US 12,441,512 B2
Collapsible container holder for patient transport apparatus
Sean Derrick, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/127,924.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/423,643, filed on Nov. 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0150074 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 50/20 (2016.01); A61G 5/06 (2006.01); B65D 21/08 (2006.01); B65D 63/10 (2006.01); B65D 85/20 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 21/086 (2013.01) [A61B 50/20 (2016.02); A61G 5/061 (2013.01); B65D 63/109 (2013.01); B65D 85/20 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
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1. A patient transport system comprising:
a patient transport apparatus including:
a support structure,
a seat section and a back section coupled to the support structure and defining a support surface for supporting a patient,
a plurality of wheels coupled to the support structure for traversing floor surfaces, and
a track assembly extending from the support structure and having a belt for traversing stairs; and
a collapsible holder for removably receiving an oxygen container, the holder attached to the support structure and comprising:
an elongated upper panel and an elongated lower panel,
a flexible interface extending between the upper panel and the lower panel to form an expandable compartment with an opening for receiving the oxygen container in a lateral direction, and
a plurality of lower sliding strips extending laterally along an interior surface of the lower panel, the lower sliding strips configured to provide a decreased frictional force relative to the lower panel when receiving the oxygen container within the expandable compartment,
wherein the expandable compartment is moveable between:
a first expanded state where the upper panel is spaced from the lower panel at a first distance to receive the oxygen container in sliding engagement with the lower sliding strips, and
a second expanded state where the upper panel is spaced from the lower panel at a second distance less than the first distance and at least a portion of each of the upper panel and the lower panel abuts the oxygen container.