EP1525867B1 - Hilfsvorrichtung für Befestigung am Sitzmöbel zum Heben und/oder Neigen - Google Patents

Hilfsvorrichtung für Befestigung am Sitzmöbel zum Heben und/oder Neigen Download PDF

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EP1525867B1
EP1525867B1 EP04077850A EP04077850A EP1525867B1 EP 1525867 B1 EP1525867 B1 EP 1525867B1 EP 04077850 A EP04077850 A EP 04077850A EP 04077850 A EP04077850 A EP 04077850A EP 1525867 B1 EP1525867 B1 EP 1525867B1
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Ir. Andreas Jacobus Louis Nijsen
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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

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  • Comfortable seating furniture is designed primarily to enable good seating, relaxation and rest. Many people, and particularly older people, are however limited in their mobility and motor functions and find it difficult to sit in such an article of furniture. Sitting down usually requires little effort, but the strength in arms and legs required for standing up again is often lacking.
  • adjustable armchairs have been specially developed for senior citizens and people with a physical disability: the so-called stand-up chairs. These adjustable chairs are characterized in that a construction is arranged in the chair under the seat which enables raising and tilting of the seat, and often also the seat back.
  • stand-up chairs are described inter alia in EP-A-1 031 337, WO-A-98/29082, DE-A-198 44 240, GB-A-2 344 512.
  • US-A-4 786 107 discloses an auxiliary device intended for addition to an article of seating furniture with a seat back, for instance a chair or settee, which auxiliary device comprises:
  • a high degree of flexibility in the application and use of the auxiliary device of said type is obtained with an auxiliary device of said type wherein the effective width of the support means is adjustable.
  • this adjustability can be used such that the first frame substantially does not protrude outside the support means or outside the chair supported thereby. This prevents the possibility of a user or other people bumping against the first frame. It is however recommended to make said length and/or width as great as possible. This enhances the stability of the auxiliary device in combination with the seating furniture supported thereby.
  • the auxiliary device according to the invention may be characterized in that the support means comprises two front plates and two rear plates, said plates being supported by the second frame in a way such that they are individually laterally adjustable.
  • each plate has a general rectangular form and is provided with two upright walls extending along its two outer sides.
  • the auxiliary device is preferably embodied such that the drive means are adapted to raise and/or tilt the second frame relative to those zones of the first frame with which this latter can support on the floor.
  • a very simple and inexpensive, but nevertheless mechanically very stable embodiment of the auxiliary device according to the invention has the special feature that the first frame comprises two frame parts which can swivel in mutually opposing directions, of which one comprises at least one wheel or roller and the other frame part has at least one fixed convex tilting surface such that, when these frame parts are swivelled toward each other, the second frame is displaced relative to those zones of the first frame with which this latter can support on the floor.
  • the above stated auxiliary device can have the special feature that on its side remote from said wheel or said roller the second frame bears a number of wheels or rollers necessary for mechanical stability which in the lowest position of the second frame, together with said wheel or said wheels or roll or rollers, make the auxiliary device movable over the ground.
  • the auxiliary device optionally with a chair supported thereby, can be moved over the ground easily in said lowest position of the second frame.
  • the wheels or rollers can be fixed or swivellable.
  • the auxiliary device has the special feature that the second frame is provided on its underside with a third frame which is disposed for rotation about a substantially vertical axis relative to the second frame and which supports on the ground in the lowest position of the second frame and in this position rotatably supports the first and second frame.
  • the swivel angular position of the auxiliary device, and thereby that of a chair supported thereby, can hereby be adjusted as desired.
  • the auxiliary device has the special feature that it comprises fixation means for fixing an article of seating furniture supported by the support means to these support means.
  • fixation means can in some circumstances enhance the mechanical stability of the combination of the auxiliary device according to the invention and a chair supported thereby.
  • fixation means are attached on one side to the article of furniture, for instance to the legs, and on the other side to the support means.
  • the invention further relates to an assembly of at least two auxiliary devices as according to the above stated specification for jointly supporting an article of multi-seat furniture.
  • This assembly according to the invention has the special feature that the auxiliary devices are coupled electrically and/or mechanically such that the movements of the second frames relative to the first frames are substantially the same.
  • the auxiliary device can be constructed with small overall dimensions.
  • a relatively narrow zone on two sides of the second frame can be used to support a chair.
  • a small remaining zone in the middle of the upper part of the second frame can be higher and provides space for drive means, for instance a hydraulic or electric actuator, which provides for the relative displacement of the second frame and the first frame.
  • auxiliary device 1 The operating principle of the mechanism of auxiliary device 1 is described with reference to Fig. 1, 2 and 3.
  • Drive 4 is placed between two torsion tubes 2 and 3 placed parallel to each other.
  • Mounted on torsion tube 2 is one pair of rods 5, the outer ends of which end in tilting supports 6.
  • On torsion tube 3 is mounted one pair of rods 7, the outer ends of which are provided with support wheels 8.
  • From the low or rest position drawn in Fig. 1 the drive rotates the two torsion tubes 2 and 3 simultaneously, whereby support wheels 8 move in the direction of tilting supports 6.
  • the tilting supports tilt about a fixed point.
  • the movement of both pairs of rods 5 and 7 results in raising of the two torsion tubes 2 and 3.
  • the pair of rods 9 provides for the synchronization of the movements of the pair of rods 5 and the pair of rods 7.
  • a raised position of the mechanism is drawn in Fig. 2.
  • Fig. 3 shows the highest position of the mechanism.
  • the characteristic of the auxiliary device can be set subject to the lengths of the two rod pairs 5 and 7, the distance between torsion tubes 2 and 3 and the position of rotation points 10 and 11. The auxiliary device can as required thus raise, tilt or perform a combination of raising and tilting.
  • Fig. 4, 5 and 6 show the practical use of auxiliary device 1 as stand-up aid for use under a comfortable article of seating furniture 30.
  • Fig. 4 From the low or rest position (Fig. 4) the raising and tilting movement are initiated simultaneously at the chosen characteristic of the auxiliary device (Fig. 5).
  • Fig. 6 In the highest position (Fig. 6) the chair is raised about 10 cm and the seat part is tilted through an angle of about 15 degrees.
  • Actuator 4 for moving the auxiliary device can take a mechanical or electrical form, with a preference for electrical.
  • the movement of the stand-up aid is controlled by the user seated in the article of furniture.
  • a wear-resistant strip or shallow U-shaped channel can be arranged on the path of the wheel supports.
  • Fig. 7 shows the preferred embodiment of the auxiliary device for use as stand-up aid under seating furniture.
  • the support surface for the chair is formed by two rear plates 12 and two front plates 13. Adjustment of the auxiliary device to the dimensions of the chair is possible in that rear plates 12 can be displaced relative to front plates 13 by sliding tubes 14a in or out of tubes 14. In width direction of the chair displacement of the left-hand side of the auxiliary device relative to the right-hand side takes place by sliding tubes 2a, 15a and 3a in or out of tubes 2, 15 and 3 respectively. Tubes 2a, 3a, 15a can be fixed in a chosen position relative to tubes 2, 3, 15 by means of locking screws 23, 24, 25. In the same manner tube 14a can be fixed in a chosen position relative to tube 14 by means of locking screws 26, 36.
  • the two sides of the auxiliary device can be placed further apart by applying extra-long connecting tubes.
  • auxiliary device 1 for use as stand-up aid under an article of seating furniture is provided with one additional pair of wheels 16.
  • these wheels 16 will make contact at a given moment with the floor surface and the auxiliary device will begin to support on these wheels 16.
  • the arranging of the additional wheels 16 makes the stand-up aid with chair movable in the lowest or rest position as shown in Fig. 9.
  • auxiliary device 1 for use as stand-up aid under an article of seating furniture is provided with a turntable base 17.
  • this turntable base 17 will make contact at a given moment with the floor surface and auxiliary device 1 will begin to support on this turntable base 17.
  • the arranging of turntable base 17 under the stand-up aid with chair provides the option, in the lowest or rest position as shown in Fig. 11, of first rotating the article of furniture before setting the stand-up aid into operation to enable standing up from the chair.
  • the turntable base provides the opportunity to turn to a position in which there is sufficient space to stand up.
  • Fig. 12 and 13 show the tube 14a which bears rear plate 12 such that it is laterally adjustable as according to arrow 19.
  • This lateral adjustability is realized by making use of a plate 18 which is rigidly coupled to tube 14a and provided with continuous slotted holes 20 which extend in transverse direction and are used to secure rear plate 12 in a chosen transverse position by means of screw bolts.
  • Fig. 7 in particular shows clearly that according to the invention the effective length and the effective width of the support means as well as the effective length and the effective width of the first frame are adjustable in this embodiment.

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  1. Hilfsvorrichtung (1) zur Ausrüstung eines Sitzmöbels mit einer Rückenlehne, z.B. eines Sessels oder eines Sofas, wobei die Hilfsvorrichtung umfasst:
    einen ersten Rahmen (5,7) zum Stellen auf einen Untergrund;
    einen zweiten Rahmen (14), der relativ in Bezug auf den ersten Rahmen beweglich angeordnet ist; Unterstützungsmittel (12,13), die auf dem zweiten Rahmen sich befinden zum Unterstützen eines Sitzmöbels; und Antriebsmittel (4), die zwischen dem ersten Rahmen und dem zweiten Rahmen wirken zum Versetzen des zweiten Rahmens bezogen auf solche Zonen des ersten Rahmens, mit welchen letzterer auf dem Boden abstützen kann,
    wobei die wirksame Länge der Unterstützungsmittel einstellbar ist,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    die wirksame Breite der Unterstützungsmittel einstellbar ist.
  2. Hilfsvorrichtung gemäß Anspruch 1, worin die Unterstützungsmittel zwei vordere und zwei hintere Platten umfassen, wobei die Platten durch den zweiten Rahmen auf eine solche Weise unterstützt sind, dass sie individuell in Querrichtung einstellbar sind.
  3. Hilfsvorrichtung gemäß Anspruch 2, bei welcher jede Platte eine generell rechteckige Form aufweist und versehen ist mit zwei senkrechten Wänden, die sich entlang deren zwei Außenseiten erstrecken.
  4. Hilfsvorrichtung gemäß Anspruch 1, worin die Antriebsmittel ausgebildet sind zum Heben und/oder Neigen des zweiten Rahmens in Bezug auf diejenigen Zonen des ersten Rahmens, mit denen letzterer auf dem Boden abstützen kann.
  5. Hilfsvorrichtung gemäß Anspruch 1, worin der erste Rahmen zwei Rahmenteile (2,3) umfasst, die in zu einander entgegen gesetzte Richtungen schwenken können, von denen einer mindestens ein Rad oder eine Rolle (8) aufweist, und wobei der andere Rahmenteil mindestens eine feste konvexe Neigoberfläche derart aufweist, dass, wenn diese Rahmenteile zueinander geschwenkt werden, der zweite Rahmen versetzt wird in Bezug auf diejenigen Zonen des ersten Rahmens, mit denen letzterer auf dem Boden abstützen kann.
  6. Hilfsvorrichtung gemäß Anspruch 5, worin der zweite Rahmen an seiner von dem Rad oder der Rolle entfernten Seite eine Anzahl von Rädern oder Rollen trägt, die erforderlich ist für die mechanische Stabilität, welche in der niedrigsten Position des zweiten Rahmens, zusammen mit besagtem Rad oder besagten Rädern oder Rolle oder Rollen, die Hilfsvorrichtung über dem Untergrund beweglich macht.
  7. Hilfsvorrichtung gemäß Anspruch 1, worin der zweite Rahmen an seiner Unterseite mit einem dritten Rahmen (17) versehen ist, der zur Drehung um eine im Wesentlichen senkrechte Achse angeordnet ist und der in der niedrigsten Position des zweiten Rahmens auf dem Untergrund abstützt und in dieser Position den ersten und zweiten Rahmen drehbar unterstützt.
  8. Hilfsvorrichtung nach Anspruch 1,
    umfassend Befestigungsmittel zum Befestigen eines durch die Unterstützungsmittel gestützten Sitzmöbels an diesen Unterstützungsmitteln.
  9. Anordnung von mindestens zwei Hilfsvorrichtungen gemäß irgendeinem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, zur gemeinsamen Unterstützung eines mehrplätzigen Sitzmöbels, worin die Hilfsvorrichtungen elektrisch und/oder mechanisch miteinander derart gekoppelt sind, dass die Bewegungen der zweiten Rahmen im Bezug auf die ersten Rahmen im Wesentlichen dieselben sind.
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