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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Medline Industries, Inc., Mundelein, IL (US);
Inventors:
Tiffanie Boggs, Chicago, IL (US);
Matthew Zlotow, Hanover Park, IL (US);
Lisa Bauer, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Jeff Hunt, Fox River Grove, IL (US);
Assignee:
Medline Industries, Inc., Northfield, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/05 (2013.01); A61G 7/0528 (2016.11);
Abstract
A locking mechanism () includes one or more casters () coupled to a frame (). A lift mechanism () is distally extendable from the frame to elevate the casters. A pivoting bar () is pivotable relative to the frame to distally extend the lift mechanism from the frame. A foot pedal () is pivotable relative to the pivoting bar between a closed position and an angularly displaced open position. When in the angularly displaced open position, the foot pedal can extend distally from the pivoting bar.