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Apparatus for handling transport incubators for infants and adaptable for handling any hospital patient conveyance having a wheeled base. The apparatus includes a carrier having a wheeled undercarriage, a hoistable elevator platform affixed to the undercarriage and a handle for steering and propelli

Apparatus for handling transport incubators for infants and adaptable for handling any hospital patient conveyance having a wheeled base. The apparatus includes a carrier having a wheeled undercarriage, a hoistable elevator platform affixed to the undercarriage and a handle for steering and propelling the carrier. The undercarriage and the elevator platform are interconnected by a pair of cross-linked X-shaped lazy tongs that are interconnected by a cross member that is connected to the ram of a hydraulic cylinder for raising and lowering the elevator platform. The elevator platform is provided with a loading guide and locking mechanism to ensure that a patient conveyance cannot be inadvertently disembarked therefrom. A brake mechanism is also provided on the wheeled undercarriage to prevent unintentional movement thereof. The apparatus is used for moving heavy or heavily laden patient conveyances to and from ambulances of other raised surfaces.

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A carrier for handling hospital patient conveyances provided with wheeled bases, said carrier comprising: a wheeled undercarriage; a platform hoistably mounted to said undercarriage for supporting the wheeled base of said patient conveyance, said platform being vertically displaceable above said und

A carrier for handling hospital patient conveyances provided with wheeled bases, said carrier comprising: a wheeled undercarriage; a platform hoistably mounted to said undercarriage for supporting the wheeled base of said patient conveyance, said platform being vertically displaceable above said undercarriage while remaining substantially parallel therewith; means for hoisting said platform; means for releasably locking said patient conveyance to said platform; ramp means for embarking and disembarking said patient conveyance from said platform; and brake means for selectively inhibiting movement of said wheeled undercarriage relative to a support surface; said means for releasably locking a wheeled patient conveyance to said platform including an elongated box structure open on one end and provided with a top surface of predetermined length and a narrow elongated longitudinal slot centered along said length of said top surface, said to surface having an inside; a latch mechanism transversely located within said box structure near said open end, said latch mechanism including a strike plate having a top edge and two ends and being affixed to a rotatable barrel having two ends and provided on one of said ends with a lever located along an outer side of said box structure, said lever being biased by a spring which urges said lever to a locked position wherein said top edge of said strike plate rests against said inside of said top surface of said box structure; and guide members comprising short sections of I-beam shaped stock each having a central web and being attached to the longitudinal centerline of the underside of said patient conveyance so that said web of each of said guide members enters said slot in said box structure when said patient conveyance is embarked on said platform, and said guide members are lockingly retained within said box structure by said latch mechanism.