Shower stretcher

US9585802B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Arjo Hospital Equipment AB · SE

Inventors

• Bodil Akesson · Malmö, SE
• Kajsa Haraldsson · Malmö, SE
• Andreas Thomasson · Sjöbo, SE
• Mats Edberg · Eslöv, SE
• Richard Nilsson · Hickory, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 16, 2010
• Grant date: Mar 7, 2017
• Expiry date: Jul 4, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

A shower stretcher assembly includes a frame which supports a platform having panels that define a back rest section, a seat section, and a foot section. The seat section is of flexible material which conforms to the shape of a person lying thereon. This flexible material provides increase in the effective length of the mattress support that conforms to person's body between navel and knees.