Jumpseat for an emergency transport vehicle

US10327968B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignees

• Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE
• Dedicated2Imaging, LLC · US

Inventors

• Stefan Lautenschlaeger · Nuremberg, DE
• Eric M. Bailey · Hampton, US
• Charles Landry · Seabrook, US
• Frank Berger · Leutenbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 5, 2017
• Grant date: Jun 25, 2019
• Expiry date: Dec 5, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2/3075
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A jumpseat for an emergency transport vehicle having a patient compartment that includes a medical scanning device and a patient stretcher having a stretcher axis. The jumpseat includes a post element rotatably attached to a floor portion of the patient compartment, wherein the floor portion is located in a clearance space between the scanning device and a head end of the stretcher. The jumpseat also includes a seating element rotatably attached to the post element. The post and seating elements are moveable between a stowed position wherein the post element and seating element are substantially horizontal and a deployed position wherein the post element is substantially vertical and the seating element is substantially horizontal and located in the clearance space and in-line with a patient's body axis.