GB2168249A - Improvements in chairs and beds for the disabled - Google Patents

Improvements in chairs and beds for the disabled

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Publication number
GB2168249A
GB2168249A GB08529823A GB8529823A GB2168249A GB 2168249 A GB2168249 A GB 2168249A GB 08529823 A GB08529823 A GB 08529823A GB 8529823 A GB8529823 A GB 8529823A GB 2168249 A GB2168249 A GB 2168249A
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Prior art keywords
belt
aperture
patient
belts
disabled
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GB08529823A
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GB8529823D0 (en
GB2168249B (en
Inventor
John Francis Barratt
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Wincanton Engineering Ltd
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Wincanton Engineering Ltd
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
    • A61G7/05—Parts, details or accessories of beds
    • A61G7/057—Arrangements for preventing bed-sores or for supporting patients with burns, e.g. mattresses specially adapted therefor
    • A61G7/0573—Arrangements for preventing bed-sores or for supporting patients with burns, e.g. mattresses specially adapted therefor with mattress frames having alternately movable parts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G5/00—Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs
    • A61G5/10—Parts, details or accessories
    • A61G5/1043—Cushions specially adapted for wheelchairs
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G5/00—Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs
    • A61G5/10—Parts, details or accessories
    • A61G5/1091—Cushions, seats or abduction devices
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons

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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
  • Nursing (AREA)
  • Invalid Beds And Related Equipment (AREA)

Abstract

A chair or bed for the disabled has a frame (10, 70, 85) having two side members, and flexible belts (11-13, 71, 88) extending around the side members and providing a supporting surface for a patient. At least one of the belts (11-13, 71, 88) has its ends connected by cables (47, 49) to a rocking lever (45) of a tensioning device (15, 72, 90) detachably mounted on the frame (10, 70, 85) below the supporting surface, the rocking lever (45) being pivotable by the device (15, 72, 90) to periodically tighten and then slacken each belt (11-13, 71, 85), so as to support the body of the patient at different places in succession and thereby reduce the risk of pressure sores. In a bed each belt (71) is slackened in turn while the remaining belts are held taut. One form of chair has a seat cover (86) provided with an aperture (87) for relieving pressure on the ischial tuberosities of a patient, a flexible belt (88) extending across the aperture (87) on the underside of the seat cover (86), the belt (88) having a pad (89) of soft material mounted on the aperture (87), and tensioning mechanism (90) for periodically tightening and slackening the belt (88).
GB08529823A 1984-04-07 1985-04-04 Improvements in chairs and beds for the disabled Expired GB2168249B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB848409072A GB8409072D0 (en) 1984-04-07 1984-04-07 Pressure/bed sore preventer
PCT/GB1985/000152 WO1985004570A1 (en) 1984-04-07 1985-04-04 Improvements in chairs and beds for the disabled

Publications (3)

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GB8529823D0 GB8529823D0 (en) 1986-01-15
GB2168249A true GB2168249A (en) 1986-06-18
GB2168249B GB2168249B (en) 1987-11-18

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GB848409072A Pending GB8409072D0 (en) 1984-04-07 1984-04-07 Pressure/bed sore preventer
GB08529823A Expired GB2168249B (en) 1984-04-07 1985-04-04 Improvements in chairs and beds for the disabled

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GB848409072A Pending GB8409072D0 (en) 1984-04-07 1984-04-07 Pressure/bed sore preventer

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EP (1) EP0175782A1 (en)
GB (2) GB8409072D0 (en)
WO (1) WO1985004570A1 (en)

Families Citing this family (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4796948A (en) * 1986-02-14 1989-01-10 Ssi Medical Services, Inc. Patient support system for wheelchairs and the like
FR2624007A1 (en) * 1987-12-02 1989-06-09 Perdu Jean Francois Sanitary bed with special rollers for treatment of bedridden patients

Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE193669C (en) *
DE175857C (en) * 1905-04-12 1906-10-08
FR845544A (en) * 1938-11-03 1939-08-25 Berth
US3050050A (en) * 1956-07-13 1962-08-21 Univ Minnesota Alternating pressure seat
GB1009787A (en) * 1962-08-16 1965-11-10 Archibald Milne Hamilton Improvements relating to beds or other supports, particularly for disabled people
FR1469705A (en) * 1966-02-21 1967-02-17 Treatment bed trolley

Patent Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE193669C (en) *
DE175857C (en) * 1905-04-12 1906-10-08
FR845544A (en) * 1938-11-03 1939-08-25 Berth
US3050050A (en) * 1956-07-13 1962-08-21 Univ Minnesota Alternating pressure seat
GB1009787A (en) * 1962-08-16 1965-11-10 Archibald Milne Hamilton Improvements relating to beds or other supports, particularly for disabled people
FR1469705A (en) * 1966-02-21 1967-02-17 Treatment bed trolley

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GB8409072D0 (en) 1984-05-16
GB8529823D0 (en) 1986-01-15
GB2168249B (en) 1987-11-18
EP0175782A1 (en) 1986-04-02
WO1985004570A1 (en) 1985-10-24

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