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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2005
Elroy E. Bourgraf, Naples, FL (US);
Robert C. Chinn, Cumming, GA (US);
Irvin D. Pollock, Wilmington, OH (US);
Warren Dale Sutton, St. Joseph, MO (US);
Elroy E. Bourgraf, Naples, FL (US);
Robert C. Chinn, Cumming, GA (US);
Irvin D. Pollock, Wilmington, OH (US);
Warren Dale Sutton, St. Joseph, MO (US);
Ferno-Washington, Inc., Wilmington, OH (US);
Abstract
A combination cot loading and fastening system for loading and unloading an ambulance cot having a normal loadingheight of about 76 centimeters (about 30 inches) into an emergency rescue vehicle having a transport deck in excess of 78 centimeters (about 31 inches), the vehicle having an opening providing access to the transport deck, is disclosed. The system comprises a pair of tracks, a shuttle assembly to securely pull the ambulance cot along the pair of tracks, and a locking mechanism mounted on the shuttle assembly. The shuttle assembly is configured to position the locking mechanism a distance away from a second end of the pair of tracks and at angle below the transport deck of the emergency rescue vehicle, the angle ranging from about 10° to 25°, and the distance ranging about 22.8 centimeters (about 9 inches) to about 50 centimeters (about 20 inches).