EP1286638B1 - Stuhl für behinderte personen - Google Patents

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EP1286638B1
EP1286638B1 EP01931474A EP01931474A EP1286638B1 EP 1286638 B1 EP1286638 B1 EP 1286638B1 EP 01931474 A EP01931474 A EP 01931474A EP 01931474 A EP01931474 A EP 01931474A EP 1286638 B1 EP1286638 B1 EP 1286638B1
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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
    • A61G5/14—Standing-up or sitting-down aids
    • 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
    • A61G5/125—Rests specially adapted therefor, e.g. for the head or the feet for arms
    • 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
    • A61G5/128—Rests specially adapted therefor, e.g. for the head or the feet for feet
    • 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
    • A61G5/1002—Parts, details or accessories with toilet facilities

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  • the present invention relates to a chair for handicapped or disabled persons and of the type having a seat, which may be selectively raised and lowered to a desired level.
  • a chair of this type may, for example, be used as a commode or as a sanitation chair.
  • Such sanitation chair having a frame and a seat mounted thereon by means of a pair of parallel swingable arms is known.
  • the seat may be raised and lowered by means of a pedal operated pump.
  • NL-A-1 005 550 discloses a douche chair for handicapped or disabled persons.
  • the chair is mounted on a base frame by means of a parallelogram linkage allowing a translational movement of the chair, so that the chair may be lifted and lowered by means of a power cylinder.
  • FR-A-2 697 418 discloses a chair formed by mutually hinge connected parts, which may be moved in relation to each other by means of power cylinders.
  • the synchronized operation of the power cylinders may be controlled by a small microprocessor according to fixed programs. In this manner the chair may, for example, be used for assisting a disabled person sitting in the chair to move from the sitting to a standing position and vice versa.
  • US-A-5,498,064 discloses a seat mounted on a frame by means of a linkage system, so that the seat may be moved between a lowered sitting position and a raised position so as to help the user to rise to a standing position.
  • the seat may be releasably locked in the lowered sitting position and is biased towards the raised position by springs.
  • the linkage interconnecting the seat and the frame is designed so as to automatically tilt the seat forward when it is raised.
  • the present invention provides a chair of the above type (see US-A- 5 498 064), which may be used by a handicapped or disabled person with less assistance from a nurse or another assisting person.
  • the present invention provides a chair for handicapped and disabled persons as specified in claim 1.
  • Such a chair may be used as a conventional commode or sanitation chair, and in addition the chair may be operated so as to assist the user in moving from a sitting to a standing position.
  • the seat When a person or user is sitting in the chair so that his or her feet are touching the ground the seat may be lifted by means of the lifting device so as to stretch the legs of the user, and at the same time operating the tilting means may tilt the seat forwards.
  • This tilting movement of the seat combined with the forward movement of the seat caused by the lifting device pushes the posterior of the user forward, whereby the user is assisted in changing from a sitting to an upright standing position.
  • a person Conversely, a person may be assisted in changing from a standing into a sitting position by performing the operations described above in the reverse order.
  • the lifting device may be of any type adapted to move the seat upwardly with vertically upwardly as well as horizontally forwardly directed components of movement.
  • co-operating tracks or cams and track or cam followers may determine the movement.
  • the lifting device comprises a parallelogram linkage movably connecting the seat to the frame and driving means for moving the seat in relation to the frame while maintaining the seat in a substantially horizontal position.
  • the driving means may be operated by the user or by an assisting person.
  • the tilting means comprise means connecting the seat to the lifting device so that the seat may be tilted about a horizontal axis, and biasing means which may be selectively activated so as to tilt the seat in a forward direction.
  • biasing means may comprise springs of any kind.
  • the biasing means comprises a gas spring
  • the driving means for elevating and lowering the seat may be of any suitable type, such as hydraulically or pneumatically operated devices comprising hydraulic or pneumatic cylinders, respectively.
  • the driving means may be of a mechanical type. In the latter case they preferably comprise a motor driven screw spindle and a co-operating nut member extending between the frame and the parallelogram linkage.
  • the seat may be a toilet seat so that the chair may be used as a commode chair.
  • the chair may comprise a footrest, which is releasably mounted on the seat. The foot rest can then be removed when the chair is to be used for moving a person or patient from a sitting to an upright standing position or vice versa.
  • the seat may comprise a back and/or arm rests. These parts may be removable, if desired.
  • the frame is preferably supported by wheels.
  • Fig. 1 shows a chair according to the invention comprising a carriage frame 10, a chair support frame 11, a lifting mechanism 12 for lifting the support frame 11, and a seat part 13, which is fastened to the support frame 11.
  • the carriage frame 10 is supported by at least three - in the present case four - castor wheels 14 enabling the chair to roll easily on a horizontal floor surface.
  • the castor wheels 14 may be equipped with brakes of some kind.
  • the lifting mechanism 12 comprises two oppositely arranged pairs of mutually parallel lifting arms 15, which extend between the support frame 11 and the carriage frame 10, and which are pivotally connected thereto by pivots 16-19.
  • the lifting mechanism further comprises an actuator 20, one end of which is fastened to a crossbeam 21 of the carriage frame 10 by means of a pivot bearing 22.
  • the other end of the actuator 20 is pivotally connected to a crossbeam 23, which extends between the upper lifting arms 15 of said opposite pairs of arms.
  • the actuator 20 is connected to the crossbeam 21 by means of a pivot 24.
  • the pivots 16-19 of each pair of lifting arms define a parallelogram, so that the support frame 11 and the seat part 13 mounted thereon is raised and lowered, when the actuator 20 is extended and retracted.
  • the actuator 20 may, for example, comprise an electric motor and by energising and reversing the motor the active length l (Figs. 2 and 4) may selectively be changed.
  • the length l of the actuator 20 is increased, the support frame 11 is lifted or moved upwards and forwards along an arc of a circle without tilting in relation to the carriage frame 10.
  • the seat part 13 comprises a seat 25, for example a toilet seat, which may be covered by a cover seat (not shown), a pair of removable armrests 26, a back support 27, and a removable footrest 28 (Figs. 6-9).
  • the seat part 13 is tiltably mounted on the support frame 11 by means of a bearing or pivot pin or shaft 29 formed on the crossbar or crossbeam 23 and defining a substantially horizontal tilting axis.
  • the opposite ends of a biasing actuator device 31 are pivotally mounted to the rear end of the seat 25 and to the support frame 11, respectively, for example at one of the pivots 19.
  • the actuator device 31 may either be of a passive spring type, such as a coil spring or a gas spring combined with a locking mechanism.
  • Fig. 4 illustrates very simplified the geometry of the lifting mechanism 12.
  • the length of the lifting arms 15 is b
  • the distance between the pivots 16 and 24 is c
  • the horizontal and vertical distances between the pivots 16 and 22 are d and f, respectively
  • the vertical height of the pivot bearing above floor level is e
  • the horizontal and vertical components of the arm 15 are j and k, respectively
  • h is the vertical height of the pivot 29,30 above the pivot 17
  • i and s are the horizontal and vertical component, respectively, of the distance between the pivot 29,30 and the front edge E of the seat 25.
  • a line through the pivots 16 and 22 defines an angle D with vertical
  • L is an angle defined between said line and the lifting arm 15.
  • the co-ordinates of the front seat edge E have been calculated for various lengths I of the actuator 20 and plotted in the diagram shown in Fig. 5.
  • the horizontal and vertical movements of the front seat edge E are plotted as functions of the length I of the actuator 20.
  • the upper solid curve illustrates the vertical movement of the front seat edge E
  • the lower dotted curve illustrates the horizontal movement of the edge E in response to the varying length I of the actuator 20.
  • a person who is in need of care and is seated in a chair according to the invention as described above may be elevated or lowered to a suitable working position for the carer by operating the actuator 20, for example by means of a remote control, not shown.
  • the seat part 13 may be kept in a slightly backwards-tilted position or any other position, which is comfortable for the user and the carer.
  • the height of the chair according to the invention may readily be adjusted as needed.
  • the chair meets all the normal applications of a commode chair with detachable armrests etc for shifting a disabled person in or out of the chair.
  • Figs. 6-9 illustrate how the chair according to the invention may also be used for assisting a person who is able to stand on his feet and walk, maybe with support, but who has difficulties in rising onto his feet from a seated position.
  • the footrest 28 is removed, the wheels 14 are locked, and the actuator 20 is operated so as to lower the seat 25 until the feet of the sitting person make contact with the floor.
  • extending the actuator 20 elevates the seat 25 and at the same time the actuator device 31 is operated (by a carer or by the patient) by releasing the locking mechanism so that the seat part 13 begins to tilt forward.
  • the person is assisted in stretching his legs towards an upright, standing position while he is still leaning back against the seat part 13 so that he has a comfortable feeling of safety.
  • the seat is moved forwards through the last part of the circular movement of the support frame 11 and the seat part mounted thereon. Finally, the person has been raised to and is left in a balanced, upright position.
  • the seat movement thus used for rising a person from a sitting to a standing position is a combination of the upward and forward movement of the seat part 13 caused by the lifting mechanism 12 and the forward tilting of the seat part caused by the actuator device 31.
  • a standing person may be transferred to a sitting position in the chair by performing the above steps in a reverse order.

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  1. Stuhl für Behinderte, wobei der Stuhl aufweist: einen Rahmen (10), einen Sitz (13), eine Hebevorrichtung (12), mittels derer der Sitz am Rahmen angeordnet ist und die geeignet ist, dem Sitz eine kombinierte Aufwärts- und Vorwärtsbewegung zu verleihen, und eine Kippeinrichtung (29-31), dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Kippeinrichtung aufweist: (i) eine Einrichtung (29, 30), die den Sitz (13) mit der Hebevorrichtung (12) so verbindet, daß der Sitz um eine im wesentlichen waagerechte Achse in Relation zur Hebevorrichtung gekippt werden kann, (ii) eine Vorspanneinrichtung (31) zum Vorspannen des Sitzes nach vorn in eine gekippte Position und (iii) eine lösbare Arretiereinrichtung zum Arretieren des Sitzes in seiner im wesentlichen waagerechten Position, wobei die Arretiereinrichtung gelöst werden kann, wenn der Sitz um die Achse nach vorn zu kippen ist, wobei die Kippeinrichtung den Sitz in Vorwärtsrichtung selektiv kippt, damit sich eine auf dem Sitz sitzende Person aus einer sitzenden in eine stehende Position bewegen kann.
  2. Stuhl nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Hebevorrichtung aufweist: eine Parallelogrammführung (15-19), die den Sitz (13) mit dem Rahmen (10) beweglich verbindet, und eine Antriebseinrichtung (20) zum Bewegen des Sitzes in Relation zum Rahmen, während der Sitz in einer im wesentlichen waagerechten Position gehalten wird.
  3. Stuhl nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei die Vorspanneinrichtung (31) eine Feder aufweist, z. B. eine Gasfeder oder eine Schraubenfeder.
  4. Stuhl nach Anspruch 2 oder 3, wobei die Antriebseinrichtung (20) eine motorbetriebene Schraubenspindel und ein zusammenwirkendes Mutternteil aufweist, die sich zwischen dem Rahmen (10) und der Parallelogrammführung (15-19) erstrecken.
  5. Stuhl nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, wobei der Sitz (13) einen Toilettensitz (25) aufweist.
  6. Stuhl nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, ferner mit einer Fußstütze (28) die am Sitz (13) lösbar angeordnet ist.
  7. Stuhl nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, wobei der Sitz (13) Rücken- und/oder Armlehnen (26, 27) aufweist.
  8. Stuhl nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, wobei der Rahmen oder das Fahrgestell (13) durch Räder (14) abgestützt ist.
  9. Stuhl nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, wobei die den Rahmen oder das Fahrgestell (13) abstützenden Räder gemeinsam oder einzeln motorbetrieben und/oder aktiv gelenkt sind.
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