US2003070236A1PendingUtilityA1

Integrated folding bedrail mount and handle for a patient monitor

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Priority: Oct 17, 2001Filed: Oct 17, 2001Published: Apr 17, 2003
Est. expiryOct 17, 2021(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Nicholas Evan Barker
A61B 5/00A61G 7/0507A61G 7/05A61G 7/0503A61G 7/0524F16M 13/022A61B 2560/0431
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Abstract

A monitor having an integral handle and bedrail mount element pivotally connected to an upper surface. The integral handle and bedrail mount element being movable between an open position, for carrying and/or mounting, and a closed position in which the handle and bedrail mount element is unobtrusively folded away into a recess in the upper surface of the monitor.

Claims

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What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A monitor having a display surface, an opposing rear surface, an upper surface, and a handle, said handle comprising a pair of support members interconnected by a cross member, said support members having an integral hook portion and being pivotally connected on one end to the upper surface of the monitor.  
     
     
         2 . The monitor as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the upper surface of the monitor contains a recess into which the handle may at least partially be folded.  
     
     
         3 . The monitor as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the upper surface of the monitor contains a recess into which the handle may at least partially be folded, one end of each support member is pivotally connected to the monitor in the recess.  
     
     
         4 . The monitor as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the support members have the shape of a hook.  
     
     
         5 . A monitor having a display surface, an opposing rear surface, an upper surface, and a handle, said handle comprising a pair of support members interconnected by a cross member, said support members having a bracket element connected to it and said support members being pivotally connected on one end to the upper surface of the monitor.  
     
     
         6 . The monitor as claimed in  claim 5  wherein the upper surface of the monitor contains a recess into which the handle may at least partially be folded.  
     
     
         7 . The monitor as claimed in  claim 5  wherein the upper surface of the monitor contains a recess into which the handle may at least partially be folded, one end of each support member is pivotally connected to the monitor in the recess.  
     
     
         8 . The monitor as claimed in  claim 5  wherein the bracket element has the shape of a hook.

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