| US 7,520,551 B2 | ||
| Method of loading an ambulance cot into an ambulance | ||
| Clifford E. Lambarth, Portage, Mich. (US); and Christopher B. Way, Kalamazoo, Mich. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, Mich. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 05, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/156,852. | ||
| Application 12/156852 is a division of application No. 10/542232, granted, now 7,478,855, previously published as PCT/US2004/001070, filed on Jan. 14, 2004. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/440209, filed on Jan. 15, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0240901 A1, Oct. 02, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61G 1/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 296—20 [296/19] | 4 Claims |
| 1. A method of loading a wheel supported ambulance cot having a collapsible and extendable base thereon through an access
opening into a cargo area of an ambulance, comprising the steps of:
deploying a trolley to a load position;
moving said ambulance cot toward and into coupled engagement with said trolley, said trolley being additionally configured
to effect a cantilevered support of said ambulance cot externally away from said access opening such that the wheel supported
base on said ambulance cot is spaced directly above a ground surface unobstructed by other structure;
collapsing said base to effect said ambulance cot being supported entirely on said trolley; and
moving said trolley and ambulance cot coupled thereto into said cargo area of said ambulance.
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