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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2016
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Clifford Edwin Lambarth, Portage, MI (US);
Jason James Wroblewski, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Brandon David Naber, Portage, MI (US);
Alfred James Dacey, IV, Mendon, MI (US);
Ross Timothy Lucas, Paw Paw, MI (US);
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A transport apparatus includes a frame, a lift mechanism supporting the frame, and a litter deck for supporting a person. The litter deck is adapted to be reconfigured between a chair configuration and a cot configuration. The litter deck is also adapted to be removably mounted to the frame, with the litter deck being adapted to be supported by the frame while the litter deck is in its chair configuration and also while being reconfigured between its chair configuration and its cot configuration.