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A heavy bed transporting device having a pair of dolly devices for moving collapsible hospital beds. Each dolly device has a horizontal base member with a pair of wheels attached to the lower surface thereof and a connecting structure formed on the surface of said base member configured to operative

A heavy bed transporting device having a pair of dolly devices for moving collapsible hospital beds. Each dolly device has a horizontal base member with a pair of wheels attached to the lower surface thereof and a connecting structure formed on the surface of said base member configured to operatively engage and secure the hospital bed thereto. The front dolly device is equipped with swivel-mounted wheels, while the rear dolly device has fixed unidirectional wheels and a manual braking system. The connecting structures are adaptively formed to engage and secure different configurations of hospital bed frames, including both manual and electric hospital bed frames.

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1. A heavy bed transporting device, comprising:(a) a front dolly device having a horizontally disposed elongated base member and swivel-mounted wheels depending from opposite ends of the base member;(b) a rear dolly device having a horizontally disposed elongated base member and fixed-mounted, unidi

1. A heavy bed transporting device, comprising:(a) a front dolly device having a horizontally disposed elongated base member and swivel-mounted wheels depending from opposite ends of the base member;(b) a rear dolly device having a horizontally disposed elongated base member and fixed-mounted, unidirectional wheels depending from opposite ends of the base member; and(c) connecting means formed on opposite ends of each said base member for receiving knobs projecting from a frame of a hospital bed, each said connecting means comprising:a retainer plate attached to the base member and having a pair of notches defined therein adapted for receiving the knobs projecting from the frame of the hospital bed and having a sleeve extending along a top edge of the retainer plate between the notches; anda retainer pin slidable through the sleeve and above the notches in order to retain the knobs in the notches.2. The heavy bed transporting device according to claim 1, wherein each said retainer pin is L-shaped.3. The heavy bed transporting device according to claim 1, further comprising a pair of straps adapted for attachment to opposite sides of the top of the bed frame member and for suspending a headboard and footboard member therefrom, said straps having a first end and a second end, and each strap further comprising:(a) a snap hook attached to the first end of said strap; and(b) a pair of rings attached to said strap, one disposed at the second end of the strap and the other disposed slightly above said end, such that each ring engages a hook on the back side of the headboard and footboard respectively.4. The heavy bed transporting device according to claim 1, further comprising a pair of elastic cords adapted for securing a mattress to the side of the frame member, said cords having a first end and a second end, and each cord further comprising a snap hook attached to both ends thereof, so that the cords may be attached to the top and bottom of the frame member, on opposite side thereof, with the mattress secured thereunder.5. The heavy bed transporting device according to claim 1, wherein said rear dolly is equipped with a manual braking system.