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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph A. Costanzo, Sellersville, PA (US);
John L. Eble, Bensalem, PA (US);
Assignee:
Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 1/100 ;
Abstract
An infant care unit comprising a platform upon which an infant rests, a radiant heater mounted on the care unit, disposed relative to the platform, and having a central position from which it is effective to warm the infant on the platform by radiation, the heater while mounted on the care unit being movable from the central position to a position spaced therefrom which spaced position of the heater is ineffective to warm the infant, and a mechanism for locating the heater in its central position when it is returned from the position spaced therefrom.