Patent · US Expired

Stretcher foot pedal

US6314597A · kind A · utility

31Cited by

44References

10Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Hill-Rom Services, Inc. · US

Inventors

Richard H. Heimbrock · Batesville, US
Patrick J. Minnelli · Cassville, US
James L. Walke · Batesville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 14, 2001
Grant date	Nov 13, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 14, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T74/20888
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A pedal assembly for rotating a brake-steer shaft of a stretcher. The pedal assembly includes a yoke coupled to the brake-steer shaft to rotate therewith and a flip-over pedal having a proximal end coupled to the yoke and a distal end spaced therefrom. The flip-over pedal is pivotable about a flip-over axis relative to the yoke. The flip-over pedal has a first orientation in which the flip-over pedal extends away from the yoke in a first direction so that the distal end of the flip-over pedal can be engaged to rotate the brake-steer shaft in a first direction. The flip-over pedal has a second orientation in which the flip-over pedal extends away from the yoke in a second direction so that the distal end of the flip-over pedal can be engaged to rotate the brake-steer shaft in a second direction opposite to the first direction.

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