COLLAPSIBLE SHELVING FOR SETTING STRETCHERS Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: medical engineering. SUBSTANCE: device has vertical uprights as pressed figured profile having axial opening and shelves. The uprights have longitudinal canals for displacing movable plates. The movable plates carry articulations and members for fixing position and have additional unmovable lower and upper plates. The upper horizontal beams are hinged on the upper plates and articulated to struts composed of two parts, the parts being hinged to each other and having members for fixing position. The lower parts of the struts are hinged to the upper unmovable plates of the uprights. The lower horizontal beams are pivotally connected to lower plates movable in upright canals and struts pivotally mounted on lower unmovable upright plates. Folding supporting legs are articulated with the lower struts. End face stretcher-fixing members are pivotally mounted on the upper and lower ends of horizontal beams. The uprights are connected to each other with collapsible cross brace and tie-rod. The cross brace is composed of four bars pivotally joined with one of their ends in the center with the cross brace plate, two of the bars are articulated with their other ends to lower unmovable upright plates, the other two are connected to movable upright plates. EFFECT: simplified design; simplified manufacturing technology; long service life. 4 cl, 8 dwg