EP3206649B1 - Toilet device for mobility-impaired car drivers - Google Patents

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EP3206649B1
EP3206649B1 EP15786888.6A EP15786888A EP3206649B1 EP 3206649 B1 EP3206649 B1 EP 3206649B1 EP 15786888 A EP15786888 A EP 15786888A EP 3206649 B1 EP3206649 B1 EP 3206649B1
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61GTRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G3/00Ambulance aspects of vehicles; Vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances, e.g. for facilitating access of, or for loading, wheelchairs
    • A61G3/02Loading or unloading personal conveyances; Facilitating access of patients or disabled persons to, or exit from, vehicles
    • A61G3/06Transfer using ramps, lifts or the like
    • A61G3/063Transfer using ramps, lifts or the like using lifts separate from the vehicle, e.g. fixed on the pavement
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61GTRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G7/00Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
    • A61G7/10Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto
    • A61G7/1001Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto specially adapted for specific applications
    • A61G7/1007Devices 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 toilet
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61GTRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G7/00Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
    • A61G7/10Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto
    • A61G7/1025Lateral movement of patients, e.g. horizontal transfer
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04HBUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H1/00Buildings or groups of buildings for dwelling or office purposes; General layout, e.g. modular co-ordination or staggered storeys
    • E04H1/12Small buildings or other erections for limited occupation, erected in the open air or arranged in buildings, e.g. kiosks, waiting shelters for bus stops or for filling stations, roofs for railway platforms, watchmen's huts or dressing cubicles
    • E04H1/1205Small buildings erected in the open air
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  • the present invention relates to a toilet device or toilet, for motorists with motor disabilities.
  • the autonomy of motorists with motor disabilities or reduced mobility is limited by the absence, the toilets for disabled people are reserved for them, means to transfer to it from then, then to their motor vehicle, otherwise than by transferring previously on an individual vehicle for handicapped, such as a wheelchair or scooter.
  • the toilets for disabled people are reserved for them, means to transfer to it from then, then to their motor vehicle, otherwise than by transferring previously on an individual vehicle for handicapped, such as a wheelchair or scooter.
  • private individual devices such as small wheelchairs or boards or transfer slides (see, for example US 6,256,806 and US 6,115,971 ), but no practical and economical solution, usable for public toilets for disabled motorists, has been planned.
  • the present invention proposes to remedy these drawbacks and to provide a device toilet or WC, for motorists disabled motor, effective, inexpensive, and can be set up economically, allowing use, simple, safe and effective for the motorist, and particularly economic and easy to manage, for the entity that manages it.
  • Another object of the invention is to reduce the transfer time of the motorist user between his motor vehicle and the toilet seat, which in particular reduces its fatigue and its exposure time to air pollution, for example in confined parking lots.
  • the term "motor handicapped” is understood to mean persons with no mobility or reduced mobility, but capable of driving a motor vehicle, or at least of using it, as a passenger.
  • they are paraplegic persons, or who have lost the use of their legs, or who can not walk with difficulty, for example people suffering from obesity. It also includes, in this term, people with normal mobility or little altered, but who get tired or run out of steam very quickly.
  • the invention relates to a toilet device or toilet, for motorists with motor disabilities, as defined by claim 1.
  • the guide for guiding the jump seat is formed, for example rails, or ruts, or telescopic guiding devices comprising elongated elements sliding relative to each other, for example, an elongated slide on which slides a slide, on which slide a second elongated slide.
  • Said immobilizing means or brakes can stop, and release the jump seat, it may be for example stoppers, snaps, or any other mechanism to stop, and release the jump seat.
  • these immobilizing means or brakes or other locking means are actuable, in a manner known per se, by pivoting or retractable armrests presented by the two lateral sides of the jump seat.
  • the jump seat comprises means for vertical displacement of seat, or seat lifts, such as a motor, allowing a variation of the vertical level of the seat of the jump seat, at least between two levels, to know the trim level of the bowl and the seat level of the car, if different.
  • These means may include a lifting or lowering device electrical or hydraulic, or other such as manual jack or jack.
  • these means are controlled by the user, by a command, for example a button or a manual command.
  • the device may, optionally, comprise drive means (or motors) for driving the jump seat on its guide means or guides and related commands, controllable by the user, but preferably the jump seat can be moved by the manual muscle strength of the user.
  • drive means or motors for driving the jump seat on its guide means or guides and related commands, controllable by the user, but preferably the jump seat can be moved by the manual muscle strength of the user.
  • the drive motor of the jump seat can be various, for example of the rack or worm type or hydraulic or pneumatic cylinder.
  • the handicapped toilet includes a room such as a box or container of street furniture type, presenting, at least on one side, a opening may be opened or closed by means of closure (or closure) controlled by a user, and containing the bowl and a folding seat, arranged in respective positions removed within the premises, said room being arranged for that a car can come to park next to said opening.
  • a room such as a box or container of street furniture type, presenting, at least on one side, a opening may be opened or closed by means of closure (or closure) controlled by a user, and containing the bowl and a folding seat, arranged in respective positions removed within the premises, said room being arranged for that a car can come to park next to said opening.
  • said opening may be slidably open, preferably parallel to the longitudinal axis of the automobile.
  • the room can advantageously meet the dimensional standards in force for public toilets for the disabled.
  • the room may, optionally, be accessible to persons with disabilities traveling on an individual vehicle, such as wheelchair, tricycle or scooter, and it is preferred, while it has another remote opening for this purpose.
  • the closing means of the room such as doors or curtains pivoting, tilting or sliding, release an access opening on the side side close to the automobile.
  • the dimensions of the opening thus located are such that the outer portion of at least the door of the automobile can pass through the opening, when the user opens the door.
  • guide and / or tracking means enabling the motorist to come and park his car in the precise position in which the jump seat will be disposed, in its advanced position.
  • or markers may include, for example, wheel guide ruts, or markers, imposing or indicating, to the automobile, the lateral distance between the device and the driver's side, and thus the seat of the automobile, or the passenger seat, if any, and axial position marks of the automobile, viewed by the user in the automobile; it is also possible to provide a detector or radar detecting the axial stopping position.
  • these means may comprise a detector or sensor, of a known type, which accurately detects the position of the gap or slot that is present, just behind the rear stop of the closed door of the automobile. , this detector informing a signaling device, for example a traffic light, indicating to the user, or the driver, that the car has reached a good stop position.
  • a signaling device for example a traffic light, indicating to the user, or the driver, that the car has reached a good stop position.
  • the device comprises an automobile presence detector on the location provided next to the local, in particular to inform a management center or monitoring.
  • closure or door of the room can not be opened in the absence of the automobile, or in case of bad position thereof.
  • the guide means or guide of the jump seat between its withdrawn position in the room and its advanced position next to the seat of the automobile can extend obliquely towards the side and towards the front of the automobile.
  • the jump seat guide means are inclined, with respect to the axis of the automobile, by an angle, preferably between 50 and 70 °, more preferably between 55 and 65 °, and preferably , of the order of 60 °, corresponding substantially to the angle of the door of the car in its open position.
  • said guiding means are on the contrary substantially parallel, or at least slightly oblique with respect to the longitudinal axis of the automobile, forming an angle, preferably less than 20 or 25 or 30 °, with axis of the device.
  • the closing means of the room such as doors or curtains pivoting, tilting or sliding, releases a access opening, both on the side of the local near the automobile, and on the front side of the room, allowing, then, the door to open in the space thus released.
  • said guide is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the automobile.
  • the seat of the folding seat is not fixed but can slide on guide means or guides of the seat carried by the jump seat, allow a displacement of the partial cantilever seat of the seat to the immediate vicinity of the car seat.
  • the jump seat can carry a structure movable folding seat, for example a carriage, movable laterally to the seat of the car and provided, at least towards its end side of the seat, wheels or balls rolling on the ground, for example wheels.
  • the guide can extend so that the seat can slide laterally to the immediate vicinity of the seat, the presence of the support rollers ensuring that the weight of the user, coming from the seat on the seat, does not cause no noticeable overhang.
  • the jump seat first moves longitudinally from its transfer position, then, once reached the level the car seat, the carriage moves laterally, with its seat, to the immediate vicinity of the seat.
  • the rolling means are then, preferably, rollers, the axis of which is mounted on a rod or arm that can pivot freely about a vertical axis, so that the simple displacement of this lateral carriage causes the wheels to be oriented. in the direction of travel.
  • Means or drive device may be provided, for example of the rack or worm or jack type, for the lateral displacements of this structure relative to the base of the folding seat which supports it, as well as the relative control but preferably the user manually drives this structure, as well as the jump seat itself.
  • the seat itself if mobile, can be motorized, but it is preferred that its movements on the guide are made by the user.
  • the jump seat can have, on the lateral side facing the vehicle seat, a movable plate or pivoting or sliding between a position erased and a position extending the seat of the folding seat to said seat, to facilitate the transfer of the user between the seat and the jump seat.
  • This plate can, for example, pivot about a horizontal axis, or slide horizontally between a position erased under the seat of the jump seat and the advanced position.
  • locking means or brakes for example by snapping, can maintain the plate in its advanced position, while being able to be released by the user.
  • the movable seat can be moved, preferably slightly overhang, forwardly next to the seat of the automobile.
  • the folding seat can rest and move, for example, on rollers or rollers, preferably guided by guide means or guides, for example rails, or it can be guided by guide means or guides such as elongated elements telescopic guide being driven, either manually by the user, or by means or drive devices, for example of the worm or rack type.
  • the guide means, rails, telescopic elements, or other guides can be fixed to the ground, or on a wall of room or other support, thus releasing the floor and facilitating the cleaning of the floor of the premises.
  • the surface extending between the opening of the room and the car in its stopping position may have no guide jump seat, it can for example roll, by means of wheels or rollers on this surface or, in another embodiment, moving cantilevered above the surface, being supported by supports from the inside of the box.
  • the jump seat guide extends obliquely at an angle more or less close to the opening angle of the car door, the jump seat will preferably have such supports, for example casters, at its anterior part, to leave the room until near the seat.
  • this surface may have guiding or rolling means, for example one or rails guiding the jump seat to the immediate vicinity of the seat of the automobile.
  • the device according to the invention may also comprise means for detecting or detecting the presence of the automobile, for example an optical, magnetic or radar detector, and, particularly preferably, devices enabling the disabled driver to position his vehicle. in an appropriate position, such as, for example, an entry barrier and an exit barrier, and possibly markers for the driver, or reliefs for the wheels, for example ruts of the type provided in the stations of automatic car washing, so that the driver can easily park in a position where his door is arranged properly with respect to the opening of the room.
  • an optical, magnetic or radar detector and, particularly preferably, devices enabling the disabled driver to position his vehicle. in an appropriate position, such as, for example, an entry barrier and an exit barrier, and possibly markers for the driver, or reliefs for the wheels, for example ruts of the type provided in the stations of automatic car washing, so that the driver can easily park in a position where his door is arranged properly with respect to the opening of the room.
  • the device may comprise, especially in the case where the jump seat is motorized, detectors of the open position of the vehicle door, preferably carried by the jump seat, and which, in the event of presence of a door, immobilize the jump seat of so that the jump seat can be stopped or brought to a certain fixed distance from the open door.
  • these detectors it can be provided to dispose of them in a fixed manner.
  • Said determined distance is, just behind the open door, a free space for the legs of the user sitting on the seat during transfer between the car seat and the individual vehicle via the jump seat.
  • this distance between the jump seat and the door is, on average, between 15 cm and 30 cm, for example of the order of 25 cm.
  • the device may comprise detectors on the driver's side of the motor vehicle, which immobilize the jump seat at a sufficient distance from the side of the automobile, for example of the order of 10 to 30 cm.
  • the determination of this distance can take into account the possibility of offset of the movable seat, or the existence of a retractable plate intended to be positioned right next to the seat of the automobile.
  • These detectors may include, for example, one or more radars, sonic or radio, of the type used to help cars to park, arranged, preferably on or in the front edge of the jump seat.
  • the device may also include presence detectors on the surface portion swept by the opening and closing movement of the door or closing of the room, in order to block this movement in case of detection.
  • the device may include a user presence sensor on the jump seat.
  • this sensor is associated with the seat, for example in the form of a detector or weight sensor on the seat.
  • the power supply of the device can be autonomous, for example by a battery charged by photovoltaic means (in particular plates or sensors), if the device is arranged outside, or by connection to the electrical network, possibly via, also , a battery to ensure operation in case of power failure.
  • a battery charged by photovoltaic means in particular plates or sensors
  • connection to the electrical network possibly via, also , a battery to ensure operation in case of power failure.
  • the trajectory of the jump seat is preferably limited so that in the retracted position, it is still accessible manually by the user sitting in his vehicle.
  • the jump seat can advantageously have, on the side of the automobile, a retractable gripping device when the door of the room is closed, for example a flexible arm or elastically articulated.
  • the length of the trajectory of the folding seat is preferably of the order of 80 cm to 120 cm, for example, of the order of 90 cm.
  • a device with a toilet or toilet 1 suitable for disabled motorists.
  • this room is accessible to disabled people traveling in individual vehicles, such as wheelchairs, tricycles and scooters.
  • the regulatory surfaces arranged in relation to the positions of the toilet bowl 12 and the pivoting entry door 3, namely the circular surface 2a, with a diameter of 150 cm. the rotation of the wheelchair, and the rectangular surface 2b, 130 cm x 80 cm, for bringing the wheelchair next to the bowl 12, the latter being spaced 40 cm from the wall or wall 4a bottom.
  • a sink 5 may be disposed against the side wall portion 4 comprising the door 3, in the immediate vicinity of the bowl.
  • the other side wall part 4, on the side where the car will park, has a sliding door 10.
  • this side wall portion is spaced from the right side of the rectangular zone 2b, a distance of the order of 50 cm.
  • a guiding device 6 in the form of a base or plate, extending obliquely towards the opening 10 at an angle of the order of 60 ° to from the longitudinal axis of the premises and the automobile.
  • This guide device may be formed of a parallelepiped plate, 4 to 5 cm high, for example, whose front edges 7 and rear 8 are parallel to the longitudinal direction of the room and the automobile.
  • the plate has two ruts or guide rails 9, and possibly, in the case where the folding seat is not entirely manual, a central rut to receive a folding seat drive means, for example a fixed rack, by example of the type commonly used for sliding gates.
  • the length of the base 6 is of the order of 100 to 130 cm, the width being, for example, 40 cm.
  • the upper face of the plate 6 is flush with the ground 2 so as not to form an annoying relief for a wheelchair that would be placed to the right of the bowl 12 in the zone 2b.
  • the guiding base 6 passes under the sliding door 10 and extends, in part, on the floor between the door and the car 30 and supports a jump seat assembly 11.
  • the jump seat assembly 11 comprises a carriage 14 provided with wheels guided in the rails 9, preferably of C section, preventing the extraction from above and any overturning of the jump seat.
  • the carriage 14 can be moved on its rails by the user but it can also be expected that it is driven in its path on the rails by motor means.
  • a vertical structure 15 containing a lifting means (not shown), for example a lifting jack with electric drive, or one or more electric cylinders or not.
  • This lifting means can raise or lower a folding seat tray 16.
  • a control (not shown), fixed, for example, on the vertical front face of the tray. The user sitting on the jump seat can control the vertical displacement of the plate 16.
  • the plate 16 carries a seat of 17 seat, whose upper surface may have a comfort padding and possibly a folder.
  • the seat can slide on the plate 16, and has, for this purpose, two parallel slides (not shown) allowing the seat to slide easily in corresponding slides 18, section, for example, in dovetail, preventing a lifting of the seat.
  • the movement of the seat is limited between a position set back on the plateau ( Figures 1 , 11 ), and a position partially offset to the seat 32 of the automobile ( Figure 10 ).
  • the jump seat can be immobilized by locking means, such as brakes, both in its transfer position ( Figures 6 , 13 ) in its advanced position near the seat of the car ( Figures 2 , 10.11 ).
  • the plate 16 may have two retractable armrests (not shown).
  • each armrest can be rotatable in the vertical plane about respective horizontal axes fixed on the plate 16, at the rear of the latter, so that when the armrest is lowered in its horizontal position, the user can not move between jump seat and bowl, and folding seat and seat 32, while when the corresponding armrest is raised in its retracted vertical position, it no longer forms an obstacle to the passage of the user.
  • the lowered position of the right armrest prevents the sliding of the seat 17 towards the seat 32.
  • the device shown in the figures may also comprise different power supply means, computerized management and communications with a control center, including a battery assembly supplying low voltage lifting means located in the structure 15, and the set of electrical and computer devices that may be present in the device.
  • the jump seat 11 When the automobile 30 comes to stand next to the door 10 of the disabled toilet room, in a good position, thanks to guiding ruts and / or usual position-finding signals, the jump seat 11 is arranged on its rails , just behind the door 10 ( Figure 1 ). The user then opens the door 10, either manually or by a control means, for example an accessible door opening control terminal 21. He then opens his door 31 which is no longer obstructed by the door 10 and, extending his arm from the door, he grasps the jump seat, for example by a right armrest not shown) and pulls him. In this advanced position, the jump seat is located substantially next to the seat 32 of the car 30 ( Figure 2 ).
  • the user can cause, thanks to the control terminal 21, the advance of the jump seat 11 on its rails 9, sensors carried by the jump seat and / or the ceiling of the garage, or a fixed structure, causing it to stop near the car seat.
  • the jump seat guide means are formed of two rails 40 substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the automobile and the room.
  • the jump seat 41 comprises a carriage 42 resting on rollers (not shown) guided in the rails 40 to C section, preventing the extraction from above.
  • the carriage 42 comprises a base 43 and two front and rear wings 44.
  • the base 43 carries two rails 45, with a U-section, extending transversely to the axial direction of the rails 40.
  • the folding seat also comprises a second carriage 46, movable transversely on the carriage 42, having a base 47 mounted at one end on rollers (not shown) rolling in the rail 45, and at the other end, close to the automobile, on two feet 48, carrying wheels 49, intended to roll on the ground.
  • These rollers 49 can pivot about vertical axes (not shown), which allows them to orient in all directions, as their carriage 46 moves axially during movement of the carriage 42, or transversely to the automobile.
  • the carriage 34 can pivot a little in the vertical plane, to adapt to small variations of the ground surface, if they exist, when the carriage moves laterally to the seat of the car.
  • the rails 45 have a C-section, preventing the extraction of the rollers upwards.
  • the plate 47 of the carriage 46 carries two electric lifting jacks 50 for lowering and lifting a plate 51 extending above the base 43.
  • the plate 51 supports lateral guide means, schematically represented 52, supporting and guiding a seat 53.
  • the seat 53 can slide laterally in the opposite direction to that of the rollers 49, to be able to approach, partially cantilevered, the bowl 12. It can also provide that the seat 53 can slide in the other direction, to be able to approach, partially cantilevered seat 32 of the automobile.
  • the toilet room 1 has in its anterior lateral corner, two sliding doors 54 and 55, the opening of which completely releases the relevant front angle of the wall of the room.
  • the jump seat is preferably in a waiting position represented on the Figure 15 .
  • the user then actuates an opening terminal, causing the doors 54 and 55 to open, then opens its door 31, which no longer encounters the obstacle of the closed doors. He can then seize the jump seat, for example by its seat, and slide the carriage forward to its advanced position next to the seat 32. If appropriate, if the jump seat is already in its advanced position, when opening of the doors 54 and 55, it can open the window of its door, back a little manually the jump seat, open the door 32 and advance the jump seat.
  • the device may preferably comprise temporary locking means, brakes, ratchets or controlled stops, for example by retractable armrests (not shown) carried by the jump seat, for example by its seat 53, to temporarily immobilize the seat and the trolleys, during its movements between the seat, or the bowl, and the seat.
  • temporary locking means brakes, ratchets or controlled stops, for example by retractable armrests (not shown) carried by the jump seat, for example by its seat 53, to temporarily immobilize the seat and the trolleys, during its movements between the seat, or the bowl, and the seat.
  • These immobilization means directly accessible to those skilled in the art, may allow the folding seat to move on the rails 40 only if the carriage 46 is in the central position on its carriage 42.
  • the bowl 12 is disposed against a wall 57, parallel to the bottom wall 4, and the opening, with a sliding door 58, is located in the side wall, just in front of the wall 57.
  • the jump seat 59 is mounted on wheels (not shown) rolling on the ground.
  • the guide means on which the jump seat is guided is located behind the wall 57, for a guide of the folding seat parallel to the wall 57, and therefore perpendicular to the axis of the automobile 30. It comprises a fixed slide 60, located at a certain distance above the ground, for example 150 cm from the ground, a slide 61 guided horizontally on the fixed slide 60, and a movable slide 62 guided horizontally on the slide 61.
  • This guide assembly of a type in itself known in the trade, comprises rollers or balls avoiding friction between slide and slides.
  • the end of the slide 62, on the opening side, has a right-angled perpendicular arm 63, the horizontal portion of which extends through a horizontal slot in the wall 57, and the lower end of the vertical portion is fixed at jump seat 59.
  • the latter can therefore be guided parallel to the wall 57, between a position located next to the bowl ( Figures 28 ) and the advanced position outside the room, next to the seat 32 of the car 30 ( Figures 24 ).
  • the horizontal slot 65 in the wall 57 extends from the position of the arm 63 shown on the Figures 28 and 30 and is open at the end of the gate side 58, that is to say at the edge 64 of the wall 57 which terminates a little before the door 58, so that the arm 63, with the jump seat 59 can leave the room 1 to the position close to the automobile ( Figures 24 to 26 ).
  • a waiting position inside the room and next to the door 58, may be marked by a slight brake easily overcome by the disabled user ( Figures 21 to 23 ).
  • This brake may, for example, comprise notches or holes in the slideways 60 and 61, in which a corresponding guided ball in the slider 61 is partially partially penetrated into and pushed towards the corresponding slideway by a slight spring in the slider 61.
  • the jump seat 59 may comprise a seat 65 that can slide on guides (not shown) of the jump seat between a normal position on the jump seat ( Figures 21 to 24 ), and an advanced position towards the front and towards the side of the seat 32, partially cantilevered, to get closer to the seat ( Figure 25 ).
  • the jump seat may include an arm 66, retractable, preferably elastically, when the door 58 is closed .
  • This arm may comprise, for example, a long helical spring fixed by one end to the jump seat 59, this spring being held slightly in compression by a wire extending inside and fixed to both ends of the spring, the attachment to the jump seat being such that the arm 64, in the free state, extends towards the driver sitting on the seat 32, closing the door 58, when the jump seat is in the waiting position, pushing the spring inwards to retract it, the opening of the door, allowing the spring to extend again towards the automobile.
  • the operation is as follows.
  • the user parks his car in a determined position next to the door 58, ( Figure 21 ) then actuates a command (not shown, or an application on its mobile, which causes the sliding of the door 58 (in two parts in the example) .At this moment, the jump seat being in the waiting position ( Figures 21, 22 , 30 ), the opening causes the release of the elastic arm 66 ( Figure 22 ).
  • the user opens his door 31 and can seize the rod or arm 66 ( Figure 23 ) then pull the jump seat towards the automobile to its advanced position outside the room 1 ( Figures 24 , 31 ) and then causes the immobilization of the jump seat, for example by raising in the retracted position a right armrest (not shown) which then actuates a brake immobilizing the jump seat II can then pull towards him the seat 65 ( Figure 25 ) and then transfer to it ( Figure 26 ). He then moves it back completely onto the jump seat, lowers the armrest to release the brake and moves the jump seat itself towards the opening of the room, for example in the waiting position, and closes the door 31 ( Figure 27 ), then the door 58.
  • the invention also relates to the use of the transfer device, comprising a movable folding seat, comprising a seat for the user, respective transfer locations, in which the jump seat and the bowl are located next to the seat. other and in the immediate vicinity, said movable seat can be moved on guiding means between an advanced position located next to and near the seat of the automobile of the user, stopped in a specific position next to the local , and its transfer location, for the transfer of a disabled motorist between the automobile and the toilet bowl.

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La présente invention a trait à un dispositif de toilette ou WC, pour automobilistes handicapés moteurs.The present invention relates to a toilet device or toilet, for motorists with motor disabilities.

L'autonomie des automobilistes handicapés moteurs ou à mobilité réduite, c'est-à-dire, dans le cadre de la présente invention, sensiblement incapables, ou difficilement capables de se déplacer à pied, est limitée par l'absence, aux toilettes pour handicapés lui leur sont réservées, de moyens de s'y transférer depuis, puis vers leur véhicule automobile, autrement qu'en se transférant préalablement sur un véhicule individuel pour handicapé, tel qu'un fauteuil roulant ou scooter. Il existe, certes, des dispositifs individuels privés, tels que petites chaises roulantes ou planches ou glissières de transfert (voir, par exemple US 6 256 806 et US 6 115 971 ), mais aucune solution pratique et économique, utilisable pour des toilettes publiques pour automobilistes handicapés moteur, n'a été prévue.The autonomy of motorists with motor disabilities or reduced mobility, that is to say, in the context of the present invention, substantially incapable, or hardly able to move on foot, is limited by the absence, the toilets for disabled people are reserved for them, means to transfer to it from then, then to their motor vehicle, otherwise than by transferring previously on an individual vehicle for handicapped, such as a wheelchair or scooter. There are, of course, private individual devices, such as small wheelchairs or boards or transfer slides (see, for example US 6,256,806 and US 6,115,971 ), but no practical and economical solution, usable for public toilets for disabled motorists, has been planned.

La présente invention se propose de remédier à ces inconvénients et de fournir un dispositif de toilettes ou WC, pour automobilistes handicapés moteurs, efficace, peu couteux, et pouvant être mis en place de façon économique, permettant une utilisation, simple, sure et efficace pour l'automobiliste, et particulièrement économique et facile à gérer, pour l'entité qui en a la gestion. Un autre objectif de l'invention est de réduire la durée de transfert de l'automobiliste utilisateur entre son véhicule automobile et le siège de toilettes, ce qui permet notamment de réduire sa fatigue et sa durée d'exposition à la pollution aérienne, par exemple dans des parcs de stationnement confinés.The present invention proposes to remedy these drawbacks and to provide a device toilet or WC, for motorists disabled motor, effective, inexpensive, and can be set up economically, allowing use, simple, safe and effective for the motorist, and particularly economic and easy to manage, for the entity that manages it. Another object of the invention is to reduce the transfer time of the motorist user between his motor vehicle and the toilet seat, which in particular reduces its fatigue and its exposure time to air pollution, for example in confined parking lots.

Par handicapé moteur, au sens de la présent invention, on entend les personnes à mobilité inexistante ou réduite, mais capables de conduire un véhicule automobile, ou du moins d'en utiliser, comme passager. Il s'agit par exemple de personnes paraplégiques, ou ayant perdu l'usage des jambes, ou ne pouvant marcher que difficilement, par exemple des personnes souffrant d'obésité. On inclut également, dans ce terme, les personnes à mobilité normale ou peu altérée, mais qui se fatiguent ou s'essoufflent très vite.For the purposes of the present invention, the term "motor handicapped" is understood to mean persons with no mobility or reduced mobility, but capable of driving a motor vehicle, or at least of using it, as a passenger. For example, they are paraplegic persons, or who have lost the use of their legs, or who can not walk with difficulty, for example people suffering from obesity. It also includes, in this term, people with normal mobility or little altered, but who get tired or run out of steam very quickly.

L'invention a pour objet un dispositif de toilette ou WC, pour automobilistes handicapés moteurs, tel que défini par la revendication 1.The invention relates to a toilet device or toilet, for motorists with motor disabilities, as defined by claim 1.

Le dispositif de toilette ou WC pour automobilistes handicapés comporte, un local comportant une ouverture à coté de laquelle peut se garer une automobile, à l'extérieur dudit local,
une cuvette de WC pour handicapé, installée dans ledit local,
un strapontin mobile, comportant une assise pour l'utilisateur,
des moyens de guidage ou guides dudit strapontin, fixés dans ledit local,
ledit strapontin mobile pouvant être déplacé par l'utilisateur sur lesdits moyens de guidage entre une position avancée se trouvant située à côté et à proximité du siège de l'automobile de l'utilisateur, arrêté dans une position déterminée à côté de ladite ouverture du local, et un emplacement de transfert, dans lesquels le strapontin et la cuvette se trouvent l'un à côté de l'autre et à proximité immédiate,
le strapontin présentant des moyens ou freins permettant son immobilisation dans sa position de transfert et dans sa position avancée à côté du siège de l'automobile,

  • ladite ouverture pouvant être fermée par l'utilisateur lorsque ledit strapontin se trouve à l'intérieur dudit local.
The device toilet or toilet for disabled motorists comprises, a room having an opening next to which can park a car, outside said premises,
a toilet bowl for the disabled, installed in said room,
a movable folding seat, comprising a seat for the user,
guide means or guides of said jump seat, fixed in said room,
said mobile jump seat being movable by the user on said guide means between an advanced position located next to and near the seat of the automobile of the user, stopped in a determined position next to said opening of the room , and a transfer location, in which the jump seat and the bowl are located next to each other and in the immediate vicinity,
the folding seat having means or brakes enabling it to be immobilized in its transfer position and in its advanced position next to the seat of the automobile,
  • said opening being closable by the user when said jump seat is within said room.

Le guide assurant le guidage du strapontin est formé, par exemple des rails, ou ornières, ou des dispositifs télescopiques de guidage comprenant des éléments allongés coulissant les uns par rapport aux autres, par exemple, une glissière allongée sur laquelle coulisse un coulisseau, sur lequel coulisse une deuxième glissière allongée.The guide for guiding the jump seat is formed, for example rails, or ruts, or telescopic guiding devices comprising elongated elements sliding relative to each other, for example, an elongated slide on which slides a slide, on which slide a second elongated slide.

Lesdits moyens d'immobilisation ou freins permettent d'arrêter, et de relâcher le strapontin, il peut s'agir par exemple d'arrêtoirs, encliquetages, ou tout autre mécanisme permettant d'arrêter, et de relâcher le strapontin.Said immobilizing means or brakes can stop, and release the jump seat, it may be for example stoppers, snaps, or any other mechanism to stop, and release the jump seat.

De préférence, ces moyens d'immobilisation ou freins ou autres moyens de blocage, sont actionnables, d'une façon en soi connue, par des accoudoirs pivotants ou escamotables présentés par les deux côtés latéraux du strapontin.Preferably, these immobilizing means or brakes or other locking means are actuable, in a manner known per se, by pivoting or retractable armrests presented by the two lateral sides of the jump seat.

Dans une forme de réalisation préférée le strapontin comporte des moyens de déplacement vertical d'assise, ou élévateurs d'assise, tels qu'un moteur, permettant une variation du niveau vertical de l'assise du strapontin, au moins entre deux niveaux, à savoir le niveau d'assiette de la cuvette et le niveau du siège de l'automobile, s'il est différent. Ces moyens peuvent comprendre un dispositif de soulèvement et d'abaissement électrique ou hydraulique, ou autre, tel que cric manuel ou vérin. De préférence ces moyens sont commandés par l'utilisateur, par une commande, par exemple un bouton ou une commande manuelle.In a preferred embodiment the jump seat comprises means for vertical displacement of seat, or seat lifts, such as a motor, allowing a variation of the vertical level of the seat of the jump seat, at least between two levels, to know the trim level of the bowl and the seat level of the car, if different. These means may include a lifting or lowering device electrical or hydraulic, or other such as manual jack or jack. Preferably these means are controlled by the user, by a command, for example a button or a manual command.

Le dispositif peut, optionnellement, comporter des moyens moteurs (ou moteurs) d'entraînement du strapontin sur ses moyens de guidage ou guides et des commandes y relatives, commandables par l'utilisateur, mais, de préférence, le strapontin peut être déplacé par la force musculaire manuelle de l'utilisateur.The device may, optionally, comprise drive means (or motors) for driving the jump seat on its guide means or guides and related commands, controllable by the user, but preferably the jump seat can be moved by the manual muscle strength of the user.

Le moteur d'entraînement du strapontin, s'il est prévu, peut être divers, par exemple du type à crémaillère ou à vis sans fin ou vérin hydraulique ou pneumatique.The drive motor of the jump seat, if provided, can be various, for example of the rack or worm type or hydraulic or pneumatic cylinder.

Les toilettes pour handicapés comprennent un local tel qu'une caisse ou conteneur de type mobilier urbain, présentant, au moins sur un côté, une ouverture susceptible d'être ouverte ou fermée par un moyen de fermeture (ou fermeture) commandé par un utilisateur, et contenant la cuvette et un strapontin, disposés dans des positions respectives retirées à l'intérieur du local, ledit local étant disposé pour qu'une automobile puisse venir se garer à coté de ladite ouverture.The handicapped toilet includes a room such as a box or container of street furniture type, presenting, at least on one side, a opening may be opened or closed by means of closure (or closure) controlled by a user, and containing the bowl and a folding seat, arranged in respective positions removed within the premises, said room being arranged for that a car can come to park next to said opening.

De façon préférée, ladite ouverture peut être ouverte de façon coulissante, de préférence, parallèlement à l'axe longitudinal de l'automobile.Preferably, said opening may be slidably open, preferably parallel to the longitudinal axis of the automobile.

Le local peut avantageusement satisfaire aux normes dimensionnelles en vigueur pour les toilettes publiques pour handicapés.The room can advantageously meet the dimensional standards in force for public toilets for the disabled.

Le local peut, optionnellement, être accessible aux personnes handicapées se déplaçant sur un véhicule individuel, tel que fauteuil roulant, tricycle ou scooter, et l'on préfère, alors qu'il dispose d'une autre ouverture éloignée à cet effet.The room may, optionally, be accessible to persons with disabilities traveling on an individual vehicle, such as wheelchair, tricycle or scooter, and it is preferred, while it has another remote opening for this purpose.

De préférence les moyens de fermeture du local, tels que portes ou rideaux pivotants, basculants ou coulissants, libèrent une ouverture d'accès, sur le coté latéral proche de l'automobile.Preferably the closing means of the room, such as doors or curtains pivoting, tilting or sliding, release an access opening on the side side close to the automobile.

De préférence, les dimensions de l'ouverture ainsi située, sont telles que la partie externe au moins de la portière de l'automobile peut passer par l'ouverture, lorsque l'utilisateur ouvre la portière.Preferably, the dimensions of the opening thus located, are such that the outer portion of at least the door of the automobile can pass through the opening, when the user opens the door.

On peut avantageusement prévoir des moyens de guidage et/ou de repérage (guides et/ou repères) permettant à l'automobiliste de venir garer sa voiture dans la position précise dans laquelle le strapontin viendra se disposer, dans sa position avancé Ces guides et/ou repères peuvent comprendre, par exemple, des ornières de guidage de roues, ou des repères, imposant ou indiquant, à l'automobile, la distance latérale entre le dispositif et le côté conducteur, et donc le siège de l'automobile, ou le siège de passager, s'il y a lieu, et des repères de position axiale de l'automobile, visualisés par l'utilisateur dans l'automobile ; on peut aussi prévoir un détecteur ou radar détectant la position axiale d'arrêt.It is advantageous to provide guide and / or tracking means (guides and / or markers) enabling the motorist to come and park his car in the precise position in which the jump seat will be disposed, in its advanced position. or markers may include, for example, wheel guide ruts, or markers, imposing or indicating, to the automobile, the lateral distance between the device and the driver's side, and thus the seat of the automobile, or the passenger seat, if any, and axial position marks of the automobile, viewed by the user in the automobile; it is also possible to provide a detector or radar detecting the axial stopping position.

Dans une forme de réalisation, ces moyens peuvent comprendre un détecteur ou capteur, d'un type connu, qui détecte précisément la position de l'interstice ou fente qui est présente, juste derrière l'arrête arrière de la portière fermée de l'automobile, ce détecteur informant un dispositif de signalisation, par exemple un feu de signalisation, indiquant à l'utilisateur, ou au conducteur, que l'automobile est parvenue en bonne position d'arrêt.In one embodiment, these means may comprise a detector or sensor, of a known type, which accurately detects the position of the gap or slot that is present, just behind the rear stop of the closed door of the automobile. , this detector informing a signaling device, for example a traffic light, indicating to the user, or the driver, that the car has reached a good stop position.

De préférence aussi, le dispositif comporte un détecteur de présence d'automobile sur l'emplacement prévu à côté du local, notamment pour informer un centre de gestion ou de surveillance.Also preferably, the device comprises an automobile presence detector on the location provided next to the local, in particular to inform a management center or monitoring.

On peut prévoir, notamment, que la fermeture ou porte du local ne puisse pas être ouverte en l'absence de l'automobile, ou en cas de mauvaise position de celle-ci.It can be provided, in particular, that the closure or door of the room can not be opened in the absence of the automobile, or in case of bad position thereof.

Dans la forme de réalisation, préférée de l'invention, les moyens de guidage ou guide du strapontin entre sa position retirée dans le local et sa position avancée à côté du siège de l'automobile peuvent s'étendre de façon oblique vers le côté et vers l'avant de l'automobile.In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the guide means or guide of the jump seat between its withdrawn position in the room and its advanced position next to the seat of the automobile can extend obliquely towards the side and towards the front of the automobile.

On préfère alors que les moyens de guidage du strapontin soient inclinés, par rapport à l'axe de l'automobile, d'un angle, de préférence compris entre 50 et 70°, plus préférentiellement entre 55 et 65°, et, de préférence, de l'ordre de 60°, correspondant sensiblement à l'angle de la portière de l'automobile dans sa position ouverte.It is then preferred that the jump seat guide means are inclined, with respect to the axis of the automobile, by an angle, preferably between 50 and 70 °, more preferably between 55 and 65 °, and preferably , of the order of 60 °, corresponding substantially to the angle of the door of the car in its open position.

Dans une autre forme de réalisation lesdits moyens de guidage sont au contraire sensiblement parallèles, ou au plus faiblement obliques par rapport à l'axe longitudinal de l'automobile, faisant un angle, de préférence inférieur à 20 ou 25 ou 30°, avec l'axe du dispositif.In another embodiment, said guiding means are on the contrary substantially parallel, or at least slightly oblique with respect to the longitudinal axis of the automobile, forming an angle, preferably less than 20 or 25 or 30 °, with axis of the device.

Cette disposition est indiquée lorsque la distance entre la cuvette et le coté du local où se gare l'automobile, est faible, et on préfère alors que les moyens de fermeture du local, tels que portes ou rideaux pivotants, basculants ou coulissants, libère une ouverture d'accès, à la fois sur le côté latéral du local proche de l'automobile, et sur le côté avant du local, permettant, alors, à la portière de s'ouvrir dans l'espace ainsi libéré.This provision is indicated when the distance between the bowl and the side of the room where the car parks, is low, and it is preferred that the closing means of the room, such as doors or curtains pivoting, tilting or sliding, releases a access opening, both on the side of the local near the automobile, and on the front side of the room, allowing, then, the door to open in the space thus released.

Dans une autre forme de réalisation, ledit guide est sensiblement perpendiculaires par rapport à l'axe longitudinal de l'automobile.In another embodiment, said guide is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the automobile.

Dans une forme de réalisation, l'assise du strapontin n'est pas fixe mais peut coulisser sur des moyens de guidage ou guides de l'assise portés par le strapontin, permettent un déplacement de l'assise en porte-à-faux partiel de l'assise jusqu'à proximité immédiate du siège de l'automobile.In one embodiment, the seat of the folding seat is not fixed but can slide on guide means or guides of the seat carried by the jump seat, allow a displacement of the partial cantilever seat of the seat to the immediate vicinity of the car seat.

Dans la forme de réalisation dans laquelle le guide du strapontin est sensiblement parallèle à l'axe longitudinal de l'automobile et du local, ou faiblement obliques, vers l'avant et vers le siège de l'automobile, le strapontin peut porter une structure mobile de strapontin, par exemple un chariot, déplaçable latéralement vers le siège de l'automobile et muni, au moins vers son extrémité du côté du siège, de roues ou billes roulant sur le sol, par exemple des roulettes. De préférence, le guide peut s'étendre pour que l'assise puisse coulisser latéralement jusqu'à proximité immédiate du siège, la présence des roulettes de support assurant que le poids de l'utilisateur, parvenant du siège sur l'assise, ne provoque pas de porte-à-faux sensible. En d'autres termes, le strapontin se déplace d'abord longitudinalement depuis sa position de transfert, puis, une fois arrivé au niveau du siège de l'automobile, le chariot se déplace latéralement, avec son assise, jusqu'à proximité immédiate du siège.In the embodiment in which the guide of the folding seat is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the automobile and the room, or slightly oblique, towards the front and towards the seat of the automobile, the jump seat can carry a structure movable folding seat, for example a carriage, movable laterally to the seat of the car and provided, at least towards its end side of the seat, wheels or balls rolling on the ground, for example wheels. Preferably, the guide can extend so that the seat can slide laterally to the immediate vicinity of the seat, the presence of the support rollers ensuring that the weight of the user, coming from the seat on the seat, does not cause no noticeable overhang. In other words, the jump seat first moves longitudinally from its transfer position, then, once reached the level the car seat, the carriage moves laterally, with its seat, to the immediate vicinity of the seat.

Les moyens de roulement sont alors, de préférence, des roulettes, dont l'axe est monté sur une tige ou bras pouvant pivoter librement autour d'un axe vertical, de sorte que le simple déplacement de ce chariot latéral provoque l'orientation des roulettes dans le sens de déplacement.The rolling means are then, preferably, rollers, the axis of which is mounted on a rod or arm that can pivot freely about a vertical axis, so that the simple displacement of this lateral carriage causes the wheels to be oriented. in the direction of travel.

On peut prévoir des moyens ou dispositif d'entraînement, par exemple du type a crémaillère ou vis sans fin ou vérin, pour les déplacements latéraux de cette structure par rapport à la base de strapontin qui la supporte, ainsi que la e commande y relative mais, de préférence l'utilisateur entraine manuellement cette structure, ainsi que le strapontin lui-même.Means or drive device may be provided, for example of the rack or worm or jack type, for the lateral displacements of this structure relative to the base of the folding seat which supports it, as well as the relative control but preferably the user manually drives this structure, as well as the jump seat itself.

L'assise elle-même, si elle est mobile, peut être motorisée, mais on préfère que ses déplacements sur le guide soient effectués par l'utilisateur.The seat itself, if mobile, can be motorized, but it is preferred that its movements on the guide are made by the user.

En variante, moins préférée, dans le cas où l'assise du strapontin n'est pas mobile vers le véhicule individuel, le strapontin peut présenter, du côté latéral qui regarde le siège du véhicule, une plaque déplaçable ou pivotante ou coulissante entre une position effacée et une position prolongeant l'assise du strapontin vers ledit siège, pour faciliter le transfert de l'utilisateur entre le siège et le strapontin. Cette plaque peut, par exemple pivoter autour d'un axe horizontal, ou bien coulisser horizontalement entre une position effacée sous l'assise du strapontin et la position avancée. De façon avantageuse, des moyens de blocage ou freins, par exemple par encliquetage, peuvent maintenir la plaque dans sa position avancée, tout en pouvant être libérés par l'utilisateur.Alternatively, less preferred, in the case where the seat of the folding seat is not movable to the individual vehicle, the jump seat can have, on the lateral side facing the vehicle seat, a movable plate or pivoting or sliding between a position erased and a position extending the seat of the folding seat to said seat, to facilitate the transfer of the user between the seat and the jump seat. This plate can, for example, pivot about a horizontal axis, or slide horizontally between a position erased under the seat of the jump seat and the advanced position. Advantageously, locking means or brakes, for example by snapping, can maintain the plate in its advanced position, while being able to be released by the user.

Dans une autre variante, notamment quand les moyens de guidage sont sensiblement perpendiculaires à l'axe de l'automobile, l'assise mobile peut être déplacée, de préférence en léger porte-à-faux, vers l'avant à côté du siège de l'automobile.In another variant, especially when the guide means are substantially perpendicular to the axis of the automobile, the movable seat can be moved, preferably slightly overhang, forwardly next to the seat of the automobile.

Le strapontin peut reposer et se déplacer, par exemple, sur des roulettes ou galets, de préférence guidés par moyens de guidage ou guides, par exemple des rails, ou bien il peut être guidé par des moyens de guidage ou guides tels que des éléments allongés télescopiques de guidage en étant entrainé, soit manuellement par l'utilisateur, soit par des moyens ou dispositifs d'entraînement, par exemple du type à vis sans fin ou à crémaillère.The folding seat can rest and move, for example, on rollers or rollers, preferably guided by guide means or guides, for example rails, or it can be guided by guide means or guides such as elongated elements telescopic guide being driven, either manually by the user, or by means or drive devices, for example of the worm or rack type.

Les moyens de guidage, rails, éléments télescopiques, ou autres guides, peuvent être fixés au sol, ou sur une paroi de local ou autre support, libérant ainsi le sol et facilitant le nettoyage du sol du local.The guide means, rails, telescopic elements, or other guides, can be fixed to the ground, or on a wall of room or other support, thus releasing the floor and facilitating the cleaning of the floor of the premises.

La surface s'étendant entre l'ouverture du local et l'automobile dans sa position d'arrêt peut ne comporter aucun guide du strapontin, celui-ci pouvant par exemple rouler, grâce à des roues ou roulettes, sur cette surface, ou, dans une autre forme de réalisation, se déplacer en porte-à-faux au-dessus de la surface, en étant supporté par des supports depuis l'intérieur de la caisse. Dans le cas où le guide du strapontin s'étendt de façon oblique, selon un angle plus ou moins proche de l'angle d'ouverture de la portière de l'automobile, le strapontin présentera, de préférence, de tels supports, par exemple des roulettes, à sa partie antérieure, pour sortir du local jusqu'à proximité du siège.The surface extending between the opening of the room and the car in its stopping position may have no guide jump seat, it can for example roll, by means of wheels or rollers on this surface or, in another embodiment, moving cantilevered above the surface, being supported by supports from the inside of the box. In the case where the jump seat guide extends obliquely at an angle more or less close to the opening angle of the car door, the jump seat will preferably have such supports, for example casters, at its anterior part, to leave the room until near the seat.

Dans d'autre formes de réalisation, cette surface peut présenter des moyens de guidage ou de roulement, par exemple un ou des rails guidant le strapontin jusqu'à proximité immédiate du siège de l'automobile.In other embodiments, this surface may have guiding or rolling means, for example one or rails guiding the jump seat to the immediate vicinity of the seat of the automobile.

Le dispositif selon l'invention peut comporter également des moyens de détection ou détecteurs de la présence de l'automobile, par exemple un détecteur optique, magnétique ou radar, et, de façon particulièrement préférée, des dispositifs permettant au conducteur handicapé, de positionner son automobile en bonne position, tels que, par exemple, une barrière d'entrée et une barrière de sortie, et, éventuellement, des repères pour le conducteur, ou des reliefs pour les roues, par exemple des ornières du type prévu dans les stations de lavage automatique de voiture, de sorte que le conducteur peut facilement se garer dans une position où sa portière est disposée convenablement par rapport à l'ouverture du local.The device according to the invention may also comprise means for detecting or detecting the presence of the automobile, for example an optical, magnetic or radar detector, and, particularly preferably, devices enabling the disabled driver to position his vehicle. in an appropriate position, such as, for example, an entry barrier and an exit barrier, and possibly markers for the driver, or reliefs for the wheels, for example ruts of the type provided in the stations of automatic car washing, so that the driver can easily park in a position where his door is arranged properly with respect to the opening of the room.

Le dispositif peut comporter, notamment dans le cas où le strapontin est motorisé, des détecteurs de la position ouverte de la portière du véhicule, de préférence portés par le strapontin, et qui, en cas de présence d'une portière, immobilisent le strapontin de façon que le strapontin puisse être arrêté ou amené à une distance fixe déterminée de la portière ouverte. Dans une variante, notamment pour éviter que l'utilisateur assis sur le strapontin ne masque ces détecteurs, on peut prévoir de les disposer de façon fixe.The device may comprise, especially in the case where the jump seat is motorized, detectors of the open position of the vehicle door, preferably carried by the jump seat, and which, in the event of presence of a door, immobilize the jump seat of so that the jump seat can be stopped or brought to a certain fixed distance from the open door. In a variant, in particular to prevent the user sitting on the jump seat masks these detectors, it can be provided to dispose of them in a fixed manner.

Ladite distance déterminée constitue, juste derrière la portière ouverte, un espace libre pour les jambes de l'utilisateur assis sur l'assise pendant son transfert entre le siège de l'automobile et le véhicule individuel via le strapontin. De préférence cette distance entre le strapontin et la portière est, en moyenne, comprise entre 15 cm et 30 cm, par exemple de l'ordre de 25 cm.Said determined distance is, just behind the open door, a free space for the legs of the user sitting on the seat during transfer between the car seat and the individual vehicle via the jump seat. Preferably this distance between the jump seat and the door is, on average, between 15 cm and 30 cm, for example of the order of 25 cm.

Le dispositif peut comporter des détecteurs du côté conducteur du véhicule automobile, qui immobilisent le strapontin à distance suffisante du côté de l'automobile, par exemple de l'ordre de 10 à 30 cm. La détermination de cette distance peut tenir compte de la possibilité de déport de l'assise mobile, ou de l'existence d'une plaque escamotable destiné à être positionnée juste à côté du siège de l'automobile.The device may comprise detectors on the driver's side of the motor vehicle, which immobilize the jump seat at a sufficient distance from the side of the automobile, for example of the order of 10 to 30 cm. The determination of this distance can take into account the possibility of offset of the movable seat, or the existence of a retractable plate intended to be positioned right next to the seat of the automobile.

Ces détecteurs peuvent comprendre, par exemple, un ou des radars, soniques ou hertziens, du type utilisé pour aider les voitures à se garer, disposés, de préférence sur ou dans le bord antérieur du strapontin.These detectors may include, for example, one or more radars, sonic or radio, of the type used to help cars to park, arranged, preferably on or in the front edge of the jump seat.

Le dispositif peut également comprendre des détecteurs de présence sur la partie de surface balayée par le mouvement d'ouverture et de fermeture de la porte ou fermeture du local, afin de bloquer ce mouvement en cas de détection.The device may also include presence detectors on the surface portion swept by the opening and closing movement of the door or closing of the room, in order to block this movement in case of detection.

Dans une forme de réalisation préférée de l'invention, le dispositif peut comprendre un détecteur de présence de l'utilisateur sur le strapontin. De préférence ce détecteur est associé à l'assise, par exemple sous forme d'un détecteur ou capteur de poids sur l'assise.In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the device may include a user presence sensor on the jump seat. Preferably this sensor is associated with the seat, for example in the form of a detector or weight sensor on the seat.

L'alimentation électrique du dispositif peut être autonome, par exemple par une batterie chargée par des moyens (notamment plaques ou capteurs) photovoltaïques, si le dispositif est disposé en extérieur, ou bien par raccordement au réseau électrique, éventuellement par l'intermédiaire, également, d'une batterie afin de garantir le fonctionnement en cas de coupure de courant.The power supply of the device can be autonomous, for example by a battery charged by photovoltaic means (in particular plates or sensors), if the device is arranged outside, or by connection to the electrical network, possibly via, also , a battery to ensure operation in case of power failure.

La trajectoire du strapontin est, de préférence, limitée pour qu'en position reculée, il soit néanmoins accessible manuellement par l'utilisateur assis dans son véhicule. On peut aussi prévoir une position intermédiaire du strapontin sur ses moyens ou rails de guidage, dans laquelle il reste accessible à la main de l'utilisateur, mais libère l'ouverture du local pour ne pas former un obstacle au mouvement d'ouverture de la portière à travers l'ouverture du local.The trajectory of the jump seat is preferably limited so that in the retracted position, it is still accessible manually by the user sitting in his vehicle. One can also provide an intermediate position of the jump seat on its means or guide rails, in which it remains accessible to the hand of the user, but releases the opening of the room to not form an obstacle to the opening movement of the door through the opening of the room.

Le strapontin peut avantageusement présenter, du côté de l'automobile, un dispositif de préhension escamotable lorsque la porte du local est fermé, par exemple un bras souple ou articulé élastiquement.The jump seat can advantageously have, on the side of the automobile, a retractable gripping device when the door of the room is closed, for example a flexible arm or elastically articulated.

La longueur de la trajectoire du strapontin est de préférence de l'ordre de 80 cm à 120 cm, par exemple, de l'ordre de 90 cm.The length of the trajectory of the folding seat is preferably of the order of 80 cm to 120 cm, for example, of the order of 90 cm.

D'autres avantages et caractéristiques de l'invention apparaîtront à la lecture de la description suivante, faite à titre d'exemple non limitatif, et se référant au dessin annexé dans lequel :

  • la Figure 1 représente une vue schématique de dessus d'un dispositif selon une première forme de réalisation,
  • la Figure 2 à 9 représentent des vue schématiques de dessus similaires à la Figure 1 pendant les différentes phases de transfert de l'utilisateur,
  • la Figure 10 à 13 représentent des vues schématique en perspective du strapontin en différentes positions de transfert
  • la Figure14 représente une vue schématique en perspective d'un strapontin selon une deuxième forme de réalisation,
  • les Figure 15 à 20 représentent des vue schématiques de dessus de cette deuxième forme de réalisation pendant les différentes phases de transfert de l'utilisateur.
  • les Figures 21 à 28 représentent des vues schématiques de dessus d'une troisième forme de réalisation pendant différentes phases de transfert,
  • les Figures 29 à 31 représentent des vues schématiques en élévation pendant les phases de ce transfert.
Other advantages and features of the invention will become apparent on reading the following description, given by way of non-limiting example, and with reference to the appended drawing in which:
  • the Figure 1 is a schematic top view of a device according to a first embodiment,
  • the Figure 2 to 9 represent schematic top views similar to the Figure 1 during the different transfer phases of the user,
  • the Figure 10 to 13 are schematic perspective views of the jump seat in different transfer positions
  • the Figure 14 is a schematic perspective view of a jump seat according to a second embodiment,
  • the Figure 15 to 20 represent schematic top views of this second embodiment during the different transfer phases of the user.
  • the Figures 21 to 28 represent schematic views from above of a third embodiment during different transfer phases,
  • the Figures 29 to 31 represent schematic views in elevation during the phases of this transfer.

En se référant à la Figure 1, on voit, en vue de dessus, un dispositif selon l'invention avec un local de toilettes ou WC 1 adapté aux personnes handicapées motrices. Dans l'exemple décrit ce local est accessible aux handicapés se déplaçant en véhicules individuels, tels que fauteuils roulants, tricycles et scooters. On a représenté, en projection sur le sol 2, les surfaces règlementaires disposées en relation avec les positions de la cuvette de WC 12 et la porte pivotante d'entrée 3, à savoir la surface circulaire 2a, d'un diamètre de 150 cm pour la rotation du fauteuil roulant, et la surface rectangulaire 2b, de 130 cm x 80 cm, permettant d'amener le fauteuil roulant à côté de la cuvette 12, celle-ci étant écartée de 40 cm de la paroi ou cloison 4a de fond. Un lavabo 5 peut être disposé contre la partie latérale de cloison 4 comprenant la porte 3, à proximité immédiate de la cuvette.Referring to the Figure 1 , seen in top view, a device according to the invention with a toilet or toilet 1 suitable for disabled motorists. In the example described this room is accessible to disabled people traveling in individual vehicles, such as wheelchairs, tricycles and scooters. It is shown, in projection on the floor 2, the regulatory surfaces arranged in relation to the positions of the toilet bowl 12 and the pivoting entry door 3, namely the circular surface 2a, with a diameter of 150 cm. the rotation of the wheelchair, and the rectangular surface 2b, 130 cm x 80 cm, for bringing the wheelchair next to the bowl 12, the latter being spaced 40 cm from the wall or wall 4a bottom. A sink 5 may be disposed against the side wall portion 4 comprising the door 3, in the immediate vicinity of the bowl.

L'autre partie latérale de paroi 4, du côté où va se garer l'automobile, présente une porte coulissante 10. Dans l'exemple décrit, cette partie latérale de paroi est écartée du côté droit de la zone rectangulaire 2b, d'une distance de l'ordre de 50 cm.The other side wall part 4, on the side where the car will park, has a sliding door 10. In the example described, this side wall portion is spaced from the right side of the rectangular zone 2b, a distance of the order of 50 cm.

Depuis la cuvette 12 s'étend, obliquement et vers l'avant, un dispositif de guidage 6, sous forme d'une embase ou plaque, s'étendant obliquement vers l'ouverture 10 selon un angle de l'ordre de 60° à partir de l'axe longitudinal du local et de l'automobile. Ce dispositif de guidage peut être formé d'une plaque parallélépipédique, de 4 à 5 cm de hauteur, par exemple, dont les bords avant 7 et arrière 8 sont parallèles à la direction longitudinale du local et de l'automobile. La plaque présente deux ornières ou rails de guidage 9, et, éventuellement, dans le cas où le déplacement du strapontin n'est pas entièrement manuel, une ornière centrale pour recevoir un moyen d'entrainement de strapontin, par exemple une crémaillère fixe, par exemple du type couramment utilisé pour les portails coulissants. De préférence, la longueur de l'embase 6 est de l'ordre de 100 à 130 cm, la largeur étant, par exemple, de 40 cm. De préférence, la face supérieure de la plaque 6 affleure au niveau du sol 2, pour ne pas former un relief gênant pour un fauteuil roulant qui viendrait se disposer à droite de la cuvette 12 dans la zone 2b.From the bowl 12 extends, obliquely and forwards, a guiding device 6, in the form of a base or plate, extending obliquely towards the opening 10 at an angle of the order of 60 ° to from the longitudinal axis of the premises and the automobile. This guide device may be formed of a parallelepiped plate, 4 to 5 cm high, for example, whose front edges 7 and rear 8 are parallel to the longitudinal direction of the room and the automobile. The plate has two ruts or guide rails 9, and possibly, in the case where the folding seat is not entirely manual, a central rut to receive a folding seat drive means, for example a fixed rack, by example of the type commonly used for sliding gates. Preferably, the length of the base 6 is of the order of 100 to 130 cm, the width being, for example, 40 cm. Preferably, the upper face of the plate 6 is flush with the ground 2 so as not to form an annoying relief for a wheelchair that would be placed to the right of the bowl 12 in the zone 2b.

L'embase de guidage 6 passe sous la porte coulissante 10 et s'étend, en partie, sur le sol entre la porte et l'automobile 30 supporte, et guide un ensemble de strapontin 11.The guiding base 6 passes under the sliding door 10 and extends, in part, on the floor between the door and the car 30 and supports a jump seat assembly 11.

L'ensemble de strapontin 11 comporte un chariot 14 munis de roulettes guidées dans les rails 9, de préférence à section en C, empêchant l'extraction par le haut et tout renversement du strapontin. De préférence le chariot 14 peut être déplacé sur ses rails par l'utilisateur mais on peut aussi prévoir qu'il soit entrainé dans son parcours sur les rails par des moyens moteurs. Sur le chariot 14 se trouve fixée une structure verticale 15 contenant un moyen de levage (non représenté), par exemple un cric de levage à entrainement électrique, ou un ou plusieurs vérins électriques ou non. Ce moyen de levage peut faire monter ou descendre un plateau de strapontin 16. Grâce à une commande (non représentée), fixée, par exemple, sur la face verticale avant du plateau. L'utilisateur assis sur le strapontin peut commander le déplacement vertical du plateau 16.The jump seat assembly 11 comprises a carriage 14 provided with wheels guided in the rails 9, preferably of C section, preventing the extraction from above and any overturning of the jump seat. Preferably the carriage 14 can be moved on its rails by the user but it can also be expected that it is driven in its path on the rails by motor means. On the carriage 14 is fixed a vertical structure 15 containing a lifting means (not shown), for example a lifting jack with electric drive, or one or more electric cylinders or not. This lifting means can raise or lower a folding seat tray 16. With a control (not shown), fixed, for example, on the vertical front face of the tray. The user sitting on the jump seat can control the vertical displacement of the plate 16.

Le plateau 16 porte une assise de strapontin 17, dont la surface supérieure peut présenter un rembourrage de confort et éventuellement un dossier. Dans l'exemple décrit l'assise peut coulisser sur le plateau 16, et présente, à cet effet, deux coulisseaux parallèles (non représentés) permettant à l'assise de coulisser facilement dans des glissières correspondantes 18, à section, par exemple, en queue d'aronde, empêchant un soulèvement de l'assise. Le mouvement de l'assise est limité entre une position reculée sur le plateau (Figures 1, 11), et une position partiellement déportée vers le siège 32 de l'automobile (Figure 10).The plate 16 carries a seat of 17 seat, whose upper surface may have a comfort padding and possibly a folder. In the example described the seat can slide on the plate 16, and has, for this purpose, two parallel slides (not shown) allowing the seat to slide easily in corresponding slides 18, section, for example, in dovetail, preventing a lifting of the seat. The movement of the seat is limited between a position set back on the plateau ( Figures 1 , 11 ), and a position partially offset to the seat 32 of the automobile ( Figure 10 ).

On préfère que le strapontin puisse être immobilisé par des moyens de blocage, tels que des freins, aussi bien dans sa position de transfert (Figures 6, 13) que dans sa position avancée près du siège de l'automobile (Figures 2, 10,11). De préférence, le plateau 16 peut présenter deux accoudoirs escamotables (non représentés). Par exemple chaque accoudoir peut être mobile en rotation dans le plan vertical autour d'axes horizontaux respectifs fixés sur le plateau 16, à l'arrière de celui-ci, de sorte que lorsque l'accoudoir est baissé dans sa position horizontale, l'utilisateur ne peut pas se déplacer entre strapontin et cuvette, et strapontin et siège 32, alors que lorsque l'accoudoir correspondant est levé dans sa position verticale escamotée, il ne forme plus d'obstacle au passage de l'utilisateur. De préférence, aussi, la position abaissée de l'accoudoir de droite empêche le coulissement de l'assise 17 vers le siège 32.It is preferred that the jump seat can be immobilized by locking means, such as brakes, both in its transfer position ( Figures 6 , 13 ) in its advanced position near the seat of the car ( Figures 2 , 10.11 ). Preferably, the plate 16 may have two retractable armrests (not shown). For example each armrest can be rotatable in the vertical plane about respective horizontal axes fixed on the plate 16, at the rear of the latter, so that when the armrest is lowered in its horizontal position, the user can not move between jump seat and bowl, and folding seat and seat 32, while when the corresponding armrest is raised in its retracted vertical position, it no longer forms an obstacle to the passage of the user. Preferably, also, the lowered position of the right armrest prevents the sliding of the seat 17 towards the seat 32.

La levée de l'un quelconque des accoudoirs actionne un mécanisme de blocage (non représenté), qui immobilise le chariot 14 sue ses rails 9. De tels mécanismes sont usuels sur des véhicules tels que les fauteuils roulants pour handicapés.The lifting of any of the armrests actuates a locking mechanism (not shown), which immobilizes the carriage 14 sue rails 9. Such mechanisms are common on vehicles such as wheelchairs for the disabled.

Le dispositif représenté sur les Figures peut encore comporter différents moyens d'alimentation électrique, de gestion informatisée et de communications avec un centre de contrôle, et notamment un ensemble batterie alimentant en basse tension les moyens de levage situés dans la structure 15, et l'ensemble des dispositifs électriques et informatiques qui peuvent être présents dans le dispositif.The device shown in the figures may also comprise different power supply means, computerized management and communications with a control center, including a battery assembly supplying low voltage lifting means located in the structure 15, and the set of electrical and computer devices that may be present in the device.

Le dispositif peut comprendre, par exemple :

  • des bornes d'appel 22,
  • un détecteur 23 de présence, dans le local, par exemple un capteur infra-rouge, disponible, par exemple auprès des sociétés Société BALUFF ou MICROSONIC (origine Allemagne) ou EXTRONIC (origine SUEDE),
  • des signaux ou voyants d'occupation 24,
  • des moyens de détection de la position de l'assise, notamment de sa position sur le strapontin par exemple des contacts électriques sensibles au passage de l'assise,
  • des moyens de détection de la présence ou de l'absence du conducteur sur l'assise, par exemple un capteur sensible au poids de l'assise, ou un contact électrique actionné par un mouvement vertical ou une déformation de l'assise, par exemple du type utilisé pour les sièges d'automobiles.
The device can include, for example:
  • call terminals 22,
  • a detector 23 of presence, in the room, for example an infra-red sensor, available, for example from the companies Company BALUFF or MICROSONIC (origin Germany) or EXTRONIC (origin SUEDE),
  • occupancy signals or indicators 24,
  • means for detecting the position of the seat, in particular its position on the jump seat, for example electrical contacts sensitive to the passage of the seat,
  • means for detecting the presence or absence of the conductor on the seat, for example a sensor sensitive to the weight of the seat, or an electrical contact actuated by a vertical movement or a deformation of the seat, for example of the type used for car seats.

Enfin on peut prévoir des barrières relevables d'entrée 19 et de sortie 20 pour l'automobile.Finally one can provide lift barriers 19 input and output 20 for the automobile.

On se réfère maintenant aux Figures 1 à 7.We now refer to Figures 1 to 7 .

Lorsque l'automobile 30 vient se ranger à côté de la porte 10 du local de toilettes pour handicapés, en bonne position, grâce à des ornières de guidage et/ou des signaux de repérage de position usuels, le strapontin 11 est disposé sur ses rails, juste derrière la porte 10 (Figure1). L'utilisateur ouvre alors la porte 10, soit manuellement, soit par un moyen de commande, par exemple une borne de commande d'ouverture de porte 21 accessible. Il ouvre alors sa portière 31 qui n'est plus gênée par la porte 10 et, en étendant son bras depuis la portière, il saisit le strapontin, par exemple par un accoudoir droit non représenté) et le tire vers lui. Dans cette position avancée, le strapontin se trouve sensiblement à côté du siège 32 de la voiture 30 (Figure 2).When the automobile 30 comes to stand next to the door 10 of the disabled toilet room, in a good position, thanks to guiding ruts and / or usual position-finding signals, the jump seat 11 is arranged on its rails , just behind the door 10 ( Figure 1 ). The user then opens the door 10, either manually or by a control means, for example an accessible door opening control terminal 21. He then opens his door 31 which is no longer obstructed by the door 10 and, extending his arm from the door, he grasps the jump seat, for example by a right armrest not shown) and pulls him. In this advanced position, the jump seat is located substantially next to the seat 32 of the car 30 ( Figure 2 ).

Si le strapontin est motorisé, l'utilisateur pourra provoquer, grâce à la borne de commande 21, l'avance du strapontin 11 sur ses rails 9, des capteurs portés par le strapontin et/ou le plafond du garage, ou une structure fixe, provoquant son arrêt à proximité du siège de l'automobile.If the jump seat is motorized, the user can cause, thanks to the control terminal 21, the advance of the jump seat 11 on its rails 9, sensors carried by the jump seat and / or the ceiling of the garage, or a fixed structure, causing it to stop near the car seat.

L'utilisateur actionne ensuite bloque alors le strapontin dans cette position, par exemple en soulevant l'accoudoir droit du strapontin.The user then activates blocks the jump seat in this position, for example by lifting the right armrest of the jump seat.

Il peut alors, si nécessaire, actionner les moyens de déplacement en hauteur du plateau 16 pour amener l'assise 17 au niveau requis par rapport à son siège, par exemple grâce à des boutons de commande portés par un bord du plateau 17. Ensuite, dans le cas préféré, où l'assise peut être déplacée en porte-à-faux partiel vers le siège, il tire manuellement l'assise 18 vers lui (Figure 2, 10), puis se déplace sur l'assise (Figure 3). En prenant appui par sa main gauche sur le bord opposé du strapontin, il ramène l'assise 17,qui le supporte, dans sa position initiale sur le plateau 16 puis, s'il y a lieu, actionne le cric de déplacement en hauteur pour ramener l'assise à son niveau vertical normal, qui permettra le transfert sur la cuvette 12 (cette opération pouvant aussi se faire lorsque le strapontin est amené à côté de la cuvette 12).It can then, if necessary, actuate the means for moving the height of the plate 16 to bring the seat 17 to the required level relative to its seat, for example by means of control buttons carried by an edge of the plate 17. Then, in the preferred case, where the seat can be moved partially cantilevered to the seat, he manually pulls the seat 18 towards him ( Figure 2 , 10 ), then moves on the seat ( Figure 3 ). By resting by his left hand on the opposite edge of the jump seat, he brings back the seat 17, which supports it, in its initial position on the plate 16 and, if necessary, actuates the jack of displacement in height for return the seat to its normal vertical level, which will transfer to the bowl 12 (this can also be done when the jump seat is brought to the side of the bowl 12).

En abaissant l'accoudoir droit, il libère le frein ou autre dispositif de blocage du strapontin 11, qui le porte, puis à l'aide de ses bras, provoque alors le retour en arrière du strapontin sur ses rails 9, pour passer l'ouverture de porte (Figure 4), position dans laquelle il peut fermer la portière 31 de l'automobile. En continuant son déplacement il entre dans le local (Figure 5), et peut refermer la porte coulissante 10 (Figure 5).By lowering the right armrest, it releases the brake or other blocking device of the jump seat 11, which carries it, then with the help of his arms, then causes the return of the folding seat back on its rails 9, to pass the door opening ( Figure 4 ), position in which it can close the door 31 of the automobile. By continuing his move he enters the premises ( Figure 5 ), and can close the sliding door 10 ( Figure 5 ).

Il continue alors à déplacer le strapontin 11 jusqu'à sa position de transfert, comme on le voit sur la Figure 6.It then continues to move the jump seat 11 to its transfer position, as seen on the Figure 6 .

Il bloque alors le strapontin dans cette position en soulevant l'accoudoir gauche (non représenté) du strapontin, puis se transfère manuellement sur la cuvette de WC (Figure 6).It then locks the jump seat in this position by lifting the left armrest (not shown) of the jump seat, then is transferred manually to the toilet bowl ( Figure 6 ).

Après l'utilisation des toilettes il effectuera ensuite l'étape inverse de transfert sur le strapontin 11, puis, après avoir abaissé l'accoudoir droit, il avance le strapontin vers la porte fermée 10, qu'il ouvre, puis continue son avance jusqu'à pouvoir ouvrir manuellement la portière de l'automobile (Figure 7).After the use of the toilet he will then perform the reverse step of transfer to the jump seat 11, then, after having lowered the right armrest, he advances the jump seat to the closed door 10, which he opens, then continues his advance until 'to be able to manually open the car door ( Figure 7 ).

Il continue son avance jusqu'à l'arrêt à 20 cm de la portière. Il provoque ensuite le réglage en hauteur de l'assise 18, s'il y a lieu, puis le mouvement de l'assise jusqu'à proximité immédiate de son siège, sur lequel il se transfère par ses propres moyens. Ensuite, après avoir repoussé manuellement l'assise 18 vers le strapontin il baisse l'accoudoir gauche puis repousse le strapontin vers sa position d'attente juste derrière la porte coulissante 10 et peut alors fermer sa portière 31.He continues his advance until the stop at 20 cm of the door. It then causes the height adjustment of the seat 18, if necessary, then the movement of the seat to the immediate vicinity of its seat, on which it is transferred by its own means. Then, after manually pushing the seat 18 to the jump seat it lowers the left armrest then pushes the jump seat to its waiting position just behind the sliding door 10 and can then close the door 31.

Il provoque ensuite la fermeture de la porte 10, et peut mettre son automobile en mouvement.It then causes the closing of the door 10, and can put his car in motion.

On se réfère maintenant aux Figures 14 à 20.We now refer to Figures 14 to 20 .

Dans cette forme de réalisation, les moyens de guidage du strapontin sont formés de deux rails 40 sensiblement parallèles à l'axe longitudinal de l'automobile et du local.In this embodiment, the jump seat guide means are formed of two rails 40 substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the automobile and the room.

On voit, sur la Figure 14, que le strapontin 41 comporte un chariot 42 reposant sur des roulettes (non représentées) guidées dans les rails 40 à section en C, empêchant l'extraction par le haut. Le chariot 42 comporte une base 43 et deux ailes antérieure et postérieure 44. La base 43 porte deux rails 45, à section en U, s'étendant transversalement à la direction axiale des rails 40.We see, on the Figure 14 , that the jump seat 41 comprises a carriage 42 resting on rollers (not shown) guided in the rails 40 to C section, preventing the extraction from above. The carriage 42 comprises a base 43 and two front and rear wings 44. The base 43 carries two rails 45, with a U-section, extending transversely to the axial direction of the rails 40.

Le strapontin comporte également un second chariot 46, mobile transversalement sur le chariot 42, comportant une base 47, montée, à une extrémité, sur des galets (non représentés) roulant dans les rail 45, et à l'autre extrémité, proche de l'automobile, sur deux pieds 48, portant des roulettes 49, destinées à rouler sur le sol. Ces roulettes 49 peuvent pivoter autour d'axes verticaux (non représentés), ce qui leur permet de s'orienter dans toutes les directions, selon que leur chariot 46 se déplace axialement lors du mouvement du chariot 42, ou transversalement vers l'automobile. On comprend aussi que le chariot 34 peut pivoter un peu dans le plan vertical, pour s'adapter aux petites variations de surface du sol, si elles existent, lorsque le chariot de déplace latéralement vers le siège de l'automobile. Afin d'empêcher un risque d'extraction par le haut, on peut prévoir que les rails 45 aient une section en C, empêchant l'extraction des galets vers le haut.The folding seat also comprises a second carriage 46, movable transversely on the carriage 42, having a base 47 mounted at one end on rollers (not shown) rolling in the rail 45, and at the other end, close to the automobile, on two feet 48, carrying wheels 49, intended to roll on the ground. These rollers 49 can pivot about vertical axes (not shown), which allows them to orient in all directions, as their carriage 46 moves axially during movement of the carriage 42, or transversely to the automobile. It is also understood that the carriage 34 can pivot a little in the vertical plane, to adapt to small variations of the ground surface, if they exist, when the carriage moves laterally to the seat of the car. To prevent a risk of extraction from above, it can be provided that the rails 45 have a C-section, preventing the extraction of the rollers upwards.

Le plateau 47 du chariot 46 porte deux vérins électriques de levage 50 permettant d'abaisser et soulever une plaque 51 s'étendant au-dessus de la base 43. La plaque 51 supporte des moyens de guidage latéral, schématiquement représentés 52, supportant et guidant une assise de strapontin 53. L'assise 53 peut ainsi coulisser latéralement dans la direction opposée à celle des roulettes 49, pour pouvoir se rapprocher, en porte-à-faux partiel, de la cuvette 12. On peut aussi prévoir que l'assise 53 puisse coulisser dans l'autre sens, pour pouvoir se rapprocher, en porte-à-faux partiel, du siège 32 de l'automobile.The plate 47 of the carriage 46 carries two electric lifting jacks 50 for lowering and lifting a plate 51 extending above the base 43. The plate 51 supports lateral guide means, schematically represented 52, supporting and guiding a seat 53. The seat 53 can slide laterally in the opposite direction to that of the rollers 49, to be able to approach, partially cantilevered, the bowl 12. It can also provide that the seat 53 can slide in the other direction, to be able to approach, partially cantilevered seat 32 of the automobile.

Le local de toilettes 1 comporte dans son coin latéral antérieur, deux portes coulissantes 54 et 55, dont l'ouverture libère complètement l'angle antérieur concerné de la paroi du local.The toilet room 1 has in its anterior lateral corner, two sliding doors 54 and 55, the opening of which completely releases the relevant front angle of the wall of the room.

Lorsque l'utilisateur vient garer son automobile, en bonne position, à côté du local 1, les portes 54 et 55 sont fermées, et le strapontin est, de préférence, dans une position d'attente représentée sur la Figure 15. L'utilisateur actionne alors une borne d'ouverture, provoquant l'ouverture des portes 54 et 55, puis ouvre sa portière 31, qui ne rencontre plus l'obstacle des portes fermées. Il peut alors saisir le strapontin, par exemple par son assise, et faire coulisser le chariot en avant, vers sa position avancée à côté du siège 32. Le cas échéant, si le strapontin est déjà dans sa position avancée, lors de l'ouverture des portes 54 et 55, il peut ouvrir la fenêtre de sa portière, faire reculer un peu manuellement le strapontin, ouvrir la portière 32 et avancer le strapontin.When the user comes to park his car, in good position, next to the room 1, the doors 54 and 55 are closed, and the jump seat is preferably in a waiting position represented on the Figure 15 . The user then actuates an opening terminal, causing the doors 54 and 55 to open, then opens its door 31, which no longer encounters the obstacle of the closed doors. He can then seize the jump seat, for example by its seat, and slide the carriage forward to its advanced position next to the seat 32. If appropriate, if the jump seat is already in its advanced position, when opening of the doors 54 and 55, it can open the window of its door, back a little manually the jump seat, open the door 32 and advance the jump seat.

Il peut alors tirer l'assise 53 latéralement vers lui, provoquant le déplacement latéral du chariot 46, sur ses roulettes, jusqu'à proximité immédiate de son siège 32 (Figure 16). Après avoir, si nécessaire, amené l'assise au niveau vertical souhaité, par exemple en actionnant les vérins 50, à l'aide de boutons de commande 56 présentés par le côté de la plaque 51, il se transfère alors sur l'assise 53 et la ramène à l'écart de son siège (Figure 17).He can then pull the seat 53 laterally towards him, causing the carriage 46 to move sideways, on its wheels, to the immediate vicinity of its seat 32 ( Figure 16 ). After having, if necessary, brought the seat to the desired vertical level, for example by actuating the jacks 50, using control buttons 56 presented by the side of the plate 51, it then transfers to the seat 53 and takes her back from her seat ( Figure 17 ).

Il déplace alors le strapontin 41 en arrière le long des rails 40, jusqu'à pouvoir refermer la portière 32 (Figure 18). Il peut alors provoquer la fermeture des portes 54 et 55, puis se déplacer en arrière jusqu'à sa position de transfert (Figure 19). Après avoir modifié le niveau vertical de l'assise, si nécessaire, il peut alors faire coulisser latéralement l'assise de strapontin en porte-à faux partiel vers la cuvette 12, puis se transférer sur celle-ci (Figure 20).It then moves the jump seat 41 back along the rails 40 until it can close the door 32 ( Figure 18 ). It can then cause the doors 54 and 55 to close and then move back to its transfer position ( Figure 19 ). After having modified the vertical level of the seat, if necessary, it can then slide laterally the seat of the folding seat in partial cantilever towards the bowl 12, then transfer to it ( Figure 20 ).

Pour le retour vers son automobile il refait les étapes précitées en sens inverse.For the return to his car he redo the aforementioned steps in the opposite direction.

Le dispositif peut comprendre, de préférence, des moyens de blocage temporaires, freins, cliquets ou arrêtoirs commandés, par exemple par des accoudoirs escamotables (non représentés) portés par le strapontin, par exemple par son assise 53, pour immobiliser temporairement l'assise et les chariots, pendant ses déplacements entre le siège, ou la cuvette, et l'assise. Ces moyens d'immobilisation, directement accessibles à l'homme de l'art, peuvent ne permettre le déplacement du strapontin sur les rails 40 que si le chariot 46 est en position centrale sur son chariot 42.The device may preferably comprise temporary locking means, brakes, ratchets or controlled stops, for example by retractable armrests (not shown) carried by the jump seat, for example by its seat 53, to temporarily immobilize the seat and the trolleys, during its movements between the seat, or the bowl, and the seat. These immobilization means, directly accessible to those skilled in the art, may allow the folding seat to move on the rails 40 only if the carriage 46 is in the central position on its carriage 42.

On se réfère maintenant aux Figures 21 à 31.We now refer to Figures 21 to 31 .

Dans le local 1, la cuvette 12 est disposée contre une paroi 57, parallèle à la paroi de fond 4, et l'ouverture, avec une porte coulissante 58, est située dans la paroi latérale, juste devant la paroi 57. Le strapontin 59 est monté sur des roulettes (non représentées) roulant sur le sol. Le moyen de guidage sur lequel le strapontin est guidé, est situé derrière la paroi 57, pour un guidage du strapontin parallèlement à la paroi 57, et donc perpendiculairement à l'axe de l'automobile 30. Il comporte une glissière fixe 60, située à une certaine distance au-dessus du sol, par exemple à 150 cm du sol, un coulisseau 61 guidé horizontalement sur la glissière fixe 60, et une glissière mobile 62 guidée horizontalement sur le coulisseau 61. Cet ensemble de guidage, d'un type en soi connu dans le commerce, comporte des galets ou billes évitant le frottement entre coulisseau et glissières. L'extrémité de la glissière 62, du côté de l'ouverture, présente un bras perpendiculaire 63 en équerre, dont la partie horizontale s'étend à travers une fente horizontale de la paroi 57, et dont l'extrémité inférieure de la partie verticale est fixée au strapontin 59. Ce dernier peut donc être guidé parallèlement à la paroi 57, entre une position située à côté de la cuvette (Figures 28) et la position avancée hors du local, à côté du siège 32 de l'automobile 30 (Figures 24). La fente horizontale 65 dans la paroi 57 s'étend depuis la position du bras 63 représentée sur les Figures 28 et 30, et est ouverte à l'extrémité côté porte 58, autrement dit au bord 64 de la paroi 57 qui se termine un peu avant la porte 58, de sorte que le bras 63, avec le strapontin 59 peut sortir du local 1 jusqu'à la position proche de l'automobile (Figures 24 à 26).In the room 1, the bowl 12 is disposed against a wall 57, parallel to the bottom wall 4, and the opening, with a sliding door 58, is located in the side wall, just in front of the wall 57. The jump seat 59 is mounted on wheels (not shown) rolling on the ground. The guide means on which the jump seat is guided, is located behind the wall 57, for a guide of the folding seat parallel to the wall 57, and therefore perpendicular to the axis of the automobile 30. It comprises a fixed slide 60, located at a certain distance above the ground, for example 150 cm from the ground, a slide 61 guided horizontally on the fixed slide 60, and a movable slide 62 guided horizontally on the slide 61. This guide assembly, of a type in itself known in the trade, comprises rollers or balls avoiding friction between slide and slides. The end of the slide 62, on the opening side, has a right-angled perpendicular arm 63, the horizontal portion of which extends through a horizontal slot in the wall 57, and the lower end of the vertical portion is fixed at jump seat 59. The latter can therefore be guided parallel to the wall 57, between a position located next to the bowl ( Figures 28 ) and the advanced position outside the room, next to the seat 32 of the car 30 ( Figures 24 ). The horizontal slot 65 in the wall 57 extends from the position of the arm 63 shown on the Figures 28 and 30 and is open at the end of the gate side 58, that is to say at the edge 64 of the wall 57 which terminates a little before the door 58, so that the arm 63, with the jump seat 59 can leave the room 1 to the position close to the automobile ( Figures 24 to 26 ).

De préférence, une position d'attente, à l'intérieur du local et à côté de la porte 58, peut être marquée par un léger frein facilement surmontable par l'utilisateur handicapé (Figures 21 à 23). Ce frein peut, par exemple, comporter des encoches ou trous dans les glissières 60 et 61, dans lesquelles pénètre partiellement chaque fois une bille correspondante guidée dans le coulisseau 61 dans et repoussée vers la glissière correspondante par un léger ressort dans le coulisseau 61.Preferably, a waiting position, inside the room and next to the door 58, may be marked by a slight brake easily overcome by the disabled user ( Figures 21 to 23 ). This brake may, for example, comprise notches or holes in the slideways 60 and 61, in which a corresponding guided ball in the slider 61 is partially partially penetrated into and pushed towards the corresponding slideway by a slight spring in the slider 61.

Le strapontin 59 peut comporter une assise 65 pouvant glisser, sur des guides (non représentés) du strapontin entre une position normale sur le strapontin (Figures 21 à 24), et une position avancée vers l'avant et vers le côté du siège 32, en porte-à-faux partiel, pour se rapprocher au plus près du siège (Figure 25).The jump seat 59 may comprise a seat 65 that can slide on guides (not shown) of the jump seat between a normal position on the jump seat ( Figures 21 to 24 ), and an advanced position towards the front and towards the side of the seat 32, partially cantilevered, to get closer to the seat ( Figure 25 ).

Enfin, afin de permettre à l'automobiliste handicapé, assis sur le siège 32, de saisir plus facilement le strapontin pour l'attirer à lui, le strapontin peut comporter un bras 66, escamotable, de préférence élastiquement, lorsque la porte 58 est fermée. Ce bras peut comporter, par exemple, un long ressort hélicoïdal fixé par une extrémité au strapontin 59, ce ressort étant maintenu légèrement en compression par un fil s'étendant à son intérieur et fixé aux deux extrémités du ressort, la fixation au strapontin étant telle que le bras 64, à l'état libre, d'étende en direction de l'automobiliste assis sur le siège 32, la fermeture de la porte 58, lorsque le strapontin est en position d'attente, repoussant le ressort vers l'intérieur pour l'escamoter, l'ouverture de la porte ,permettant au ressort de s'étendre à nouveau vers l'automobile.Finally, to allow the disabled motorist, sitting on the seat 32, to more easily seize the jump seat to attract him to it, the jump seat may include an arm 66, retractable, preferably elastically, when the door 58 is closed . This arm may comprise, for example, a long helical spring fixed by one end to the jump seat 59, this spring being held slightly in compression by a wire extending inside and fixed to both ends of the spring, the attachment to the jump seat being such that the arm 64, in the free state, extends towards the driver sitting on the seat 32, closing the door 58, when the jump seat is in the waiting position, pushing the spring inwards to retract it, the opening of the door, allowing the spring to extend again towards the automobile.

Le fonctionnement est le suivant. L'utilisateur gare sa voiture en position déterminée à côté de la porte 58, (Figure 21) puis actionne une commande (non représentée, ou une application sur son mobile, ce qui provoque le coulissement de la porte 58 (en deux parties dans l'exemple). A ce moment, le strapontin étant en position d'attente (Figures 21, 22, 30), l'ouverture provoque la libération du bras élastique 66 (Figure 22). L'utilisateur ouvre sa portière 31 et peut saisir la tige ou bras 66 (Figure 23) puis tirer le strapontin vers l'automobile jusqu'à sa position avancée en dehors du local 1 (Figures 24, 31) et provoque alors l'immobilisation du strapontin, par exemple en relevant en position escamotée un accoudoir droit (non représenté) qui actionne alors un frein immobilisant le strapontin II peut alors tirer vers lui l'assise 65 (Figure 25) puis s'y transférer (Figure 26). Il recule ensuite celle-ci complètement sur le strapontin, rabaisse l'accoudoir pour relâcher le frein et déplace lui-même le strapontin vers l'ouverture du local, par exemple en position d'attente, et ferme la portière 31 (Figure 27), puis la porte 58. Il déplace alors le strapontin, qui le porte, jusqu'à côté de la cuvette 12 (Figure 28, 30). Il immobilise alors le strapontin par un frein (non représenté), par exemple, en relevant en position escamotée un accoudoir gauche, puis se transfère sur la cuvette 12. Au retour il procède aux étapes en sens inverse.The operation is as follows. The user parks his car in a determined position next to the door 58, ( Figure 21 ) then actuates a command (not shown, or an application on its mobile, which causes the sliding of the door 58 (in two parts in the example) .At this moment, the jump seat being in the waiting position ( Figures 21, 22 , 30 ), the opening causes the release of the elastic arm 66 ( Figure 22 ). The user opens his door 31 and can seize the rod or arm 66 ( Figure 23 ) then pull the jump seat towards the automobile to its advanced position outside the room 1 ( Figures 24 , 31 ) and then causes the immobilization of the jump seat, for example by raising in the retracted position a right armrest (not shown) which then actuates a brake immobilizing the jump seat II can then pull towards him the seat 65 ( Figure 25 ) and then transfer to it ( Figure 26 ). He then moves it back completely onto the jump seat, lowers the armrest to release the brake and moves the jump seat itself towards the opening of the room, for example in the waiting position, and closes the door 31 ( Figure 27 ), then the door 58. He then moves the folding seat, which carries it, to the side of the bowl 12 ( Figure 28 , 30 ). He then immobilizes the jump seat by a brake (not shown), for example, by raising in a retracted position a left armrest, then transfers to the bowl 12. On return he proceeds to the steps in the opposite direction.

L'invention a également trait à l'utilisation du dispositif de transfert, comprenant un strapontin mobile, comportant une assise pour l'utilisateur, des emplacements respectifs de transfert, dans lesquels le strapontin et la cuvette se trouvent l'un à côté de l'autre et à proximité immédiate, ledit strapontin mobile pouvant être déplacé sur des moyens de guidage entre une position avancée se trouvant située à côté et à proximité du siège de l'automobile de l'utilisateur, arrêté dans une position déterminée à côté du local, et son emplacement de transfert, pour le transfert d'un automobiliste handicapé moteur entre l'automobile et la cuvette de toilettes.The invention also relates to the use of the transfer device, comprising a movable folding seat, comprising a seat for the user, respective transfer locations, in which the jump seat and the bowl are located next to the seat. other and in the immediate vicinity, said movable seat can be moved on guiding means between an advanced position located next to and near the seat of the automobile of the user, stopped in a specific position next to the local , and its transfer location, for the transfer of a disabled motorist between the automobile and the toilet bowl.

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  1. Toilet facility or WC, for physically-disabled motorists, characterized in that it comprises,
    - a closet (1) having an opening (10, 54, 55), wherein the closet (1) is so arranged that an automobile (30) may be parked in an identified position outside the closet (1) next to the opening (10, 54, 55),
    - a WC (12) installed in the closet (1) for the physically-disabled,
    - a movable folding seat (11, 41, 59) with a seat (17, 53, 65) for the user,
    - guidance means (9, 40, 60, 61, 62) for the folding seat (11, 4, 59) fixed in the closet (1),
    - the movable folding seat (11, 4, 59) may be moved by the user on the guidance means between an advanced position outside the closet located at the side of, and close to, the automobile seat of the user, wherein it is stopped in its identified position next to the opening (10; 54, 55) of the closet (1), and a transfer position, wherein the folding seat (11, 41, 59) and the toilet bowl (12) are located by the side of one another and in the immediate vicinity,
    - the folding seat (11, 41, 59) has means for being locked in its transfer position and in its advanced position close to the automobile seat,
    - the opening (10, 54, 55) may be closed by the user when the folding seat (11, 41) is inside the closet (1), while
    - guidance and/or tracking means enable the motorist to park the car in the precise position at which the folding seat will be located in its advanced position.
  2. Facility according to claim 1, characterized in that the means allowing locking of the folding seat (11, 41) are actuated by pivoting or retractable armrests on the two lateral sides of the folding seat (11, 41).
  3. Facility according to one of the claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the folding seat (11, 41) comprises means (50) for the vertical displacement of the seat allowing variation of the vertical height of the seat (17, 53) of the folding seat, (11, 41) at least between two levels, namely the toilet bowl seat level and the automobile seat level, if they are different.
  4. Facility according to one of the claims 1 to 3 characterized in that the opening means (10; 54, 55) of the closet free an access opening on a side, or at an angle to a side, of the closet close to the automobile, wherein the dimensions of the opening are such that the outer part of at least the automobile door may pass through the opening, when the user opens the door.
  5. Facility according to one of the claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the means guiding the folding seat between its retracted position in the closet and its advanced position next to the automobile seat extend obliquely to the side and towards the front of the automobile, at an angle between 50 and 70°.
  6. Facility according to one of the claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the guidance means (40) are substantially parallel, or at least slightly oblique with respect to the longitudinal axis of the automobile, at an angle less than 30° with respect to the axis of the facility.
  7. Facility according to one of the claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the guidance means (60, 61, 62) are substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the automobile.
  8. Facility according to claim 6, characterized in that the folding seat (41) comprises a structure or carriage (46) carrying the seat and that is movable relative to the folding seat, wherein it is laterally movable towards the automobile seat when the folding seat is in its advanced position, and is provided with support means (48, 49) rolling on the ground, at least towards its end on the side of the seat.
  9. Facility according to one of the claims 1 to 8 characterized in that the folding seat (11, 41) comprises a seat (17, 53) which may slide on seat guidance means (18, 52) carried by the folding seat (11, 41), in order to allow displacement of the cantilever part of the seat to the immediate vicinity of the automobile seat.
  10. Facility according to one of the claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the folding seat may be moved manually by the user.
  11. Facility according to one of the claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the guidance means are fixed on the floor of the closet (1).
  12. Facility according to one of the claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the guidance means (60, 61, 62) are fixed on a wall (57) or other support, thus freeing the floor.
  13. Facility according to one of the claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the guidance means comprise a set of telescopic elements (60, 61, 62).
  14. Facility according to one of the claims 1 to 13, characterized in that the folding seat comprises a retractable arm (66) extending towards the automobile seat when the closet opening is freed.
  15. Facility according to one of the claims 1 to 14, characterized in that the length of the stroke of the folding seat (11, 41) is of the order of 80 to 120 cm, and is, in particular, accessible to the user sitting on the automobile seat.
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