EP1772130B1 - Ensemble appui-tête réglable - Google Patents

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EP1772130B1
EP1772130B1 EP06405413A EP06405413A EP1772130B1 EP 1772130 B1 EP1772130 B1 EP 1772130B1 EP 06405413 A EP06405413 A EP 06405413A EP 06405413 A EP06405413 A EP 06405413A EP 1772130 B1 EP1772130 B1 EP 1772130B1
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Kurt Hunziker
Alexandre Tapis
André DEGONDA
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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
    • A61G5/12—Rests specially adapted therefor, e.g. for the head or the 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
    • A61G5/12—Rests specially adapted therefor, e.g. for the head or the feet
    • A61G5/121—Rests specially adapted therefor, e.g. for the head or the feet for head or neck

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  • the invention relates to an adjustable headrest unit for seat devices, in particular wheelchairs or Aufrichtrollstühle, with a headrest, with a holder which is attachable to the seat device and having a device for virtually horizontal adjustment of the headrest.
  • the US 5,366,036 shows a Aufrichtrollstuhl with a height-adjustable rod-shaped holder. At this top a square pipe piece is welded, in which a four-sided headrest support can be moved horizontally with the headrest and fixed in the desired position. Of course, this adjustment can not be made by the disabled user of the wheelchair.
  • US Pat. No. 3,730,589 shows a wheelchair with a vertical rod, to which a headrest is attached by means of a clamping device.
  • This clamping device is designed so that it allows a vertical and horizontal adjustment of the headrest.
  • the angle can also be adjusted in the vertical plane (column 2, line 65 to column 3, line 5). These adjustments can not be made by the disabled user of the wheelchair.
  • the US 6, 726, 280 shows a mechanism in the form of a Hebelparallogrammes for simultaneous adjustment of a back support in the vertical and horizontal directions. For a headrest, however, this is not appropriate, because the wheelchair users should be able to make an adjustment in the horizontal direction, regardless of an adjustment in the vertical direction.
  • a headrest for a dentist chair has a plate-shaped holder, which is attachable to the dentist chair.
  • a first and a second plate-shaped lever are hinged at different altitudes, which extend upwards.
  • the second plate-shaped lever has on each side a hook-shaped extension which projects into the housing of the headrest and has a roller which can run along an obliquely arranged guide.
  • the first plate-shaped lever is hinged to a carriage, which carries the obliquely arranged guide and is movable by a motor back and forth to allow the pivoting positions of the headrest shown in Fig. 5, which for the dental treatment of the maxilla and the lower jaw are appropriate.
  • This headrest does not allow virtually horizontal adjustment and is therefore completely unsuitable for wheelchairs.
  • the headrest is intended to be adjusted in one direction, e.g. allow in virtually horizontal direction, without causing an additional adjustment in another direction. Next, the risk of pinching fingers or objects should be avoided.
  • the lever mechanism is hinged at the top and not laterally on the holder, it is not noticeably moved in a vertical direction with a horizontal adjustment of the headrest. For the same reason, a slim and shapely construction of the headrest unit is possible. This contributes to the fact that the drive member can be mounted away from the user's head at a suitable location of the seat device. Another advantage is also that, for example, for the transport of the holder together with the lever mechanism and the headrest are easily removed can. Because the levers of the lever mechanism overlap each other in each of the various possible positions, there is no danger of pinching fingers or any objects. Since the lever mechanism can be made slim, it is also possible to make a disguise. This contributes to the aesthetics of the adjustable headrest unit. The same applies to the possibility of forming the lever mechanism arcuate.
  • a link to the drive member could serve for example a rod.
  • the headrest should be slightly height adjustable, this is not very practical.
  • a flexible device such as a Bowden train used as a link. This allows easy height adjustment of the headrest.
  • the lever mechanism may have a single lever, which is connected at the top with the headrest. This results in a very simple construction. More advantageous, however, is a lever parallelogram, because with such a movement of the headrest can be achieved, which better corresponds to the anatomical conditions of the user.
  • the connection of the lever mechanism with the headrest can be designed rigid or articulated.
  • locking means for the articulated connection can be provided.
  • lever parallelogram has a first and a second lever, the articulation points are hinged down practically at the same height and at a distance from each other on the holder and above practically at the same height and at a distance from each other on a connecting piece.
  • this connector is designed so that the distance between the articulation points is changeable. This allows an adaptation of the headrest movement to the anatomical conditions of the user.
  • the in the FIGS. 1 to 3 illustrated headrest unit 10 has a height-adjustable holder 11 which is vertically displaceable in a fastened to the seat assembly 12 guide 13 and in the desired position by locking means 15, z.Bsp. a set screw, can be determined.
  • the holder 11 has at the top a plate 17 which carries a device 18 for virtually horizontal adjustment of a headrest 19.
  • the device 18 is a lever mechanism, which via a connecting member 21 with a controllable by the user of the seat device drive member 23, z.Bsp. a linear motor connected.
  • the connecting member 21 is a so-called Bowden train.
  • a Bowden train is known to consist of a cable 25 and a sheath 27th
  • the lever mechanism 18 is formed as a lever parallelogram.
  • This lever parallelogram 18 has a first lever 33 and a second lever 35, which are arc-shaped and in each position of the Hebelparallelogramms 18 overlap each other ( FIGS. 4a-4c ).
  • the levers 33, 35 may be surrounded by a panel (not shown).
  • the first lever 33 is hinged at 37 below on the plate 17 and at the top at 39 on the connector 45.
  • the second lever 35 is hinged at 41 at the bottom of the plate 17 and at the top 43 at the connector 45.
  • the headrest 19 may be rigid or fixed with a hinge 46 on the connector 45.
  • the Bowden train 21 connects the linear motor 23 with the lever mechanism 18.
  • the sheath 27 of the Bowden cable 21 is connected to a movable part 29 of the linear motor 23, the cable 25, however, with a stationary part 31.
  • Bei the lever mechanism 18, the sheath 27 of the Bowden cable 21 is attached to the arm 47 of the double-armed first lever 33.
  • the cable 25 passes over a roller or pin 49 of the second lever 35 and is also secured to the lever arm 47.
  • the headrest unit 10 can with a height-adjustable holder 13 on a seat device, z.Bsp. a wheelchair, to be attached.
  • the headrest 19 can be controlled by the user to move horizontally to the desired position, without at the same time there is a noticeable and disturbing movement in the vertical direction. There is no annoying motor near the user's head.
  • the headrest 19 is supported by a slender and shapely lever parallelogram 18 which is operatively connected to a flexible Bowden cable 21 with a remotely located motor 23. This flexible connection 21 not only allows the motor 23 to be located at a suitable location away from the user's head but also does not hinder a height adjustment of the headrest 19 by means of the vertical holder 11 and the set screws 15.

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  1. Unité réglable de repose-tête pour dispositifs à siège (12), en particulier pour fauteuils roulants ou fauteuils roulants verticalisateurs, avec un repose-tête (19), un support (11) qui peut être fixé au dispositif à siège (12), un parallélogramme à leviers (18) placé en haut sur le support (11) pour le réglage pratiquement horizontal du repose-tête (19) et un organe d'entraînement (23), qui peut être fixé sur le dispositif à siège (12), qui est relié par un élément de liaison (21) au parallélogramme à leviers, caractérisée en ce que le parallélogramme à leviers (18) présente un premier levier (33) et un second levier (35) dont les points d'articulation (37, 41 ; 39, 43) sont articulés en bas pratiquement au même niveau et espacés l'un de l'autre sur le support (11, 17) et en haut pratiquement au même niveau et espacés l'un de l'autre sur une pièce de liaison (45) et que le premier levier et le second levier (33, 35) du parallélogramme à leviers (18) se chevauchent dans n'importe quelle position.
  2. Unité réglable de repose-tête selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que le support (11) est réglable en hauteur.
  3. Unité réglable de repose-tête selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisée en ce que l'élément de liaison (21) est un câble Bowden.
  4. Unité réglable de repose-tête selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisée en ce que la liaison de la mécanique à leviers (18) et du repose-tête (19) est rigide.
  5. Unité réglable de repose-tête selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisée en ce que la liaison de la mécanique à leviers (18) et du repose-tête (19) est articulée.
  6. Unité réglable de repose-tête selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisée en ce que l'écart des points d'articulation (39, 43) est variable.
  7. Unité réglable de repose-tête selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisée en ce que le premier levier et le second levier (33, 35) du parallélogramme à leviers (18) sont configurés arqués.
  8. Unité réglable de repose-tête selon l'une des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisée en ce que les leviers (33, 35) de la mécanique à leviers (18) présentent un revêtement.
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