US 11,786,417 B2
Patient transport apparatus with cable connected brake and steer lock assemblies
Mackenzie Van Loon, Mattawan, MI (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Jan. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/97,587.
Application 18/097,587 is a continuation of application No. 17/454,528, filed on Nov. 11, 2021, granted, now 11,576,829.
Application 17/454,528 is a continuation of application No. 16/690,224, filed on Nov. 21, 2019, granted, now 11,197,791, issued on Dec. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/770,285, filed on Nov. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0149230 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. A61G 1/02 (2006.01); B60B 33/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 1/0243 (2013.01) [A61G 1/0287 (2013.01); B60B 33/0081 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patient transport apparatus for transporting a patient, the patient transport apparatus comprising:
a support structure including:
a base defining a head end and a foot end, and
a patient support deck defining a patient support surface to support the patient,
a first caster assembly coupled to the head end of the base to facilitate movement of the support structure along a floor surface, the first caster assembly comprising a first steer lock assembly;
a second caster assembly coupled to the foot end of the base to facilitate movement of the support structure along the floor surface, the second caster assembly comprising a second steer lock assembly; and
an actuator assembly operatively coupling the first and second steer lock assemblies, the actuator assembly including a first pedal operatively coupled to the first steer lock assembly, a second pedal operatively coupled to the second steer lock assembly, and a cable assembly interconnecting the first steer lock assembly and the second steer lock assembly and extending between the head end and the foot end of the base to place the first and second steer lock assemblies in a non-steer locked state or a steer locked state in a coordinated manner, wherein movement of the first pedal in a first direction in response to a force applied by a user causes movement of the second pedal in a second direction, opposite the first direction.