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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2001
Enrico Carletti, Bologna, IT;
Abstract
A safety connecting and hooking device for tubular elements, first ( ) and second ( ), particularly for stretcher, includes: a female element ( ) whose first end is connected to said first tubular element ( ) and whose second free end has a seat ( ) transversally crossed by a hooking pivot ( ); a male element ( ) whose first end is connected to said second tubular element ( ) and whose second free end has a bracket ( ) detachably insertable complementary into said seat ( ) of said female element ( ), said bracket ( ) having the head with a recess ( ) in order to house partially said hooking pivot ( ); a hook ( ) hinged to said male element ( ) and detachably insertable, in correspondence of a hooking condition (A) of said tubular elements ( ), into a slot ( ) carried out longitudinally in the bracket ( ) for closing partially the opening part of said bracket ( ) around said hooking pivot ( ); a safety hook ( ) hinged to said female element ( ) and whose hooking end is fit to engage a hollow ( ) of said bracket ( ) in correspondence of said hooking condition (A).