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EP2070501A2
EP2070501A2 EP08253885A EP08253885A EP2070501A2 EP 2070501 A2 EP2070501 A2 EP 2070501A2 EP 08253885 A EP08253885 A EP 08253885A EP 08253885 A EP08253885 A EP 08253885A EP 2070501 A2 EP2070501 A2 EP 2070501A2
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back support
freedom
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fingers
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Stuart Moore
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Helping Hand Co Ledbury Ltd
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G5/00—Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs
    • A61G5/10—Parts, details or accessories
    • A61G5/1056—Arrangements for adjusting the seat
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G5/00—Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs
    • A61G5/10—Parts, details or accessories
    • A61G5/1043—Cushions specially adapted for wheelchairs
    • A61G5/1048—Cushions specially adapted for wheelchairs for the back-rest
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G5/00—Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs
    • A61G5/10—Parts, details or accessories
    • A61G5/1056—Arrangements for adjusting the seat
    • A61G5/1064—Arrangements for adjusting the seat adjusting the depth of the seat
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G5/00—Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs
    • A61G5/10—Parts, details or accessories
    • A61G5/1056—Arrangements for adjusting the seat
    • A61G5/1067—Arrangements for adjusting the seat adjusting the backrest relative to the seat portion
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G5/00—Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs
    • A61G5/10—Parts, details or accessories
    • A61G5/1091—Cushions, seats or abduction devices
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G5/00—Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs
    • A61G5/10—Parts, details or accessories
    • A61G5/12—Rests specially adapted therefor, e.g. for the head or the feet
    • A61G5/122—Rests specially adapted therefor, e.g. for the head or the feet for the back

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  • the present invention relates to supports for individuals such as invalids or the infirm who need support whilst seated in an upright or reclined position, for comfort and/or for improving posture.
  • immobile or substantially immobile persons can benefit from being held in a posture which allows their respiratory system and other organs to function correctly, without being unnecessarily compressed or contorted. For some people their involuntary movements can quickly move them out of such a suitable or comfortable position. Since the main organs of the body are in the abdomen, it is the back which is generally in most need of supporting correctly.
  • the invention provides a back support including at least one adjustable support element having left and right side fingers, the support being characterised in that a mounting bracket is provided for each finger, in use to independently hold each finger in place, each mounting bracket allowing independent selective adjustment of the position of each finger.
  • said independent adjustment is separate adjustment of each finger in at least four degrees of freedom.
  • said at least four degrees of freedom include two linear and two rotational degrees of freedom.
  • the back support further includes a support rail and adjustment for the fingers in a fifth degree of freedom is provided by moving the brackets together linearly along a back support rail.
  • said left and right fingers are interconnected by a flexible middle joint member.
  • Said joint member may be slideable relative to one or both fingers, to provide adjustment in one of the linear degrees of freedom mentioned above.
  • the invention provides seating including a back support having a plurality of adjustable back support elements each support being as described in any one of the paragraphs above.
  • the seating further includes padding on each support element and an outer removable covering over the padding.
  • the cover is vapour permeable material.
  • the invention comprises an invalid seat having a back rail and at least one individually adjustable back support mounted to the rail by means of a bracket system, the bracket system allowing said adjustment of the back support in all six degrees of freedom.
  • the six degrees of freedom are linear translational movements in three mutually perpendicular axes and three rotational movements about those axes.
  • a back support 5 which can be used for invalid seating.
  • the back support is intended to be used in conjunction with similar supports mounted to a seat frame 20 (shown cut-away). Such seating is intended to be used in any position between a upright and a fully reclined position.
  • the back support shown includes a back support element 35 which includes a pair of ductile fingers 30, and in this case finger extensions 40 and a joining member 32.
  • the fingers 30 are bendable by hand in use so that they are formable into a curved shape to fit the patient to be supported, and will remain in that shape after bending, for supporting the patient.
  • the fingers 30 include the extension 40 (only one of which is shown). The extension too is formable into a suitable shape by hand.
  • the finger 30 and the extension 40 are each shown formed into a curved shape, having a radius R 1 and R 2 respectively, although other shapes are possible.
  • the extension 40 is hingeable relative the finger 30 at hinge 45.
  • the hinge 45 is lockable in position in supporting use, but is unlockable by operation of handle 46, so that the extension piece 40 can be hinged out of position in the direction of arrow P to allow the patient to be more easily removed from the seating.
  • the support 5 is mounted on two seat frame rails 20, only part of which are shown, which form part of the seating frame.
  • the back support fingers 30 and extensions 40 are held in place on the rails 20 by means of a pair of brackets 10 and two mounting bars 12. This arrangement allows the fingers and extensions 30, 40 to be positioned, linearly along the X, Y or Z linear axes shown. In addition, the fingers and extensions 30, 40 can be rotated about those X, Y and Z axes, i.e. in the direction of arrows a, b or c. This adjustment feature is explained below.
  • FIG 3 shows a section in the plane Y,Z of Figure 1 through the centre of a bracket 10 as shown in Figure 1 .
  • the mounting bracket 10 has two arms 16 held on either side of the mounting bars 12 by means of a releasable clamp 11, in this case a cam action clamp. Releasing the clamp 11 allows the plates 16 to be slid back and fore in the direction of arrows Y each independently. Movement of the arms 16 together causes the fingers to be moved lineally in the Y direction, whereas differential movement will allow rotation of the fingers in the direction of arrow 'a'. Since two brackets 10 are used, sliding the two plates 16 of one bracket 10 a greater distance than the plates of the other bracket, allows rotation of the support in the direction of arrow c shown in Figure 1 .
  • Rotation of each finger 30 about axis c need not be equal and linear movement in the Y direction of each pair of arms 16 need not be equal, so a twist in a pair of fingers 30 can be obtained if desired, about the 'a' axis or about the c axis.
  • the mounting bars 12 are held in place on rails 20 by means of end clamps 14, in the form of a nut and bolt 15, in use arranged to compress an elastomeric block 22 and thereby hold the bars 12 to the rails 20.
  • Clamps 14 can be slackened to allow the bars 12 to be moved up and down the rail 20 in the direction of arrow Z. Differential movement of one end of the bars 12 with respect to the other will cause rotation of the support in the direction of arrow b shown in Figure 1 .
  • a flexible intermediate joining member 32 ( Figure1 ) is included.
  • This intermediate member is slotted to allow the left and hand right fingers 30 to be moved closer together or further apart.
  • the joining member 32 is held to the fingers 30 by captive friction washers 34 held on bolts which extend within a slot 33 in the joining member 32. Additionally, since the fingers 30 and their extension pieces 40 can be formed into any desired shape, a care worker has almost complete freedom to adjust the supports into any desired position and shape.
  • each finger 30, can be moved independently and each has independent movement in four degrees of freedom (X, Y, a and c). Additionally, the left and right fingers 30 can be moved together in a further two degrees of freedom (Z and b).
  • This versatility allows complete freedom for a care worker to position the support in an infinite number of positions to support the patient. Furthermore twisting of one finger 30 relative to the other can be achieved about the 'a' and c axes as described above. That versatility added to the bendable nature of the fingers 30 and extension 40 means that the support can accommodate almost any person.
  • a back support 115 which is similar in construction to the back support 5 described above and illustrated in Figures 1 , 2 and 3 .
  • bendable fingers 130 are manipulatable as described above, but they do not include hinged extensions. Instead the fingers are each one piece of metal, and include foam pads 132 which are attached to distal parts of the fingers by means of adhesive.
  • the support 115 includes two brackets 110 similar in construction and function to the brackets 10 described above. In this embodiment cam locks 11 described above have been replaced with locking nuts 111. Further, plates 16 have graduations 161 for setting and re-setting the position of fingers 130 relative to the frame. The back support 115 is adjusted in the same manner as described above.
  • Figure 5 shows an assembly of back supports including supports 125 and a shorter length version 105.
  • the shorter fingers of the support 105 allow adjacent supports above and below, to be formed into the space created by the short fingers. In other words the shorter fingers of the support 108 give more freedom for positioning fingers 130 (or 30).
  • both the back supports 125 and the back support 105 each have only one bracket 110, but otherwise they are similar to the support 115 described above.
  • Figure 6 shows a wheeled invalid seat having part of its padding cut away to show the arrangement of the back supports.
  • Supports 115, 125 and 105 are as described above.
  • the supports when assembled on frame 20 are covered in a resilient foam padding 140 which is in turn covered with a vapour permeable outer cover 150, which can be wiped clean. Access to adjust the supports can be gained via the rear of the chair.

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EP08253885A 2007-12-06 2008-12-04 Sitzstütze Withdrawn EP2070501A3 (de)

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GBGB0723867.8A GB0723867D0 (en) 2007-12-06 2007-12-06 Seating support

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EP1974707A3 (de) * 2007-03-08 2009-08-12 Sunrise Medical HHG Inc. Rollstuhllehne mit Zweipunkt-Anbringungswerkzeugen
ITUD20090145A1 (it) * 2009-08-31 2011-03-01 Marco Galante Struttura di supporto e contenimento per persone
FR2965715A1 (fr) * 2010-10-12 2012-04-13 Segula Matra Technologies Fauteuil roulant

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EP1974707A3 (de) * 2007-03-08 2009-08-12 Sunrise Medical HHG Inc. Rollstuhllehne mit Zweipunkt-Anbringungswerkzeugen
US7857394B2 (en) 2007-03-08 2010-12-28 Sunrise Medical Hhg Inc. Wheelchair seat back with two-point mounting hardware
US8197009B2 (en) 2007-03-08 2012-06-12 Sunrise Medical (Us) Llc Wheelchair seatback with two-point mounting hardware
ITUD20090145A1 (it) * 2009-08-31 2011-03-01 Marco Galante Struttura di supporto e contenimento per persone
WO2011024061A1 (en) 2009-08-31 2011-03-03 Galante, Marco Support and containment structure for persons
CN102497845A (zh) * 2009-08-31 2012-06-13 马可·格兰特 个人支撑和容纳结构
JP2013502963A (ja) * 2009-08-31 2013-01-31 マルコ ガランテ 人体用の支持収容構造体
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US9216121B2 (en) 2009-08-31 2015-12-22 Marco Galante Support and containment structure for persons
FR2965715A1 (fr) * 2010-10-12 2012-04-13 Segula Matra Technologies Fauteuil roulant
EP2441425A1 (de) 2010-10-12 2012-04-18 Segula Matra Technologies Rollstuhl

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