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EP0206768A2
EP0206768A2 EP86304722A EP86304722A EP0206768A2 EP 0206768 A2 EP0206768 A2 EP 0206768A2 EP 86304722 A EP86304722 A EP 86304722A EP 86304722 A EP86304722 A EP 86304722A EP 0206768 A2 EP0206768 A2 EP 0206768A2
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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
    • A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
    • A61G7/10—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto
    • A61G7/1001—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto specially adapted for specific applications
    • A61G7/1003—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto specially adapted for specific applications mounted on or in combination with a bath-tub
    • 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
    • A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
    • A61G7/10—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto
    • A61G7/1001—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto specially adapted for specific applications
    • A61G7/1005—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto specially adapted for specific applications mounted on, or in combination with, a swimming-pool
    • 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
    • A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
    • A61G7/10—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto
    • A61G7/1025—Lateral movement of patients, e.g. horizontal transfer
    • A61G7/1034—Rollers, rails or other means
    • 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
    • A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
    • A61G7/10—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto
    • A61G7/1049—Attachment, suspending or supporting means for patients
    • A61G7/1051—Flexible harnesses or slings
    • 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
    • A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
    • A61G7/10—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto
    • A61G7/1049—Attachment, suspending or supporting means for patients
    • A61G7/1059—Seats
    • 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
    • A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
    • A61G7/10—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto
    • A61G7/1073—Parts, details or accessories
    • A61G7/1082—Rests specially adapted for
    • A61G7/1096—Knee, upper or lower leg

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  • the present invention relates to conveying apparatus.
  • the present invention provides a conveying apparatus comprising a pair of spaced-apart, first and second, rails and a movable cantilevered load support means having spaced-apart first and second rail engagement means at greater and lesser horizontal separations, respectively, from a main load supporting portion of said load support means and formed and arranged for load bearing and guided engagement with downwardly and upwardly disposed portions of said first and second rails, respectively whilst resisting rotation about a vertical axis and for substantially free guided movement along said first and second rails.
  • the present invention provides in a preferred aspect a seated entry/exit aid comprising a pair of spaced-apart, first and second, rails and a movable seat means comprising a seat having a rearwardly extending support means provided with spaced-apart first and second rail engagement means at greater and lesser separations, respectively, from the front of said seat and formed and arranged for load bearing guided engagement with downwardly and upwardly disposed portions of said first and second rails, respectively whilst resisting rotation about a vertical axis and for substantially free guided movement along said first and second rails whereby in use of said aid a person seated on said seat may be readily translated from a first position along said rails to a second position along said rails.
  • the load to be conveyed can be supported more or less remotely from the rails and substantially to one side thereof so that the rails can be mounted so as to minimise any intrusion thereby into the space within which conveying is required.
  • the rail engagement means may be readily formed and arranged so as to permit easy disengagement from the rails by simply tilting the load support in the opposite direction to that in which its weight tends to rotate it.
  • the rail means 2 comprises a generally rectangular narrow elongate tubular frame member 6 having first and second longer sides constituting respectively first and second rails 7, 8.
  • the first rail 7 is secured by suitable brackets 9 adjacent its ends 10 to the wall 3 behind the bath end 4 so that the frame 6 is inclined downwardly away from the wall 3 in the direction towards the second rail 8 whereby the latter is held at a slightly lower level than the first rail 7.
  • the seat means 5 comprises a seat 11 having a rearwardly extending support means in the form of two laterally spaced apart axles 12 mounted on tubular members 13 running along the rear 14 of the seat 11. At the forward and rearward ends 15, 16 of each axle 12 are mounted second and first pulley wheels 17, 18 having a generally semicircular section circumferential groove 19 for receiving therein the upper half 20 and the lower half 21 of the second and first rails 7, 8 respectivley.
  • a load L comprising the weight of the seat means 5 and any body supported thereon is supported in cantilever fashion between the second rail 8 and the first rail 7, the load being bome by the second rail 8 with the first rail resisting rotation of the seat means 5 about said second rail 8.
  • two inverted 'U' -shape side rests 21 and a back rest panel 22 are provided on the seat 11 whilst a rear-wardly projecting flange 23 extends in closely spaced relation above the first pulley wheels 17 so as to captively retain the first rail 7 between it and the pulley wheels 17 against rotation about the second rail 8 counter to the direction of the normally applied force on the seat means 5 whilst still permitting the seat means 5 to be disengaged from the rails 7, 8 by tilting upwards at the front to clear the second rail 8 and then disengaging from the first rail by forward and downward movement at the rear so that the first rail 7 is passed through the narrow opening 24 between the flange 23 and pulley wheel 17.
  • the seat means 5 is positioned towards one end 25 of the rail means 2 outside the bath 1.
  • the user seats him/herself thereon and then pulls himself and the seat means 5 along the rail means 2 over towards the other end 26 into a position above the bath 1 whereupon the user can then gently lower himself off the seat means 5 into the bath 1.
  • the seat means 5 may now be pushed back into its original position and/or disengaged from the rail means 2 in order to avoid interference with the normal use of the bath.
  • the rail means projects only a limited amount from the wall 3 so that the aid is relatively unobtrusive when not in use, conveniently in fact the abovedescribed rail means can be used as a towel rail when not being used for entry and exit assistance.
  • Figs. 3 to 5 The second embodiment of Figs. 3 to 5 is generally similar to the first, like parts being identified by like reference numerals.
  • the seat back 22 has tubular uprights 27 at either side which are disposed within respective guide channels 28 for generally vertical sliding guided movement up and down said channels 28 which are secured, with suitable stays 29 for greater rigidity, to a chassis comprised by the horizontal tubular members 13 on which the axles 12 are mounted so that the seat 11 can move vertically up and down as well as along the length of the rail means 2.
  • the seat 11 is held in any desired position and moved up and down the guide channels with the aid of any suitable drive means such as for example a hydraulic drive system with a double acting piston-and-cylinder.
  • any - drive system that is used for a bathroom application should be non-electrical though this would not apply in other applications such as for example in aiding entry to and exit from a seating position at a breakfast bar or the like.
  • the seat is movable from a partly lowered starting position in which the user sits down onto it, to a raised position high enough to clear the bath rim, across to a position above the bath, and then down into a fully lowered position inside the bath which allows the user to move off the seat onto the floor of the bath very easily.
  • Fig. 6 shows a further embodiment in which is shown a suitable hydraulic operating system 30.
  • a suitable hydraulic operating system 30 In the drawing like parts corresponding to those of the abovedescribed embodiments are indicated by like reference numbers.
  • the system 30 includes a hydraulic pump 31 having a pump handle 32 extending forwardly alongside one side of the seat 11 so that it can be readily swung up and down by a user seated on the seat 11 for pressurising the system 30.
  • pressurized fluid is forced into the cylinder 33 of a piston and cylinder unit 34 to drive upwardly the piston means 35 thereof.
  • At the distal end 36 of the piston rod 37 is mounted an enclosed 38 pulley wheel arrangement 39 over which is led a cable 40.
  • One end 41 of the cable 40 is fixed to the cylinder 33 whilst the other 42 is connected to the back 22 of the seat so that as the piston 35 is driven upwardly through a predetermined distance the seat 11 is raised through approximately double that distance.
  • a suitable multiple pulley arrangement may be used to provide an even smaller velocity ratio - (corresponding to a greater relative displacement of the seat) where it is desired to raise a user through a relatively large distance for example in use of an apparatus of the invention for assisting entry and exit of a disabled person to and from a swimming pool.
  • Lowering of the seat 11 is effected by relieving pressure from the cylinder 33 via a suitable valve provided with an operating lever 43 extending generally alongside the pumphandle 32. In the case of a hydraulic system the fluid would be returned via said valve to the hydraulic fluid reservoir 44 which is conveniently housed adjacent the pump 31.
  • a lap belt or a leg support sling 45 suspended from an optionally detachable overhead gantry arm 46 mounted on the back 22 of the seat 11.
  • Fig. 7 shows yet another embodiment which is particularly adapted for swimming pool use. Again like parts corresponding to those of previous embodiments have been identified by like reference numerals.
  • the aid of Fig. 7 is generally similar to the. previously described aids except that the seat means construction 5 is formed and arranged to provide a substantially greater vertical travel due to the greater operating height differential, and the rails 7, 8 are mounted on an extended 'foot-print' base 50 to serve the greater horizontal travel range and support required.
  • the base 50 is disposed across one comer 51 of a swimming pool 52 so that one end 53 is disposed generally above the water 54 whilst the other end 55 is disposed generally above an adjacent section of the pool side 56.
  • the base 50 is in the form of a generally box shaped frame 57 provided at either end with outrigger means 58 which engage the pool side 56 forwardly and rearwardly as well as outwardly of the main box frame 57 thereby protecting the aid from toppling into the pool under the weight of the seat means 5 and the user 59.
  • the pumphandle 32 and other controls are disposed at the rear of the aid so that they can be readily operated by a bath attendant or other assistant (not shown) who would normally be present in a swimming pool situation.
  • a bath attendant or other assistant not shown
  • the ready demoun- tability of the seat unit 5 from the base 50 which itself can be of relatively light weight allows the aid to be readily moved to and from the pool side as and when it is required so that the very considerable advantages of ease and convenience of use and security for the user, can be made full use of.
  • the seat means 5 may conveniently be provided with a brake means 60 (shown in broken outline is Fig. 6) which selectively engages one of the rails 7 in the two entry and exit positions of the seat means- 5 along the rails 7, 8 to hold the seat 1 steady while the user is mounting and dismounting.
  • a brake means 60 shown in broken outline is Fig. 6 which selectively engages one of the rails 7 in the two entry and exit positions of the seat means- 5 along the rails 7, 8 to hold the seat 1 steady while the user is mounting and dismounting.

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GB2315733A (en) * 1996-07-29 1998-02-11 Steadman William D Bath lift
WO2014085943A3 (de) * 2012-12-03 2014-08-07 Mueller Peter A Lift
CN107890310A (zh) * 2017-12-25 2018-04-10 涂玉明 一种坐式浴缸升降辅助进入装置
WO2019127626A1 (zh) * 2017-12-25 2019-07-04 涂玉明 一种坐式浴缸升降辅助进入装置
IT201900017471A1 (it) * 2019-09-30 2021-03-30 Osvaldo Divona Veicolo anfibio di supporto alla balneazione di persone con disabilità motorie e/o con difficoltà di deambulazione

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DE2443604A1 (de) * 1974-09-12 1976-03-25 Horst Juwig Aseptische patientenschleuse
DE2803864B1 (de) * 1978-01-30 1979-05-10 Tepper Josef Aufzuege Fahr-,heb- und senkbare Tragvorrichtung
GB1586660A (en) * 1977-09-23 1981-03-25 Allen W C Apparatus for aiding anvalids when bathing
US4399570A (en) * 1981-11-16 1983-08-23 Tracy Gary B Portable lift for handicapped persons

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DE2443604A1 (de) * 1974-09-12 1976-03-25 Horst Juwig Aseptische patientenschleuse
GB1586660A (en) * 1977-09-23 1981-03-25 Allen W C Apparatus for aiding anvalids when bathing
DE2803864B1 (de) * 1978-01-30 1979-05-10 Tepper Josef Aufzuege Fahr-,heb- und senkbare Tragvorrichtung
US4399570A (en) * 1981-11-16 1983-08-23 Tracy Gary B Portable lift for handicapped persons

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2315733A (en) * 1996-07-29 1998-02-11 Steadman William D Bath lift
WO2014085943A3 (de) * 2012-12-03 2014-08-07 Mueller Peter A Lift
CN107890310A (zh) * 2017-12-25 2018-04-10 涂玉明 一种坐式浴缸升降辅助进入装置
WO2019127626A1 (zh) * 2017-12-25 2019-07-04 涂玉明 一种坐式浴缸升降辅助进入装置
IT201900017471A1 (it) * 2019-09-30 2021-03-30 Osvaldo Divona Veicolo anfibio di supporto alla balneazione di persone con disabilità motorie e/o con difficoltà di deambulazione
WO2021064756A1 (en) * 2019-09-30 2021-04-08 Divona Osvaldo Amphibious vehicle supporting the bathing of people having disability of motion and/or having problems to walk

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