechanism for coupling the cart to a hospital bed during transport of the bed. The care cart includes an on-board battery and gas supply for supplying electrical and gas outlets, respectively, on the care cart for use by equipment during transport. The care cart is nestable against a headwall when in the hospital room and includes first and second connectors for coupling the electrical and gas supply outlets on the cart to electrical and gas supplies separate from the care cart when the care cart is in a hospital room. The first and second connectors automatically switches to the on-board battery and gas supply to provide an uninterrupted gas and electrical supply during transport when the cart is disconnected from the electrical and gas supplies separate from the care cart for transport.