US 11,723,816 B2
Patient transport apparatus with adjustable handles
Michael Maurice Desjardins, Plainwell, MI (US); and Michael T. Brubaker, Portage, MI (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/720,733.
Application 17/720,733 is a continuation of application No. 17/132,025, filed on Dec. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,324,647.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/954,926, filed on Dec. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0233367 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61G 1/013 (2006.01); A61G 1/048 (2006.01); A61G 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 1/013 (2013.01) [A61G 1/048 (2013.01); A61G 1/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patient transport apparatus comprising:
a support structure comprising a base, a support frame, and a litter defining a patient support surface to support a patient; and
a handle assembly including:
a guide operatively attached to the support structure and defining a reference axis extending in a longitudinal direction of the support structure,
a carrier supported by the guide for rotation about a pivot axis,
a grip arranged for engagement by a user, and
a link coupled to the grip and comprising a shank slidably supported by the carrier for movement between:
a retracted position where the shank is arranged at a first angle relative to the reference axis; and
an extended position where the shank is arranged at a second angle relative to the reference axis, the second angle being different from the first angle.