AT512095A2 - Wheelchair-compatible frame for a functional furniture system, in particular for table beds in the care sector, and modular functional furniture system - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a wheelchair-compatible frame (1) for a functional furniture system, in particular for table beds in the care sector. The frame is provided with feet (5), at least one tray receptacle (7) bounded at the bottom by at least one transverse strut (8) and at table height on at least three sides by at least one gripper bar (15) and at least one tray receptacle with feet connecting support (9) provided. The cross strut is arranged to be wheelchair-accessible, and the at least one gripper rod forms a preferably horizontal support and attachment surface (17) for a plate-shaped accessory. The frame can be used in many ways in the care sector, in particular for a variety of therapeutic methods. The purchase of separate furniture and time-consuming renovation work is eliminated.

Description

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The invention relates to a wheelchair-accessible frame for a functional furniture system, especially for table beds in the care sector, and a modular functional furniture system.

In Rehabiiitations- or here equivalent nursing area are used in addition to living furniture and functional furniture, which are used to carry out therapeutic work with the people to be cared for. Examples of these are simple work tables that are used for painting or on which different objects are placed, with which the patients can work. The applications and the usability of such functional furniture especially in the care sector are limited. The invention sets itself the goal of improving this and to create a versatile furniture, which is replaceable especially in the care sector for a variety of therapeutic work with the people or patients to be cared for.

This object is achieved for the above-mentioned wheelchair-accessible frame according to the invention that it is bounded by feet, at least one tray recording, the bottom of at least one cross member and work table height on at least three sides of at least one gripper bar, and at least one tray recording with the feet connecting support is provided, wherein the tray receptacle is arranged wheelchair-accessible and the at least one gripping bar forms a preferably horizontal support and mounting surface for a plate-shaped accessory.

The advantage of this solution is that patients can use the gripper bar to pick up the tub. The gripper bar can also be used as an aid to getting up from a wheelchair. Finally, the gripper bar can be used by the therapist specifically for working with the patient. From the frame can be worn thanks to the tub recording, for example, a plant trough or a sensory garden in the form of a different with feeling substances to train the sensory impressions of patients. The crossbars serve to accommodate the weight of a tub inserted into the tub receiver. They are arranged at a height that allows for a trouble-free ride under wheelchairs. Furthermore, the frame can support a table top and thus become part of a work table. 2

With the Rahmengestel invention! nursing homes, in particular, have a starting point for the development of a functional facility that meets diverse and changing therapeutic requirements and approaches, without the need to constantly purchase new furniture or carry out elaborate alterations. The invention can be further improved by the embodiments described below, which are each independently advantageous and can be combined as desired.

According to a first advantageous embodiment, the at least one gripping bar at the front of the frame laterally each form at least one projecting, at least hand-wide handle and spring back in the area between the two handles to the tub receiving. The handle preferably extends parallel to the underside of the frame. It can reach at the corners to the sides of the frame. The handle makes it easier for a wheelchair user to approach the frame. The distance between the at least one handle and an accessory used in the tub receiver, for example a plant trough, is at least 50 mm, so that the entire hand can dip into the handle.

In particular, the handles can be spaced apart from one another at least approximately shoulder width, so that patients whose mobility is limited can still grip and grasp both handles. So that the arms are not too far apart when gripping the handles, the 20 handles in a development can have a distance of at most twice the shoulder width. The width of the hand and shoulder are based on the ergonomics standards, which are based on average values of the population of the respective country.

The feet of the wheelchair-accessible frame are preferably configured nursing bed appropriate, so they can retract into the nursing home on the side by default remaining free bottom lane 25. Thus, the wheelchair-accessible frame can also be used in bedridden patients.

Of course, the frame may be provided on the feet with rollers, of which at least one part may be provided with brakes. This makes it easy to push the wheelchair-accessible frame to different locations. The feet may preferably be supported on the floor at the corners of the floor plan of the tub receiver and / or gripper bar. This leads to increased tilting safety. In order to minimize the risk of tripping, the feet do not extend beyond the floor plan of the tray receptacle and / or the gripper bar.

To facilitate the work on the frame both standing and sitting, or in patient beds, the tray and / or the gripping bar height adjustable 5 be connected to the feet. According to a further advantageous embodiment, at least one gripping bar on the back at least one fastening adapter for accessories may be provided in the frame. On the mounting adapter accessories such as rear walls, for example, for mounting tools, umbrellas, trellis, etc. attach. After a structurally particularly simple further solution, the fastening adapter can be formed by the at least one gripping rod. This would make structurally and costly consuming fasteners unnecessary.

The tray receptacle can be configured substantially cuboid. It can therefore be completed by inserting a cuboid.

The at least one transverse rod may extend parallel to the front of the frame, preferably 15 at a distance from the front and the back of the frame. The at least one transverse strut may extend from a support on one side to a support on the other side.

The fastening adapter can be formed from the rear side or from the handles facing away from the end of the at least one gripping bar. Thus, accessories can simply be plugged into the gripper bar, 20 or vice versa, the gripper bar simply in the accessories. The ends can open themselves tubular backwards.

The frame preferably has a sufficient strength and resistance to tipping, so that even heavy people can rest on the handles or the handle area. At the same time, the wheelchair-accessible frame should be able to grip well and tightly even by weak patients. To achieve this, a pipe, also made of solid material, with an outer diameter between 30 and 45 mm can be used as a gripping bar. The cross section of the tube depends on ergonomic aspects and may in particular be at least partially round and / or ellipsoidal. Furthermore, the gripping bar may be provided with a surface structure or coating which improves the hand's grip. As a material for the frame, in particular the at least one gripping bar, a metal tube can be used. Such a tube is stable and, when used in nursing homes, gives the patient a good feeling of stability, especially if a metal tube with the above-described diameter between 30 and 45 mm is used.

A support may be provided with a height adjustment device, by means of which the tub support can be fixed at different heights above the ground. In addition to an ergonomic fine adjustment to an optimal working height for each patient sitting and standing, the frame can be used in this embodiment, the bedridden patient.

The wheelchair-accessible frame in one of the embodiments described above may be part of a modular functional furniture system, in particular for the care sector. The modular functional furniture system has at least one accessory which is provided with at least one holding shoe, wherein the holding shoe has a frame receiving, in which a portion of the frame is receivable. The holding shoe offers a high holding power in the case of a magnetic frame and at the same time allows a quick conversion. With such a holding shoe can be attached as accessories especially cladding, for example Verkleidungspaneeie on the frame.

The holding shoe may be provided at its free ends with fasteners for a locking element to provide further security against falling off of the accessories.

According to a further embodiment, an accessory may be provided, with which another wheelchair-compatible frame can be coupled to an existing system. Such an accessory may in particular be designed as a worktop, so that the area between interconnected frame parts can be used as a work surface. Thus, either the surface of an existing worktop can be increased, or it will also begestgestilt to a arranged in the tub receiving trough work surfaces. In a further embodiment, the accessory formed as a worktop can also be designed to be attachable only to a single frame, so that regardless of whether another frame is coupled to the existing frame, the work surface can be extended.

The modular functional furniture system may be provided with an accessory arranged in the tub receiver, preferably a replaceable plant trough at a table bed, which is spaced from the at least one gripper bar at a gripping distance of preferably at least 25 mm, preferably at most 35 mm. At this distance, 5 the hand can not slip between the accessory and the grip rod, at the same time the grip rod can be used despite the accessory received in the well receiver without the fingers becoming jammed.

The invention relates in particular to a table bed, in particular for the care sector, with a wheelchair-accessible frame in an embodiment described above and / or as part of the modular furniture system in an embodiment also described above with a plant trough arranged in the tub receiving as an accessory.

The table according to the invention enables patients to deal with plants even in the interior of a nursing home and indeed in an ergonomic position, 10 with appropriate dimensioning of the foot distance of the frame in bed.

In the following, the invention is explained briefly and by way of example with reference to the attached drawings and exemplary embodiments. The different features in the individual embodiments can be combined as desired in accordance with the above general description of the invention. Also, individual features 15 may be omitted from the embodiments if, for a particular application, the benefit associated with that feature does not matter.

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Figure 1 is a schematic perspective view of a wheelchair frame according to the invention with accessories in an exploded view. 20 is a schematic perspective view of another embodiment of a wheelchair-accessible frame according to the invention in an exploded view;

3A is a schematic front view of a further embodiment of a wheelchair-accessible frame according to the invention; Fig. 3B is a schematic side view of the embodiment of Fig. 3A;

FIG. 3C is a schematic plan view of the embodiment of FIG. 3A; FIG. 6

FIG. 4 shows a schematic representation of a fastening means provided for fastening accessories to the roilchair-compatible frame according to the invention; FIG.

Fig. 5 5 is a schematic side view of the embodiment of Figure 1 with attached cladding elements.

6 shows a schematic perspective view of a modular functional furniture system constructed from the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 1 and accessories.

First, the structure of an embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1. 10 shows a wheelchair-compatible frame 1, which is preferably constructed of a metal tube 2 with a diameter between 30 and 45 mm and can be composed of one or more parts 3. Each part 3 preferably comprises a continuous, bent and / or bent pipe section 4.

The frame part 1 has feet 5, which can be provided with rollers 6. On the rollers 15 6 can be omitted if it is based on an easy mobility of the wheelchair

Frame 1 does not arrive.

Above the frame 1 is provided with a tray receptacle 7, the bottom of at least one, in the embodiment of Fig. 1 two, transverse webs 8 is limited. Between the tub receptacle 7 and the feet 5 extending at the end faces 5 supports 9 - at least 20 such a support 9 is provided.

The frame 1 is designed to be accessible by a wheelchair (not shown). This is ensured, for example, when a lower edge 10 of the transverse webs 8 is arranged at a height H from the bottom 11 and / or a front edge 12 at a distance A from a front edge 14 of the tray receptacle 7, so that the frame of the legs of a roll 25th chair driver can be driven under. The tray holder 7 is located approximately at work table height.

On at least three sides, in the embodiment of FIG. 1, these are the two narrow sides S and the front side V, the tray receptacle 7 is bounded by at least one gripping bar 15. In the embodiment of Fig. 1, the bounding gripping bar of three sepa-30 rates, each continuous pipe sections is formed. Along the entire front V

7 extends continuously from one side to the other a single continuous, ground parallel pipe section 4, so that at the front 4 a continuous gripping bar 15 is available.

An upper edge 16 of the at least one gripping bar 5 bounding the tub receptacle 7 forms a plane, preferably horizontal supporting and / or fastening plane 17 for a plate-shaped accessory (not shown), such as a worktop.

The transverse webs are designed to support an essentially rectangular, for example trough-shaped or trough-shaped, accessory 18, for example a plant trough with a preferably reclosable water drainage opening 19. At the water outlet opening 19 10 may be connected to a loading and / or drainage system. The tray receptacle 7 is, as shown in FIG. 1, determined by a substantially cuboidal volume Q. In order to favor the drainage of water, the depth of the plant trough towards the rear, towards the back R, may gradually increase.

As can be seen in FIG. 1, a moisture-permeable intermediate bottom 21 may be provided in the plant trough 18, for example through openings 20 15. The intermediate floor is at a distance from the floor of the plant trough 18 so that a liquid reservoir for the plants can form underneath,

The combination of rolistuhlgerechtem frame 1, replaceable plant trough 18 and optionally intermediate bottom 21 forms a table bed, which is equally intended for plantations in the indoor and outdoor 20. Even with inserted plant trough the frame 1 remains wheelchair accessible, so that the table is wheelchair accessible and can be used to therapeutic measures in the care sector.

The at least one gripping bar 15, which delimits the tray receptacle 7 at the front, can be provided with two handles 22 which project forwardly. The handles 22 are each preferably formed of a continuous pipe section 4 25 and in particular about hand width, at most about twice hand width. The measure of the hand width results from the relevant Ergonomienormen. In a section 23 of the front gripping bar 15, this jumps back relative to the handles 22. The handles 22 are about shoulder width, but at most twice shoulder width apart. The shoulder width also results from ergonomics standards. The section 23 itself is preferably also about shoulder width. 8th

The rollers 6 and feet 5 are preferably in the corner of the floor plan of the wheelchair-accessible frame on the floor 11 in order to achieve the greatest possible stability without protruding elements. The wheelchair-accessible frame or table bed, as shown by way of example in Fig. 1, is particularly suitable for the care sector, example 5 in nursing homes.

The gripping bar 15 which bounds the tub receptacle 7 on at least three sides serves the purpose of supporting the users, in particular the elderly who are in need of pensions, when working. With the handles 15, wheelchair bound users can more easily access and set up the rack. The high stability due to the 10 placement of the feet 5 or rollers 6 at the corners of the floor plan of the tray receptacle 7 and the gripper bar 15 causes a high stability and stability. The recessed portion 23 allows the wheelchair bound user to approach the accessory 18 while sitting.

The gripper bar, preferably with an outer diameter of between 30 and 45 mm, enables secure gripping, a stable appearance which gives the user security and high strength.

If the planting trough 18 is inserted, then the gripper bar 15 runs at a gripping distance G (see FIG. 2) at a distance from the planting trough. Thanks to the interchangeability of accessory 18, the wheelchair-accessible frame system can be flexibly replaced. Thus, for example, a plant trough 18 can be exchanged for a trough which serves as a sensory garden and is filled with different materials in order to train the tactile sensory perception of the patients by feeling. The trough-shaped accessory 18 can also be replaced with a worktop, so that the wheelchair-accessible frame is also used as a desk or workbench. If a worktop is used, it preferably ends at a distance from the at least one front gripping bar 15, so that at least the handles 22, but preferably also the recessed portion 23, are not covered by the worktop and can be gripped around. The distance of the worktop from the recessed portion 23 is preferably about 25 to 35 mm, so that this area without risk of entrapment can be included by a user. At the handles 22, the worktop is preferably spaced at least 50 mm from the handles be-30. The same gripping distances apply when a plant trough is used instead of a worktop. • b 9

In the rear, remote from the handles 22 area of the wheelchair-accessible frame 1 is at least one mounting adapter 24 to which other accessories, such as umbrellas, vertical plates and / or trellis can be attached. In the embodiment of Fig. 1, the mounting adapter is structurally simple 5 each formed a rearwardly facing, open pipe end 24, which may have further fastening means such as locking elements (not shown). Accessories can be easily put on or in the pipe end.

Fig. 2 shows another embodiment of a wheelchair-accessible frame 1 according to the invention. For elements of this embodiment whose construction and / or function correspond to 10 elements already described above, the same reference numerals are used for the sake of simplicity. In the following, only a brief discussion of the differences from the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 1 is given.

In contrast to the embodiment of FIG. 1, the wheelchair-accessible frame 1 of FIG. 2 is provided at the top with a gripping bar 15, which surrounds the tray receptacle 7 continuously 15 at least three sides, here the two narrow sides and the front. The gripper bar 15 is preferably made of a single piece.

Furthermore, the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 2 lacks the recessed region 23. The gripper rod 15 rather continues rectilinearly on the front side, so that a continuous grip region is created. Preferably, the dimension of the at least one gripper bar 15 is matched with the dimensions of the trough-shaped accessory 18 or a worktop not shown as an accessory so that between the front gripper bar 15 and the front portion of the gripper bar 15, a greater distance G, for example at least 50 mm , is present than at the at least two remaining sides with for example between at least 25 mm and 35 mm. 25 Thus, the entire front portion of the gripping bar 15 serves as a continuous handle 22nd

A further exemplary embodiment of a wheelchair-accessible frame 1 according to the invention is shown in FIGS. 3A to 3C, the same reference numbers being used again for elements which are already known in their function and / or in their construction from the above embodiments. For the sake of brevity, again only the differences from the 30 preceding exemplary embodiments have been discussed.

The embodiment of FIGS. 3A to 3C is shown by way of example without rollers. Furthermore, the support 9 is not formed by two metal tubes, but by only one metal tube. Likewise, only one cross strut 8 is provided as a support for the accessory 18.

In contrast to the embodiments of FIGS. 1 and 2, the gripping bar 15 5 extends continuously around the entire tray receiving 7 around. The dimensions of the trough-shaped accessory 18 are so matched to the size of the tray receptacle 7 and the inner clearance between the front and rear gripping bar 15 that a larger gripping distance G between the gripping bar 15 and the accessory 18 is present at front and back R The gripping distance G between the accessory part 18 and the gripper bar 15 on the narrow sides is at least about 25 mm to 35 mm and is significantly less than the gripping distance G at the front and back between the gripper bar 15 and the accessory 18 with about 50 to 100 mm. This embodiment allows use at the front and rear V, R simultaneously of two wheelchair users. Simultaneous usability of the accessory 18 from both sides is facilitated by a symmetrical configuration of the accessory 18. Thus, in a plant trough that can be used on both sides, the water drainage opening can be in the middle, ie approximately at the level of the support in FIG. 3B.

Of course, the embodiments of Figs. 2 and 3A to 3C may also be provided with the handles 22 of the embodiment of Fig. 1. Finally, the feet 5, which are configured as floor-parallel support strips, have a flattened profile 25, as can be seen in particular in FIG. 3A. To the two sides, the cross-sectional shape of the feet 5 runs very thin at ground-parallel bearing surface. Towards the middle of the profile, the cross section thickened to approximately the diameter of the metal tube 2 or the cross section may be formed by a cladding of the metal tube 2. This design allows the feet to be overrun by a wheelchair user when, for example, he turns around while the wheelchair is under the table.

FIGS. 1 to 3 do not show a height adjustment device with which the height of the tray receptacle 7 above the bottom 11 can be adjusted. The height adjustment can be done manually, for example via telescopic tubes or rods or hydraulically or elek-30 tromotorisch. 11

Fig. 4 shows a Haiteschuh 27 which is applied to a metal tube 2. The holding shoe 27 has a frame receptacle 28, the inner contour of which is designed to be complementary to the outer contour of the cross section of the metal tube 2. The holding shoe 27 is provided with a magnet 29. The holding shoe can be held on a ferromagnetic tube 2 5 via the magnet 29. As a further assurance, a locking element 30 may be provided on the holding shoe 27. The locking element 30 closes the opening of the receptacle 28. In a simple embodiment, the locking element 30 may be formed for example by an O-ring suspended in the retaining shoe. The locking element can also be used as a single securing element. Alternatively or additionally, the holding shoe may be formed as a clip. 10 With the holding shoe shown in Fig. 4 accessories can be easily attached. An attachment to any location is possible if the wheelchair accessible frame 1 is made entirely of tube and / or rod material with the same outer diameter or the same outer contour.

When using the wheelchair-friendly frame in the interior, it is often worthwhile to increase the comfort. For this purpose, in particular via the holding shoe shown in Fig. 4, for example, cladding elements are attached to the frame 1. This is shown schematically in Fig. 5, in which in the embodiment of Fig. 1 at the sides panel-shaped cladding elements 31 are mounted. About the support shoe 27, the accessories, in particular the cladding elements 20 31 are held at a distance between at least about 25 and 35 mm from the frame, so that the frame is still easy and safe to take even with claddings attached to it, without getting the fingers can get stuck.

The wheelchair-accessible frame 1 in one of the embodiments described above may be part of a modular functional furniture system 32. The modular functional furniture system 32 25 includes various accessories, such as countertops or troughs and trays and accessories 33, with which a plurality of frame racks 1 can be coupled together, as shown in FIG. 6. The designed as coupling elements accessories 33 may be designed in particular plate-shaped and used as countertops. As can be seen from the two frame racks 1 which are coupled to one another via the accessory 33, the accessory 33 can be connected to the frame by means of holding shoes 27. The rear sides of two frame racks 1 can be coupled to one another via the fastening adapter 24 at the rear tube ends or, as in FIG. 6, via the trough-shaped accessory parts 18. 12

The framework described above provides the basis for a number of functional furniture that can be remodeled during use depending on the application. The frame is due to its wheelchair justice especially for the care sector, where it can be adapted to different forms of therapy in the field of care and / or rehabilitation by simply replacing the accessories in the tub receptacle 7 or 5 support and / or mounting surface 17.

Claims (1)

Rigid frame (1) for a functional furniture system, in particular for table beds in the care sector, with feet (3), at least one tray receptacle (7) at the bottom of at least one transverse strut (8) and working table height on at least three sides of at least one gripping bar ( 15) is bounded, and at least one support connecting the tub support with the feet (9), wherein the tub receiving rolistuhlunterfahrbar is arranged and the at least one gripping bar forms a preferably horizontal support and mounting plane (17) for a plate-shaped accessory. Wheelchair-compatible frame (1) according to claim 1, wherein the at least one gripping bar at the front of the frame laterally at least forms at least one projecting, at least hand-wide handle and springs back in the area between the two handles to the tub receiving. Wheelchair-compatible frame (1) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the tray receiving means (7) and / or gripping bar (15) is height-adjustable connected to the feet (5). Wheelchair-compatible frame (1) according to one of claims 1 to 3, wherein at least one fixing adapter (4) for accessories is provided on the at least one gripping bar (15) on the back (R) of the frame (1). A wheelchair accessible frame (1) according to claim 4, wherein the mounting adapter is formed on at least one pipe end of the at least one gripping bar. Wheelchair-compatible frame (1) according to one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the two handles at least shoulder width, but at most in double shoulder width are spaced from each other. Wheelchair-compatible frame (1) according to one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the tray receptacle is cuboidal. Modular functional furniture system (32), in particular for the care sector, with a modular frame (1) according to one of claims 1 to 7 and with at least one accessory which is provided with at least one hat shoe (27), wherein the holding shoe has a frame receptacle (20). in which a portion of the frame is receivable. Modular functional furniture system (32), in particular according to claim 8, with a rollstu hl fair frame according to one of claims 1 to 7, wherein designed as a worktop accessory is provided with the another wheelchair-accessible frame according to one of claims 1 to 7 can be coupled. Modular functional furniture system (32), in particular according to claim 8 or 9, with a wheelchair-accessible frame system (1) according to one of claims 1 to 7, with an arranged in the tub receiving accessory, which is at least 25 mm from the at least one gripping bar (15) , Desk bed, in particular for the care sector, with a wheelchair-accessible frame (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 7 and / or as part of the modular furniture system according to one of claims 8 to 10, with a in the tub receptacle (7) arranged plant trough (18) , A table-top according to claim 11, wherein the planting trough (18) is surrounded on at least three sides in the gripping distance (G) by the gripping bar (15).