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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2000
Jeffrey L. Lewandowski, Delton, MI (US);
Martin W. Stryker, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Richard L. McDaniel, Constantine, MI (US);
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
The wheel brake includes a crank arm mounted on the patient support. An elongate first link is pivotally connected at one end to a first pivot pin provided on the distal end of the aforesaid crank arm. An elongate second link is pivotally secured to the patient support for movement about a second axis of rotation and is pivotally secured on one side of the second axis of rotation to the first link by a second pivot pin. A wheel engaging brake member is swingably suspended from the bed frame and above an outer periphery of a wheel rotatably and swivelably supported on the bed frame and for movement into and out of engagement with the aforesaid outer periphery. An elastically yieldable resilient member and an elongate third link are interconnected between the wheel engaging brake and the second link.