US 12,090,091 B2
Patient support apparatus and accessories therefor
Patrick Lafleche, Kalamazoo, MI (US); James K. Galer, Byron Center, MI (US); Justin Raymond, Jackson, MI (US); Bradley Sommer, Portage, MI (US); Nicole L. Schriemer, Portage, MI (US); Thomas J. Africa, Lebanon, OH (US); Alison Adams Zdan Shields, Portage, MI (US); Annali V. Evling, Portage, MI (US); Sherry L. Jones, Pataskala, OH (US); Lauren C. Angell, Pataskala, OH (US); and Ciara Nichole Poolman, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on May 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/320,688.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/114,217, filed on Nov. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/108,600, filed on Nov. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/026,391, filed on May 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0353476 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. A61G 1/04 (2006.01); A61F 5/37 (2006.01); A61G 1/044 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 1/04 (2013.01) [A61F 5/37 (2013.01); A61G 1/044 (2013.01); A61G 2200/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pediatric restraint system comprising:
a pediatric restraint assembly for securing to a soft compliant support structure of a patient transport apparatus, the patient transport apparatus comprising an emergency stretcher or cot including a longitudinal length and including a frame operable to support the soft compliant support structure, the patient transport apparatus including an adult harness assembly operable to couple to the frame of the patient transport apparatus, said pediatric restraint assembly comprising:
a back section formed from a material to hold its overall shape;
a seat section formed from a material to hold its overall shape;
a connector joining said back section with said seat section and maintaining said back section in a contacting relationship or in a spaced relationship with said seat section;
a child restraint mounted relative to said back and seat sections;
a plurality of connecting members releasably connecting said pediatric restraint assembly to the adult harness assembly, wherein the plurality of connecting members comprise straps extending from a top of the back section and upwardly along the longitudinal length toward an upper portion of the patient transport apparatus, and down a rear side of the patient transport apparatus where the straps directly couple to the adult harness assembly;
wherein the adult harness assembly is usable independently of the pediatric restraint assembly; and
a coupler coupling said seat section of said pediatric restraint assembly to the frame of the patient transport apparatus, wherein said child restraint is not coupled directly to the frame.