A patient care equipment support is transferable between a first device having a first tapered socket and a second device having a second tapered socket. The equipment support includes an equipment supporting portion configured to support patient care equipment and a post coupled to the equipment su
A patient care equipment support is transferable between a first device having a first tapered socket and a second device having a second tapered socket. The equipment support includes an equipment supporting portion configured to support patient care equipment and a post coupled to the equipment supporting portion and extending generally downwardly therefrom. The post has first and second tapered portions. The first tapered portion is configured for receipt in the first tapered socket and the second tapered portion being configured for receipt in the second tapered socket.
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The invention claimed is: 1. An apparatus comprising: a first device having an upper tapered socket, a second device having a lower tapered socket, wherein each socket has an upwardly opening frustoconical bore that varies in diameter from a larger diameter to a smaller diameter in a downward direc
The invention claimed is: 1. An apparatus comprising: a first device having an upper tapered socket, a second device having a lower tapered socket, wherein each socket has an upwardly opening frustoconical bore that varies in diameter from a larger diameter to a smaller diameter in a downward direction, wherein the smaller diameter of the bore in the upper tapered socket is equal to or larger than the larger diameter of the bore in the lower tapered socket, and a patient care equipment support comprising: an equipment supporting portion configured to support patient care equipment, and a post coupled to the equipment supporting portion such that the post extends generally downwardly from the equipment supporting portion, the post having upper and lower tapered portions, the upper tapered portion being configured for receipt in the upper tapered socket when the equipment support is supported by the first device and the lower tapered portion being configured for receipt in the lower tapered socket when the equipment support is supported by the second device wherein each tapered portion is frustoconical, each tapered portion varies in diameter from a larger diameter to a smaller diameter in a downward direction, and the smaller diameter of the upper tapered portion is equal to or larger than the larger diameter of the lower tapered portion, wherein the post has a generally cylindrical intermediate portion separating the two tapered portions, and wherein the upper tapered socket has a generally c-shaped cross section having spaced apart end portions which define an outwardly opening slot in communication with the bore in the upper tapered socket, and the spacing between the end portions of the c-shaped upper tapered socket is larger than the diameter of the generally cylindrical intermediate portion. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the height of the generally cylindrical intermediate portion is greater than the height of the c-shaped upper tapered socket. 3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the equipment support is transferred from the first device to the second device as the upper tapered socket carrying the equipment support is lowered while the lower tapered portion of the post is generally aligned with the lower tapered socket to a position where the upper tapered socket is below the upper tapered portion of the post permitting the lower tapered socket to carry the equipment support and allowing the first device to move away from the second device. 4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the equipment support is transferred from the first device to the second device by raising the lower tapered socket a first amount while the lower tapered portion of the post is generally aligned with the lower tapered socket such that the lower tapered portion enters the lower tapered socket and, then by raising the lower tapered socket a second amount to lift the upper tapered portion of the post out of the upper tapered socket permitting the lower tapered socket to carry the equipment support and allowing the first device to move away from the second device. 5. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the equipment support is transferred from the second device to the first device as the upper tapered socket is positioned around the intermediate portion of the post and then raised to a position where the upper tapered socket engages the upper tapered portion of the post and lifts the equipment support off the lower tapered socket permitting the second device to move away from the first device. 6. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the equipment support is transferred from the second device to the first device by lowering the lower tapered socket a first amount while the upper tapered socket is positioned around the intermediate portion of the post such that upper tapered portion enters the upper tapered socket and, then by lowering the lower tapered socket a second amount to lift the lower tapered portion of the post out of the lower tapered socket permitting the upper tapered socket to carry the equipment support and allowing the first device to move away from the second device. 7. A patient care equipment support apparatus comprising a first tapered socket having a generally c-shaped cross section defining an outwardly opening slot in communication with the bore of the socket, the socket including an upwardly opening frustoconical bore that varies in diameter from a larger diameter to a smaller diameters an equipment supporting portion, and a coupler coupled to the equipment supporting portion, the coupler extending generally downwardly from the equipment supporting portion and having a first tapered portion and a second tapered portion having an upper end spaced apart from and below a lower end of the first tapered portion, each tapered portion of the coupler being configured for receipt in the first tapered socket. 8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the coupler has a generally cylindrical intermediate portion separating the two tapered portions. 9. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein the c-shaped cross section of the first socket is sized to permit the cylindrical portion of the coupler to pass through the opening slot when the coupler is engaged with a socket. 10. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein each of the tapered portions of the coupler is frustoconical. 11. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the coupler is a downwardly extending post. 12. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the equipment support apparatus comprises one of an IV pole and a rack adapted to carry infusion equipment. 13. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein apparatus further comprises a motor configured to raise and lower the first tapered socket. 14. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein the apparatus comprises an outer telescoping portion and an inner telescoping portion nested within the outer telescoping portion configured to raise and lower the first tapered socket. 15. The apparatus of claim 7 comprising a second tapered socket spaced apart from the first tapered socket, the second tapered socket including upwardly opening frustoconical bore that varies in diameter from a larger diameter to a smaller diameter. 16. The apparatus of claim 15 wherein the apparatus comprises a first device supporting the first tapered socket and a second device supporting the second tapered socket. 17. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein at least one of the first and second devices comprises a motor configured to raise and lower one of the first and second tapered sockets. 18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the upper tapered portion of the coupler and the first tapered socket are configured such that the equipment support apparatus is rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the coupler when the equipment support is supported by the first device, and the lower tapered portion of the coupler and the second tapered socket are configured such that the equipment support apparatus is rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the coupler when the equipment support is supported by the second device. 19. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the first device comprises one of an arm, a column, a cart, a stand, a hospital bed, a surgery table and a stretcher. 20. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the second device comprises one of an arm, a column, a cart, a stand, a hospital bed, a surgery table and a stretcher. 21. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein each of the tapered portions of the coupler is frustoconical.
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