GR2003174Y - Small-sized lift for the disabled - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to an extremely compact and highly reliable mini lift designed to cover all the needs of people with disabilities (reduced or limited mobility).

Description

SMALL LIFT FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (DISABLED) TRAVEL

Description

The small lift for People with Disabilities which is the object of the invention is extremely compact and highly reliable regarding the differentiated uses of the disabled, covering all their needs.

Technical condition

It is known that among the devices for the care of the disabled, lifting cranes perform a very important function. Small lifting cranes are used in hospitals or nursing homes. These are devices that allow the lifting of the Disabled Person or the patient who has difficulty moving and/or lifting.

These lifting cranes are widely tested and practical devices, but very bulky.

Mini lifts are different aids that perform the same functions while occupying much less volume.

These small risers allow a person to rise to their preferred seating level.

However, most of these small lifts have equally significant limitations, particularly due to their reduced functionality.

In fact, these small lifts lift a patient, in a manner similar to a disabled person (PWD) wheelchair with a booster seat. In fact, the patient sits in such small lifts with his back on an anatomical back support on the movable part of the lifting device and his seat changes position in height from the lifting device. Underneath the patient, the floor support of these small lifts is large enough to prevent the patient from becoming unbalanced during ascent and descent from the seat.

The main limitation of these small lifts is due to the position of the patient during the use of the device, making it, for example, incompatible with a seat over the already existing seat of a normal basin and with transfer to a bed, armchair, normal wheelchair wheelchair or placement in a car.

Indeed, all these transfer operations must be performed with the expertise of professionals who know how to lift by hugging the patient, how to take over their balance in order to be able, after a rotation, to make them sit down, depositing them in different seat, as in that of the basin, wheelchair, bed, etc.

Experiments have been done in the past by attempting to place the patient on a small lift in a rotating direction, ie looking forward and looking at the lifting part of the small lift.

However, these experiments proved unsatisfactory.

One reason for this failure is, for example, the inability of the user to be able to accurately reach the toilet bowl seat and to be able to get the correct height.

An additional reason is due to the fact that the user is far behind the movable vertical beam and away from it. Accordingly, protrusions are required for the support legs which are much longer outwardly than the center of gravity of the body assembly not allowing access to health care facilities.

Additionally, these very long extensions increase the bulk of the small lifter making it out of the "small lifter" category, or in any case, making it non-portable.

These lifting cranes or even small hoists ultimately cannot be considered properly transportable for two reasons. As we found, their size is suitable for various purposes, but it takes up a lot of volume. Also and above all, after assembly, they can only be disassembled by experienced personnel.

Finally, all these lifting cranes, both for their dimensions and their structural construction, cannot be considered transportable due to their total weight, very often more than 50 kg. Therefore, they must be moved by at least two people or separated into their various components before being transported.

These lifting cranes and/or small lifts are ultimately not customizable at all, in the sense that they cannot be easily modified to meet different needs, instead having their own unique configuration, which is a typical configuration to perform all the required requests and functions without being able to adapt to the specific needs of the user and the specific functional capabilities, and therefore, they will be used in the same way for both able-bodied and non-built users and for use in relation to with the various destinations, such as the bed, the armchair, the bathroom, the wheelchair.

Therefore, the user with the above lifting cranes will be limited in the various benefits and functional capabilities, having to be equipped with a wide range of different devices for specific functional capabilities, in the corresponding number for each place where he will live, and with the provision of continuous assistance from personnel, since these devices cannot be used autonomously in the slightest.

A typical example is a user who needs to move from his home to his holiday accommodation, via a route that requires both the use of a car and a plane.

In this case, the first hoist from the house will in no way be able to be used to get the person into the car, and any aid to get in and out of the car will not be of the portable type. In contrast, the airplane aid will not be able to be carried as hand luggage, and on reaching their destination at their holiday accommodation, the person will need a second hoist.

Objects of the invention

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a small lifter which solves one or more of the above disadvantages.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a small lifter which will solve one or more of the known disadvantages.

An important object of this invention is to provide a small lifter that can be as compact as possible.

An equally important object of this invention is to provide a small portable lifter.

A very useful purpose of the present invention is to provide a small lifter which can be adapted and/or adjustable for the most common purposes and uses.

A beneficial object of the present invention is to provide a small lifter that can be at least partially operated by the patient.

Other interesting purposes of this invention are to provide a small lifter that can be safe and reliable, easily disassembled and expandable, and capable of a wide range of height adjustment without ever questioning the safety of stability.

The small lift for Disabled Persons, object of the present invention achieves all these as well as other purposes according to the claims listed.

Description of the invention

It is a mini lift for the Disabled, equipped with a wheeled base, which supports a fixed lifting frame. A movable vertical beam is connected to it, which is moved in parallel displacement towards the fixed lifting frame by means of an actuator. The actuator is attached to this movable vertical beam almost horizontally and next to a seat. This joint is made in the central part of the edge near the vertical beam to seat a disabled person with the trunk in front of this movable vertical beam and with his legs placed on the sides of this vertical beam, on its side walls. The structure has a footrest placed close to the floor on the opposite side of the vertical beam to the seat.

In particular, the seat next to the vertical beam allows the disabled person to place the inner part of each thigh against the side walls of said vertical beam, bringing the legs to a resting position on the footrest located above the vertical beam on the two sides sides of the seat.

In this way, the center of gravity of the disabled person is as close as possible to the center of gravity of the frame and the vertical beam, making the small lift quite stable while occupying as little space as possible for mounting the base.

Advantages of the invention

Conveniently, the support legs at the rear of the small riser, located on the side of the seat and below it in relation to the vertical beam, are separated and located far enough to reach the seat in a toilet, such as the seat of a toilet bowl, for defecating the disabled, placing each support leg on the two side walls of the toilet bowl, which has a suitable comfortable seat.

Conveniently, the support legs on the side of the seat are separate units and are close enough to fit under a normal wheelchair in the space left between its wheels so that the disabled person can be transferred from the seat of the small lifter to the wheelchair seat and vice versa, easily and without much effort.

Conveniently, the support legs on the side of the seat are separate units with a limited height so that they can fit into a regular car, wheelchair, bed or armchair and in such a way that the disabled person can be transferred from the child's seat lifter to the car seat, wheelchair, bed or armchair and vice versa with ease and without much effort.

Conveniently, the upright side support legs are angled outwardly, transversely and relative to the seat side support legs to counteract and resist momentary side tipping of the small lift.

Conveniently, the small lifter is equipped with two compensating arm supports at the top of the vertical beam, placed at the sides of the disabled person absorbing any lateral swings.

Conveniently, these armrests do not affect the bottom of the seat with their weight, allowing the seat to be able to reach and be positioned at the destination of the disabled person, without any weight under the seat, up to the vertical beam. Conveniently, these guardrails and these seat side legs are quickly installed and secured so that they can be easily installed and disassembled to reduce the volume of the mini lift and make it portable.

Conveniently, the seat is joined to the vertical beam through a quick installation and fastening so that the vertical beam can be easily installed, changed with another seat for the specific purpose, comfortable type for defecation, and disassembled to reduce the mini-lift and is transferable.

Brief description of the designs

The technical characteristics of the invention, in accordance with the aforementioned purposes, are clearly evident from the content of the following claims and the advantages of the invention will be more apparent in the detailed description that follows, which is made with reference to the drawings listed, which illustrate a purely indicative embodiment and not only, in which:

Fig. 1 shows the mini lifter, object of the invention from the front side.

Fig. 2 shows what is depicted in Fig. 1 from a different perspective.

Fig. 3 shows the mini lifter of Fig. 1 from the rear side.

Fig. 4 shows the mini-elevator of Fig. 1 with the seat raised.

Fig. 5 shows the device of Fig. 1 from a side view with the seat at a low height.

Fig. 6 shows the device of Fig. 4 from a side view with the seat raised.

Fig. 7 shows indicatively the content of Fig. 5 with an emphasis on the profile of the person sitting on the seat at the minimum height and with his feet attached to the side wall of the movable vertical beam and with the bottom of his feet resting on the footrest located above the back wall of the vertical beam.

Fig. 8 shows what is shown in Fig. 7 with the seat height at maximum.

Fig. 9 shows indicatively the top view of the mini-elevator, which is the object of the invention, clearly emphasizing the front, side and rear wall of the vertical beam. Fig. 10 shows indicatively the mini lifter, object of the invention, with a stool seat that has been removed from its position for quick installation.

Fig. 11 shows a detail of the quick installation of the seat.

Fig. 12 shows indicatively the mini lifter, object of the invention, with one of the two arm supports removed from its position for quick installation.

Fig. 13 shows the mini-elevator, object of the invention, disassembled and divided into its various component parts so as to become easily transportable, given its small size.

Figure 14 shows the mini-lift, object of the invention in combination with a normal wheelchair, emphasizing the fact that the rear legs enter the space between the wheels of this wheelchair.

Figure 15 shows the mini-elevator, object of the invention when used in combination with a normal armchair.

Figure 16 shows the mini-lift, object of the invention in use in relation to a normal toilet/toilet, with emphasis on the fact that its rear legs are sufficiently spaced and independent to be placed laterally close to the toilet, until the disabled person, sitting in the corresponding seat, reach the right height and the right position for their needs.

Figure 17 shows the mini lifter, object of the invention when used in combination with a normal bed. Detailed description of proposed application example The mini lifter, as an invention, is a medical device intended for users, who usually travel or live in very small spaces and usually do not find in the building support devices for their personal hygiene and assisted movement.

The mini lift at point 1 includes a base at point 2, consisting of a vertical beam support with an extension for both the two rear legs at point 3 and the two front legs at point 4.

The rear legs at point 3 are equipped with wheels at their ends at point 12, while the front legs at point 4 are equipped with wheels at their ends at point 13.

The vertical beam, capable of moving the seat at point 8 in height, comprises a fixed lifting frame at point 5 relative to which a movable vertical beam at point 6 is moved, in parallel displacement, by means of an actuator at point 7.

A seat at point 8 is attached to the movable vertical beam at point 6 with ease of removal.

This joint between the movable vertical beam at point 6 and the seat at point 8 is made extremely close, so that the person sitting on the seat at point 8 almost leans with his torso towards the front wall at point 17 of the movable vertical beam at point 6 and with his feet placed on the side walls at point 18 of the vertical beam resting his inner thighs.

In this position, the disabled person can rest his feet on the appropriate footrest at point 11 located above the rear wall at point 19 of the vertical beam.

The center of gravity of the disabled person's body is therefore as close as possible to the center of gravity of the vertical beam at points 5 and 6, allowing excellent stability of the mini-lift at point 1 to be achieved, even with minimal overhang of the legs towards the outside in points 3 and 4.

This minimal offset rear leg extension at point 3 really makes the mini lift at point 1 extremely practical even in small spaces

while the minimal compensated extension of the front legs at point 4 makes the lifter extremely compact. The rear legs at point 3 are separate units and are spaced far apart so that they can hug and converge over the side walls of a toilet or toilet bowl at point 23. This feature allows the disabled person sitting in specially designed defecation seat at point 9 to be able to reach a toilet bowl and reach the correct height of the bowl seat for his own needs.

In fact, the extension of the rear legs at point 3 is quite limited because the possibility of repositioning the weights, the mini-lift and the disabled has been foreseen. Thus, the extension does not fall on the back wall where the toilet or toilet is placed at point 23. In addition, the 3 rear legs are separate units and are close together so that they can easily enter the space under and between the auxiliaries of wheels in point 21 of a normal wheelchair for disabled people in point 20.

The front legs at point 4 are close to the vertical beam on opposite sides of the sidewalls at point 18 to counteract any momentary lateral overturning. In order to further limit any possible movement of the load beyond the configuration, the mini-lift at point 1 has two arm supports at point 10, which fit near the top of the movable vertical beam at point 6 for lateral restraint of disabled persons

In order to make the mini-lift extremely compact and able to be transported, these arm supports at point 10, this seat at point 8 and those rear legs at point 3 can be easily disassembled from the mini-lift.

But just as easily, this mini lift can

to be reassembled into its various component parts,

since there are bases in point 14 for the fast

placing the seat in point 8 or 9. There are bases

in point 15 for the quick installation of its supports

bracket at point 10. In addition, there are mounts at point 16

for quick placement of the rear leg at point 3.

Finally, as clearly seen in figure 13, this mini

lifter at point 1 can be easily disassembled

in its various parts and to be transported occupying small

space inside a general purpose bag, given the

limited weight, in order to be able to

accommodate the mobility or travel of the disabled person.

A disabled person, with the so-called mini lift at point 1, can easily make all transfers that can generally be carried out, such as for example from a bed at point 24, from an armchair at point 22 or from a wheelchair at point 20 with limited or even no professional help.

Claims (9)

Claims 1) The mini-lift for traveling disabled people consists of a wheeled base (at point 2) of support (at points 12, 13), which supports a fixed lifting frame (at point 5). A movable vertical beam (at point 6) is connected to this support base, which moves in parallel with the displacement of the fixed lifting frame (at point 5) with the help of an actuator (at point 7). The actuator is attached almost horizontally to this movable vertical beam (at point 6). Near the movable vertical beam, there is a seat (at points 8, 9). This joint is made in the central part of the edge near the vertical beam to seat a disabled person with the trunk in front of this movable vertical beam (at points 5, 6) and with his legs placed on the sides of this vertical beam , on its side walls (at point 18). The structure has a footrest (at point 11), which is located close to the floor on the opposite side of the vertical beam (at points 5,6) in relation to the seat (at points 8,9). 2) The mini lift for disabled people is characterized by the claim in point 1, according to which the rear support legs (in point 3) of the mini lift (in point 1) are placed on the side of the seat (in points 8, 9 ) and below it in relation to the vertical beam (at points 5, 6) are separate units and are sufficiently distant to be able to approach the seat of a toilet or sanitary service (at point 23), such as the seat of a toilet bowl, for the disabled person to defecate by placing each foot on the side walls of the bowl, which is conveniently equipped with a suitable comfortable stool type seat for defecating (point 9). 3) The mini lift for persons with disabilities is characterized by claim 1, according to which the rear support legs (in point 3) on the side of the seat (in points 8, 9) are separate units and are close enough to they can enter under a normal wheelchair (in point 20) in the space that is free between and under its wheels (in point 21). 4) The mini lift for persons with disabilities is characterized by the claim in point 1, according to which the rear support legs (in point 3) on the side of the seat (in points 8, 9) are separate units with a limited height so that they can to enter a normal car, bed or armchair. 5) The mini lift for disabled persons is characterized by the claim in point 1, according to which the front support legs (in point 4) on the vertical beam part (in points 5, 6) are placed with an outward inclination, in a transverse direction and in relation to the rear support legs (at point 3) on the side of the seat (at points 8, 9) to neutralize and resist the momentary lateral tipping of the small lift (at point 1). 6) The mini-lift for traveling disabled persons, according to the claim in point 1, is equipped with two compensating arm supports (in point 10) on the upper part of the vertical beam (in points 5,6), placed on the side parts of the disabled person by absorbing any lateral vibrations. 7) The mini lift for disabled people traveling according to the previous claim, which is characterized by the fact that these arm supports (in point 10) are placed above the height of the seat (in points 8, 9). 8) The mini lift for disabled people traveling according to claim 1, characterized in that these arm supports (in point 10) and those rear legs (in point 3) are quickly installed and fixed on their bases for quick fitting of the arm supports (at point 15) and rear legs (at point 16). 9) The mini lift for disabled people traveling according to claim 1, characterized in that the seat (in points 8, 9) is joined to the vertical beam by means of a quick installation and fixing within the seats for quick installation of the seat (14).