EP2841043A2 - Support ergonomique ajustable en hauteur, pour supporter des individus et l'adapter aux différentes formes de dos des individus et offrir aux mêmes individus un effet de massage du dos - Google Patents

Support ergonomique ajustable en hauteur, pour supporter des individus et l'adapter aux différentes formes de dos des individus et offrir aux mêmes individus un effet de massage du dos

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EP2841043A2
EP2841043A2 EP13729410.4A EP13729410A EP2841043A2 EP 2841043 A2 EP2841043 A2 EP 2841043A2 EP 13729410 A EP13729410 A EP 13729410A EP 2841043 A2 EP2841043 A2 EP 2841043A2
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staves
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net
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Alessio Collodel
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CM SOGNI Sas DI COLLODEL A & C
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
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  • the inventions relates to an ergonomic support adjustable in height, such as for example a supporting net and a chaise-longue (long seat), for adapting it to the different shapes of the persons back and supporting the same and providing also for a massaging effect.
  • Ergonomic supports of various kind as supporting net and chaises-longue are known, both provided for single uses and constituted by a support structure to be applied on the floor by lower support legs, while the nets may also be applied into the correspondent support structure of beds and settees, and these supports are provided with a plurality of separated lengthened staves, made by an adequate wood, with strong elastic characteristics, as for example the beech, which staves are arranged in the transverse direction with respect to the relative support structure and inserted with their end portions into correspondent supports made in elastic material such as for example rubber, which are applied on to said support structure.
  • the support nets are normally realized with a central net portion having a horizontal rectilinear shape, hinged to a rectilinear portion acting as headboard and to a rectilinear portion acting as footboard, of which the central rectilinear portion is fixed and cannot be lifted or lowered, while the headboard and footboard portions are associated with a relative mechanism allowing them to be moved from a lowered position to a lifted position thereof within determined limits, in such a way that when both headboard and footboard portions are lowered, they are aligned with the central net portion, so as to form a horizontal laying surface, and when either one or both headboard and footboard portions are lifted they allow the lifting respectively of the bust and the head of the persons and/or the legs and the glutaeus of the same persons.
  • this condition doesn't represent an optimal and efficient solution for supporting persons with these particular pathologies, and doesn't allow moreover to carry out a function of massage and stimulation of the back's areas affected or non-affected by these pathologies, as it would be on the contrary desirable for getting better the tissues tone of the back and to facilitate the relaxing and the de-contraction of the muscles of the same.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide for an ergonomic support adjustable in height, in its central area, so as to adapt the profile of this support to the different shapes of the persons back, in order to support in an efficient way the persons affected by the above-mentioned pathologies, and also the persons who aren't affected by such pathologies, and to produce also a massaging effect on the back of the same persons.
  • - Fig. 1 shows a perspective front and exploded view of a type of ergonomic support according to the invention, as a support net, displaced in the lowered rest position thereof, and in a first embodiment thereof, in which all the upper surface of the net has an horizontal rectilinear shape, and in which the structural configuration of the net and its various component parts appear evident ;
  • - Fig. 2 shows a front view of the support net of Figure 1 , displaced in the rest lowered position thereof;
  • - Fig. 3 shows an enlarged front view of one of the lowering and lifting mechanisms of the movable central portions of which the net of Figure 1 is constituted, which mechanism keeps the relative movable central portion in the lowered position of Figure 2 ;
  • FIG. 4 shows a front view of the support net of Figure 1, the movable central portion of which is displaced in the lifted position thereof ;
  • FIG. 5 shows an enlarged front view of the mechanism of Figure 3, displaced for lifting the same net movable central portion ;
  • FIG. 6 shows a front view of the support net of Figure 1 , displaced in a position in that only a second central portion of the same net is lifted ;
  • FIG. 7 shows a front view of the support net of the Figure 1 , displaced in a position in that both the net movable central portions are lifted ;
  • FIG. 8 shows a perspective front and exploded view of a support net according to the invention, displaced in the rest position, and in a second embodiment thereof, in that all the net upper surface has an horizontal rectilinear shape, and in which the structural configuration of the same net and its various component parts appear evident ;
  • FIG. 9 shows a front view of the support net of Figure 8, displaced in the same rest position ;
  • FIG. 10 shows an enlarged front view of one of the lowering and lifting mechanisms of some portions of which the support net of Figure 8 is constituted, which mechanism keeps the net movable central portions in the lifted position thereof ;
  • FIG. 1 1 shows a front view of the support net of Figure 8, with its movable central portions displaced in the lifted position thereof ;
  • FIG. 12 shows a front view of the support net of Figure 8, in which an additional net movable portion and the associated footboard portion is partially lifted ;
  • FIG. 13 shows an enlarged front view of the other lowering and lifting mechanism of the additional net movable portion and the footboard of the Figure 12, displaced in the position of partial lifting of such additional movable portion and footboard ;
  • FIG.14 shows a front view of the support net of Figure 8, the movable portions and the headboard and footboard of which are all lifted ;
  • FIG. 15 shows a front view of another type of ergonomic support according to the invention, as a chaise-longue, provided with a lifting and lowering mechanism for the persons back, applied to the central area of the same support ;
  • FIG. 16a shows a front view of a support net according to the invention, displaced in the rest position, and a third embodiment thereof, in which all the net upper surface has an horizontal rectilinear shape ;
  • FIG. 16b shows a front view of the support net of Figure 16a, the movable portions and the headboard and footboard of which are all lifted ;
  • FIG. 17a shows a front view of a support net according to the invention, displaced in the rest position, and in a fourth embodiment thereof, in which all the net upper surface has an horizontal rectilinear shape ;
  • FIG. 17b shows a front view of the support net of Figure 17a, the movable portions and the footboard thereof are all lifted, the first ones only partially and the second one completely ;
  • FIG. 17c shows a front view of the support net of Figure 17a, the movable portions and the headboard and footboard of which are all completely lifted ;
  • FIG. 18a shows an enlarged view of a first mechanism of the Figure 17a, which mechanism keeps the relative movable central portion in the lowered position of the Figure 17a ;
  • FIG. 18b shows an enlarged view of the mechanism of the Figure 18a, displaced for lifting only partially the same net movable central portions, like in Figure 17b ;
  • FIG. 18c shows an enlarged view of the mechanism of the Figure 18a, displaced for lifting completely the same net movable central portions, like in Figure 17c ;
  • FIG. 19a shows an enlarged view of a second mechanism of the Figure 17a, displaced for keeping the relative footboard in the lowered position of the Figure 17b ;
  • FIG. 19b shows an enlarged view of the mechanism of the Figure 19a, displaced for lifting the same footboard in the reverse position of Figure 17b ;
  • FIG. 20a shows an enlarged view of a second embodiment of a mechanism of Figure 17a, displaced for keeping the relative footboard in the lowered position thereof ;
  • FIG. 20b shows an enlarged view of the mechanism of Figure 20a, displaced for lifting the same footboard in the reverse position of Figure 17b ;
  • FIG. 21a shows an enlarged view of a third embodiment of a mechanism of Figure 17a, displaced for keeping the relative footboard in the lowered position thereof ;
  • FIG. 21b shows an enlarged view of the mechanism of Figure 20a, displaced for lifting the same footboard in the reverse position of Figure 17b ;
  • FIG. 22a shows a front view of the support net according to the invention, displaced in the rest position, and in a fifth embodiment thereof, in which all the net upper surface has an horizontal rectilinear shape ;
  • FIG. 22b shows a cut front view of the support net of Figure 21a, in which a first embodiment of the lifting mechanisms of the footboard and the headboard are shown, displaced in the lowered rest position thereof ;
  • FIG. 22c shows a cut front view of the support net of Figure 21b, the headboard and footboard of which are all lifted by the relative mechanisms of the Figure 22b ;
  • FIG. 23 a shows an enlarged view of a second embodiment of the mechanism for lifting the footboard of the Figure 21b, which is lowered in the rest position thereof ;
  • FIG. 23b shows an enlarged view of the mechanism of Figure 22a, in which the footboard is lifted in the reverse position of Figure 17b ;
  • - Fig. 24a shows an enlarged view of a third embodiment of the mechanism for lifting the footboard of Figure 21 b, which is lowered in the rest position thereof ;
  • - Fig. 24b shows an enlarged view of the mechanism of Figure 23a, in which the footboard is lifted in the reverse position of Figure 17b ;
  • FIG. 25a shows an enlarged view of a fourth embodiment of the mechanism for lifting the footboard of Figure 21b, which is lowered in the rest position thereof ;
  • FIG. 25b shows an enlarged view of the mechanism of Figure 24a, in which the footboard is lifted in the reverse position of Figure 17b ;
  • FIG. 26 shows a front view of a support net with two alternative actuating mechanisms identical to the mechanisms of Figures 21a and 21b ;
  • Fig. 27 shows a front view of a support net with a different alternative actuating mechanism, controlled by a unique gearmotor unit ;
  • FIGS. 28 a, b, c, d show a front view of a set of movable staves actuated by an additional actuating mechanism, with a continuous rotary system.
  • an ergonomic support adjustable in height for supporting persons as for example a support net and a chaise-longue is schematically represented, which can be adapted to the different shapes of the persons back for supporting the same and providing also for a massaging effect.
  • such ergonomic support is illustrated in the Figures 1-14 in the shape of a support net 5 for singles uses or for beds and settees, whereas in the Figure 15 it is realized in the shape of a chaise-longue.
  • the Figures 1 and 2 show a first embodiment of the present support net 5, displaced in the rest position in which all the net upper surface has an horizontal rectilinear shape, which net is substantially constituted by a support structure 6 formed by a peripheral frame 7 of rectangular shape which, in the use as single net, i£ provided with lower legs 8 for being laid on the floor, and in the combination with beds or settees (not shown in the Figures), is applicable removable in the correspondent support structure of such beds and settees (not shown), in such a way as to be laid onto this latter support structure, and this net is furthermore constituted by a plurality of spaced away lengthened staves 9 of the same size, which are curved convex, made by an adequate wood, with strong elastic characteristics, as for example the beech, on to which the persons supporting mattress is laid, said staves being applied on to the peripheral frame 7 by a plurality of support elements 10 made of rubber or other elastic material, joined with the end portions of the staves 9 and so shaped as to be fixed
  • staves 9 comprise a set of pairs of staves assembled and joined to each other, which pairs are spaced away to each other for all the length of the peripheral frame 7 and are formed by a first pair of stationary staves 14, arranged in the central area of the net 5 and constituting an horizontal rectilinear upper surface, and moreover by a set of movable staves, arranged along the net 5 from the one and the other side of the first pair of stationary staves 14, and this set is constituted in the present example by a second and a third pair of movable staves 15 and 16, arranged approached to each other and situated in correspondence of the lumbar area of the persons, and by a fourth and a fifth pair of movable staves 17 and 18 arranged approached to each other and situated in correspondence of the glutaeus of the persons.
  • the support elements 10 of the pairs of movable staves 15 and 16 are fixed to and supported by the pivots 1 1 secured to a lengthened flat plate 19, housed into two box-like guide members 20 and 21 identical to each other and adequately fixed internally the relative longitudinal side edge 12 and 13 of the net 5, and such flat plate 19 is sliding in height into such box-like guide members 20 and 21 and is actuated from a lowered position to a lifted position thereof, by a first respective movable leverage 22, projected in the lower side of the net and shaped and supported by the opposed longitudinal side edge as it will be described, wherein both the movable leverages 22 are communicating to each other through a transversal shaft 23 passing though a gearmotor unit 24 of per se known type, and actuatable by the component members of such gearmotor unit, which in turn is housed into a lengthened container 25, supported by the frame 7 in the lower and central part thereof and extended in the longitudinal direction of the net 5, which gearmotor unit is connected to the electric supply line through a suitable control keyboard (not shown), provided with control push-
  • Each movable leverage 22 is shaped with a first and second short lever 26 and 27 articulated to each other with their adjacent end portions, and the other end portions of which are articulated the one with a support bracket 28, secured below the relative longitudinal side edge 12 and 13 of the frame 7, and into which the transversal shaft 23 is rotatable housed, and the other one with a relative lengthened flat plate 19.
  • the raising height of which may be adjusted by displacing the levers 26 and 27 in different positions comprised between that completely lowered and that completely raised, the lumbar area of the back of the person laying onto the net arranges itself onto the staves of both the pairs of movable staves 15 and 16, thereby allowing to support and to maintain the back in this condition for the entire desired duration, and this situation appears extremely advantageous and favourable for persons affected by dorsal pathologies as lumbagos, scoliosis and lordosis.
  • the pairs of movable staves 17 and 18 are also supported at their end portions by a flat plate 29, arranged on and assembled internally the relative longitudinal side edge 12 and 13 of the net 5 as the previous flat plate 19, and actuatable in height by a respective second movable leverage 30, projected downward from the net and shaped in an identical and symmetrical manner with respect to the preceding movable leverage 22, as well as supported by the relative longitudinal side edge 12 and 13, wherein both the movable leverages 30 are communicating to each other by a further transversal shaft 31, which is parallel to and spaced away from the preceding shaft 23 and is passing through said gearmotor unit 24 and also actuatable like the shaft 23 in the same lowered and raised positions thereof.
  • each movable leverage 30 is shaped with a first and a second lever 32 and 33 identical and symmetrical with respect to the preceding levers 26 and 27 and which are articulated to each other in the same manner of these levers, and to a supporting bracket 34, fixed below the relative longitudinal side edge 12 and 13 of the frame 7, and into which the transversal shaft 31 is rotatable housed, as well as are articulated to the flat plate 29.
  • the levers 32 and 33 may be displaced in the same positions as described above, in which in the raised position of the pairs of movable staves 17 and 18 these latter support the glutaeus of the person, at the desired height and for the entire desired duration.
  • Such leverages 22 and 30 may be actuated singularly or contemporaneously also in a continuous manner, by acting on to correspondent keyboard control push buttons, so as to determine a slow and continuous lifting and lowering of either one or both the pairs of movable staves 15, 16, 17, 18, thereby obtaining an invigorating, relaxing and de-contracting massaging effect for the back of the persons, and the duration of such massaging treatment may be selected at will by the person or established automatically by a suitable timer included into the gearmotor unit 24.
  • the present support net 5 is also constituted by a plurality of further stationary staves 9, fixed to the support structure 6 as the preceding staves, from the one and the other side of the cited movable staves, and constituting respectively the headboard and the footboard of the net, and forming two horizontal rectilinear surfaces.
  • the Figures 4 and 5 show the pairs of movable staves 17 and 18 displaced in the raised position thereof, whereas the Figure 6 shows the pairs of movable staves 15 and 16 displaced in the raised position thereof, and the Figure 7 shows all the pairs of movable staves 15-18 displaced in the raised position thereof.
  • the Figures 8 and 9 show the net 5 displaced in the rest position in which all the net upper surface has a horizontal rectilinear shape, which net is substantially formed still by a first pair of stationary staves 14, arranged in the central area of the net 5 and constituting an horizontal rectilinear upper surface, and furthermore by a set of movable staves, arranged approached to each other along the net 5 from the one and the other side of the first pair of stationary staves 14, and in the present example this set is constituted by a second and a third pair of movable staves 35 and 36, situated in correspondence of the persons lumbar area, and by a fourth and a fifth pair of movable staves 37 and 38 situated in correspondence of the upper area of the persons back, as well as by a sixth and a seventh pair of movable staves 39 and 40 situated in correspondence of the net headboard.
  • the net 5 is further constituted by an eighth and a ninth pair of movable staves 41 and 42 arranged approached to each other and situated in correspondence of the persons glutaeus, and by an additional set of pair of movable staves 43, in the example formed by four pairs of movable staves, situated in correspondence of the net footboard. All the pairs of staves, stationary and movable ones, are supported by correspondent stationary and movable frames supported by the net peripheral frame 7 as it will be described, and in particular the staves 9 of the first pair of stationary staves 14 are secured to their end portions, always through the support elements 10, to a
  • Each movable leverage 50 is shaped with a first and a second short lever 54 and 55 and a third lever 56, which is longer than the levers 54 and 55 and articulated with these latter at their adjacent end portions, whereas the other end portion of the first lever 54 is articulated with a relative bracket 57, fixed below the correspondent longitudinal side edge 12 and 13 in correspondence of the end portion of the movable frame 45 which is approached to the pair of stationary staves 14, and the other end portion of the second lever 55 is articulated with a bracket 58 fixed below such movable frame 45 at the end portion opposed to the preceding one, and finally the other end portion of the third lever 56 is provided with a through slot 59 articulated by means of a stud 60 with a further fork-shaped bracket 61, by defining a portion 62 pivoted on to a bracket 63 fixed below the movable frame 46, at the end portion of this latter which is approached to the remaining headboard frame 47, and a lengthened and slightly curved portion 64, fixed below the movable frame 47 at the end
  • each movable leverage 51 is shaped with a single short lever 66, articulated at its one end portion with a bracket 67 fixed below the relative side edge 12 and 13, and at the other end portion with a further bracket 68 fixed below the movable frame 49, and the end portions adjacent to each other of said movable frames 48 and 49 are joined to each other by means of an articulation 69.
  • the first lever 54 rotates around the stud of the bracket 57 and may be displaced into different raised positions thereof, thereby determining the lifting of the pairs of movable staves at different heights.
  • the lever 55 raises itself slightly, by providing at one hand for a correspondent slight raising of both the pairs of movable staves 35 and 36 and the pair of movable staves 37 and 38, which are constrained to the preceding ones with the joint 65, and at the other hand by displacing forward the lever 56, thanks to the sliding of the stud 60 along the through slot 59 until the terminal position opposed to the previous one.
  • the sliding stroke of the stud 60 along the through slot 59 may be regulated in advance at will, by means of a regulating mechanism which in the illustrated example is constituted by a threaded bolt 70, the stem of which may be screwed or unscrewed in a relative inner thread (not indicated) of a bush 71, secured to the lengthened lever 56 in the terminal position of the through slot 59, in such a way that such stem interferes with the stud 60 and, depending on the position in which the threaded bolt 70 is screwed or unscrewed in the bush 71, it may limit in a different extent the sliding stroke of the stud 60 in the same through slot, thereby changing in a different extent also the raising height of the pairs of movable staves 35, 36 and 37, 38 and 39, 40.
  • a regulating mechanism may be made also in different manners than those illustrated by way of example only, thus without departing from the protection sphere of the present invention.
  • the net may be raised up to different heights and be regulated at will, thereby adapting itself to the curvature of the persons back and ensuring a comfortable support to the persons having or not having lumbar pathologies, scoliosis or lordosis etc...and also ensuring an effective support to the back upper part and the head of the persons.
  • Figure 15 shows another type of ergonomic support as a traditional chaise-longue, provided with a raising and lowering mechanism of the persons back, applied in the central area of the same support.
  • the chaise-longue is shaped with an inclined seat back 72, joined to an arched seat73 and an upper surface 74 for supporting the person, which is shaped in a manner correspondent to such seat back and seat, and the chaise-longue is furthermore supported onto the support plane by means of lower feet 75.
  • different elastic staves identical to those above-described which are grouped to each other and distributed along all the upper surface 74 of the chaise-longue, and all the width thereof, and of which there are illustrated only those situated in the central area of the chaise-longue.
  • these latter staves are grouped in such a way as to form a first pair of central stationary staves 81 and a second and a third pair of movable staves 82 and 83, situated at one side of the stationary staves 81 in correspondence of the lumbar area of the person, and a fourth and a fifth pair of movable staves 84 and 85 situated at the other side of the stationary staves 81 in correspondence of the glutaeus of the same person, and all the movable staves are supported by an underlying support structure 77, housed internally the seat back 72 and the seat 73, and in which there are supported a first and a second leverage 78 and 79 identical to the previous leverages 22 and 30 of the first embodiment of the ergonomic support, and actuatable from the one to the other one of the lowered and raised positions by means a relative gearmotor unit 80, identical to the previous unit 24 and also supported at the lower side of the support structure 77, of which the first leverage 78 is joined to the second and
  • pairs of movable staves 82, 83, 84 and 85 may be simultaneously or singularly displaced from a lowered position (not visible), to different positions raised at different heights, and vice versa (a position is visible in the Figure 15), in the same manner and for performing the same functions as above described.
  • All the pairs of staves, stationary and movable ones, are supported by correspondent fixed and movable frames supported by the peripheral frame 7 of the net as will be described, and in particular the staves 9 of the first pair of stationary staves 14 are fixed at their end portions, always by means of the support elements 10, to a correspondent frame (not shown) fixed to the relative longitudinal side edges 12 and 13 of the net, whereas the staves of the pairs of movable staves 86, 87 and 88, 89 are fixed respectively with their end portions to correspondent movable frames 94 and 95, and the set of pairs of movable staves 90 and 92 are fixed respectively with their end portions to correspondent movable frames 96 and 97.
  • Such movable frames 94, 95 and 96, 97 are applied internally to the relative net longitudinal side edges 12 and 13, in a position approached to the same side edges.
  • the movable staves 86, 87 and 88, 89 are structured and operating identically as the respective staves 15, 16 and 17, 18 of the first embodiment of the net 5 represented in the Figures 8-9.
  • transversal shaft 100 communicating to each other by means of a transversal shaft 100, passing through a second independent gearmotor unit 101, secured to the back end portion of the lengthened container 25 of the Figure 1 , and actuatable in rotation by the component members of the same gearmotor unit, and in which the second movable leverage 99 is formed by two movable leverages identical and communicating to each other by means of an additional transversal shaft 102, passing through a third independent gearmotor unit 103, secured to the forward end portion of the above-mentioned lengthened container 25, and actuatable in rotation too, so as to displace each leverage from a lowered position to a raised position thereof, and vice versa.
  • Each leverage 98 is shaped with a single lever 104, articulated at an end portion thereof to a bracket 105 secured below the relative longitudinal side edge 12 and 13, and into which the shaft 100 is pivoted, and provided at the other free end portion thereof with a wheel 106, laid about on the middle of the frame 96 and sliding on the lower surface of the same frame.
  • both the movable leverages 98 are displaced from the rest position thereof, in which the staves 9 are all aligned horizontally (see Fig. 16a), to the raised position by the rotation of the shaft 100, as shown in the Figure 16b, the lever 104 rotates around the stud of the bracket 105 and may be displaced into different raising positions thereof, while the wheel 106 rotates by sliding on the lower surface of the frame of the headboard 96, thereby providing for raising this latter up to the desired position.
  • each leverage 99 is shaped with a single lever 108, articulated at an end portion thereof to a bracket 109 secured below the relative longitudinal side edge 12 and 13, and pivoted with the shaft 102, and provided at the other free end portion thereof with a wheel 1 10, laid about on the middle of the frame 97 and sliding on the lower surface of the same frame.
  • Each movable leverage 119 is also shaped with a first and a second short lever 121 and 122, of which the lower end portion of the first lever 121 is articulated with a support bracket 28, secured below the relative longitudinal side edge 12 and 13 of the frame 7, and in which the transversal shaft 120 is housed in rotation, and the other free end portion of the lever 121 is provided with a wheel 124, laid on the lower surface of the frame 1 18 and slidable on to the same, whereas the second lever 122 is pivoted with its lower end portion nearly on the middle of the first lever 121, and with its other end portion is pivoted with the relative lengthened flat plate 19.
  • Said frame 127 is supported by a movable leverage 128 formed by two movable leverages identical to each other, which are shaped and secured to the correspondent longitudinal side edges 12 and 13 as it will be described, wherein both the movable leverage 128 are communicating to each other by means of the transversal shaft 53, passing through the gearmotor unit 24, and therefore actuatable by this latter, so as to displace each leverage 128 from a lowered to a raised position thereof, and vice versa.
  • Each leverage 128 is shaped with a single lever 129, articulated at its one end portion to a bracket 130 secured below the relative longitudinal side edge 12 and 13, and pivoted with the shaft 53, and provided at its other free end portion with a wheel 131, laid nearly on the middle of the frame 127 and slidable on to the lower surface thereof.
  • both the movable leverages 128 When both the movable leverages 128 are displaced from the rest position thereof, in which the staves 9 are all horizontal aligned (see Fig. 19a), to the raised position by the rotation of the shaft 53, as shown in the Figure 19b, the lever 128 rotates around the stud of the bracket 130 and may be displaced into different raised positions, while the wheel 131 rotates by sliding on to the lower surface of the frame 127 and thereby provides for raising it up to the desired height, in the reverse raising position.
  • Such leverages 128, as it can be noted by the Figures 20a-20b in a second embodiment, may be also shaped with a first and a second short lever 132 and 133, of the same length, articulated with their approached end portions, whereas the other end portion of the first lever 132 is articulated with a relative bracket 134, secured below the correspondent longitudinal side edge 12 and 13, in correspondence of the end portion of the pairs of movable staves 117, in a position approached to the pair of stationary staves 14, and the other end portion of the second lever 133 is articulated with a bracket 135 secured below the movable frame 127.
  • Such leverages 128, as it can be noted in the Figures 21a-21b in a third embodiment thereof, may be further shaped with a gear 136 with horizontal axis, fixed to the shaft 53, below the
  • FIG. 22a-22c it is now shown a fifth embodiment of the present support net 5, which is substantially constituted as the previously described net, so that the same component parts are marked with the same reference numerals.
  • the lowering and rising leverages of the net 5 are made in a different manner and perform additional functions with respect to the preceding leverages, and such leverages will be hereinafter described.
  • the net 5 displaced in the rest position thereof, in which all the net upper surface has an horizontal rectilinear shape
  • FIG. 22b it is shown a cutaway view of the net of the Figure 22a.
  • Such net is substantially formed by three pairs of stationary staves 140, arranged in the central area of the net 5 and constituting an horizontal rectilinear upper surface, and furthermore by a first movable set 141 of six pairs of stationary staves
  • Said first movable set 141 is assembled with per se known fixing elements 10 to a frame 145, which is articulated at its lower end portion to the inner part of the longitudinal side edges 12 and al3, in correspondence of the pairs of stationary staves 140, and supported by a movable leverage 146 formed by two movable leverages identical to each other and shaped and fixed to the correspondent longitudinal side edges 12 and 13 as it will be described, wherein both the movable leverages 146 are actuatable manually by the user and are shaped, as shown in the Figures 22b and 22c, with a telescopic guide element 147, having pre-established locking positions in order to be able to stop the frame 145 in the desired position, and are articulated at their lower end portion 148 in the back area of the side edges 12 and 13, and at their upper end portion 149 nearly to the middle of said frame 145, so as to be able to displace it from a rest position in which all
  • the second movable set 143 is assembled with per se known fixing element 10 to a frame 150, which is articulated at its lower end portion to the inner part of the longitudinal side edges 12 and 13, in correspondence of the front part of these latter, and is supported by a movable leverage 151 formed by two movable leverages identical to each other and shaped and fixed to the correspondent longitudinal side edges 12 and 13 as it will be described, wherein both the movable leverages 151 are actuatable manually by the user.
  • such movable leverages 151 are shaped, in a first embodiment thereof, with a telescopic guide element 152 having pre-established locking positions, so to be able to stop the frame 150 in the desired position, and are articulated at their lower end portion 153 to the front area of the side edges 12 and 13, and at their upper end portion 154 nearly to the middle of said frame 150, so as to be able to displace it from a rest position in which all the staves 9 are horizontally aligned, to a raised position desired by the user for supporting and stretching his legs, by making to him a static massage, in the raised reverse position of the footboard.
  • Such leverages 151 may be also shaped with a first and a second short lever 155 and 156, with the same length and articulated with one of their end portions, and joined to an additional lever 157, which is sliding on to the first one and articulated on to the second one, and more particularly said first lever 155 is secured horizontally to the inner part of the longitudinal side edges 12 and 13, in correspondence of the end portion of the pairs of movable staves 143 which are approached to the pair of stationary staves 140, while the second lever 156 is articulated to the first lever 1 5 near the pair of staves 140, and is articulated at its middle with the upper end portion of the lever 157, whereas the lower end portion of this latter slides into a guide member (not shown) provided into the first lever 155.
  • Such leverages 151 may be additionally shaped with a first and a second short lever 158 and 159, with the same length and articulated with their approached end portions, of which the other free end portion of the lever 158 is articulated with a bracket 160 secured below the frame supporting the pairs of staves 140, and the other free end portion of the lever 159 is articulated with a bracket 161 secured with the end portion of the frame 150.
  • said two levers 158 and 159 are joined to each other by and additional lever 162, slidable with the lower end portion into a guide member (not shown) of a per se known locking system, provided in the first lever, and which is articulated with the upper end portion of the second lever, nearly in its middle.
  • the lever 162 slides into the guide member of the lever 158 and tends to position itself vertically, while the two levers 158 and 159 open themselves as scissors from their horizontal position and, through the locking system of the guide member of the first lever 158, position the frame 150 in the desired position, for then unlocking and bringing back it in the lowered position thereof, in which all the staves 9 are horizontally aligned, and under this condition the footboard is displaced in the reverse raising position.
  • Such leverages 151 may be additionally shaped with a single short lever 163, the lower end portion of which is articulated to the underlying part of the longitudinal side edges 12 and 13, in correspondence nearly to the middle of the frame 150, which in turn is provided with a set of pins 164 arranged in correspondence of the same lever 163.
  • the lever 163 When the frame 150 is raised manually by the user from the rest position thereof, in which all the staves 9 are all horizontally aligned, the lever 163 is raised contemporaneously, and engages with its shaped upper end portion 165 the one of said pins 164, by positioning the frame 150 in one of the desired positions, from which it can be then disengaged and brought back in the rest position thereof. Also in this case, the footboard is displaced in the reverse raised position.
  • a support net 5 provided with two leverages 128, each one shaped with a gear 136 and a vertical rack 137, which are identical to those described in the Figures 21a-21b, and spaced away to each other along the net, the first leverage at the left side of which is associated in the present example with two pairs of movable staves 166 and 167, and the second leverage at the right side of which is associated in the present example with the net headboard.
  • Both the leverages 128 may be actuated singularly or collectively, for determining an alternate movement of raising and lowering respectively of the pairs of movable staves 166 and 167 and the headboard, with preset cadences, and thereby for massaging the persons laid down on the same net.
  • a support net 5 provided with an additional type of leverage 168, constituted by a lengthened lever 169, supported and actuated by the gearmotor unit 170 housed in the container 25, wherein in the present example the end portions of such lever are pivoted the one with two pairs of movable staves 166 and 167, and the other one with the net headboard, but of course they may be pivoted also with different movable parts of the same net.
  • the gearmotor unit 170 may be actuated in alternate rotation directions, together with the lever 169, with preset cadences, thereby determining a succession of alternate raising and lowering of the relative net movable parts, and therefore a specific massaging effect of the persons laid down on the net.
  • FIG. 28 it is shown an additional type of leverage for actuating one or more net movable parts, in the example referred to the two pairs of movable staves 166 and 167.
  • This leverage is constituted by a crank gear 171, actuated by the gearmotor unit 170 housed into the container 25 and connected with the pairs of movable staves 166 and 167 with the same mechanism 172 described in the Figures 3 and 4, and this crank gear 171 is actuated by the gearmotor unit 170 with a continuous rotary motion in the same direction of rotation, the different operative steps of which are illustrated in the Figures 28a, b, c, d, with consequent successions of raising and lowering of the pairs of movable staves 166 and 167 with preset cadences, with a specific massaging effect of the persons laid down on the net.

Abstract

La présente invention concerne un support ergonomique ajustable en hauteur, pour supporter des individus et l'adapter aux différentes formes de dos des individus et offrir un effet de massage. Le support comprend une pluralité de lattes allongées et séparées (9), ayant une courbure convexe, constituée d'une première paire de lattes stationnaires (14; 81), disposées sur la zone centrale du filet (5) ou d'une chaise longue, et d'un jeu de paires de lattes amovibles (15, 16; 17, 18; 35, 36; 41, 42; 82, 82, 84, 85) situées en correspondance de la zone lombaire et du glutaeus des individus, et actionnables individuellement ou simultanément par un premier levier amovible respectif (22; 50; 78) et par un second levier amovible respectif (30; 51; 79), d'une position de repos abaissée de celui-ci, dans laquelle toutes les lattes (9) sont alignées horizontalement les unes par rapport aux autres, à une position de travail élevée de celui-ci, dans laquelle les lattes (9) de l'ensemble de lattes amovibles sont élevées à différentes hauteurs, pour supporter le dos des individus qui, s'ils sont atteints de pathologies lombaires, scoliose, etc., en tirent des bénéfices remarquables. Ils profitent également d'effets de massage pendant des durées qu'ils prédéfinissent.
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