US 11,890,235 B2
Patient transport apparatus with adjustable handle
Michael T. Brubaker, Portage, MI (US); and Christopher Gentile, Sturgis, MI (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/562,256.
Application 17/562,256 is a continuation of application No. 16/454,234, filed on Jun. 27, 2019, granted, now 11,241,345.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/690,409, filed on Jun. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0117804 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. A61G 1/048 (2006.01); A61G 1/013 (2006.01); A61G 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 1/048 (2013.01) [A61G 1/013 (2013.01); A61G 1/02 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patient transport apparatus for transporting a patient, the patient transport apparatus comprising:
a support structure comprising a base, a frame, and a patient support surface to support the patient;
wheels coupled to the base to facilitate movement of the support structure;
a handle assembly including a base member coupled to the frame, a cot pin operatively attached to the base member, a handle to be manipulated by a user to manually move the support structure, and a handle extension supporting the handle, wherein the handle extension is configured to articulate relative to the frame about the cot pin when the handle assembly is moved from a stowed position to a use position such that the handle is adjacent to the frame in the stowed position and the handle is extended from the frame by the handle extension in the use position;
a locking device operable between a locked state and an unlocked state to discretely lock and unlock the handle assembly relative to the frame; and
a manual release actuator coupled to the handle extension, the manual release actuator being carried by the handle extension for movement with the handle extension between the stowed position and the use position,
wherein the handle extension comprises a distal end portion opposite the handle and wherein the manual release actuator is located adjacent to the distal end portion of the handle extension, the manual release actuator being arranged for engagement by the user adjacent to the distal end portion of the handle extension to place the locking device in the unlocked state while the user grasps the handle extension, to allow the user to articulate the handle extension between the use position and the stowed position.