US1560422A - Commode - Google Patents

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Nov. 3, 1925. A l $560,422

VJ, M. HENDRIX connotai i rma aan, :9"19'25 Patented Nov. 3, 1925.

UNITED STATES JOHN MORGAN HENDRIX,

or srArEsBoao, GEORGIA.

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Application led January To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that JOHN MORGAN HENDRIX, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Statesboro, in the county of Bulloch and State of Georgia, has invented new and useful Improvements in Commodes, of which the following is a specification.

It is a purpose of the present invention to provide, in a commode, a construction thereof consisting of an open frame and including means for raising and lowering a back which is hingedly connected to the seat of the commode. The seat is provided with a substantial opening cooperating with an arcuate recess or partial opening formed in the back at a point adjacent the seat so that the body of the user may comfortably engage therewith, the back being capable, through the medium. of its adjusting means, of assuming a position to support the back of the user.

Another purpose is to provide a frame with a shelf for the Support of a pan for the reception of the eXcrement.

It is to be understood that the particulars herein given are in no way limitative and that. while still keeping within the scope of the invention, any desired modifications of detail and desired proportions may be made in the apparatus according to the circumstances.

The invention comprises further features and combinations of parts to be hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the improved commode constructed in accordance with th-e invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view showing the back raised through the medium of its adjusting means.

Figure 3 is a Vertical cross sectional view of the commode, showing a shelf to support ay pan.

19, 1925. Serial No.` 3,515.

like 7. Connecting an intermediate brace 3 at the end of theV frame and adjacent end uprights are angularly disposed braces 8. Connecting longitudinal portions of the 1intermediate brace 3 and theuprights at the foot of the frame are angularly Ydisposed braces 9. Secured to the longitudinal portions of a lowermost brace 3 is a sheet metal shelf 1() which may act as a` support for various articles.

Hingedly mounted on the seat, as at 11, is a baclr12. The ladjacent hingedly connected portions of the seat and back are arcuately recessed or cut away, as at 13 and 14, providing an opening for the body of the user. The arcuate recess 13 is of substantial size and properly curved to conform to those portions of the body of the user below the thighs, when the user is in sitting posture. The arcuate recess or cut away por tion 14 is more shallow or of less depth than the arcuate recess 13 and is of a shape to conform to and be engaged by the back of the user a short distance above the rump thereof.

Secured to the longitudinal portions of an intermediate brace 3 is a sheet metal shelf 15 for the support of a pan (not shown) which is adapted to receive the excrement. The seat and back are provided with a covering 16 of suitable fabric, such as rubber or the like, there being a stufling or padding between the covering and the seat and back. The covering is in a continuous piece, though the seat and back are hingedly connected. This covering is fastened in any suitable manner, as at 17, to the edges of the seat and back. The covering also has an opening corresponding and conforming to the opening forming recesses of the seat and back. In fact, the material forming the covering is pulled through the opening of the seat and back and is fastened, as at 18, to the under surface of the back and seat.

The under face of the back is provided with a pair of cleats 19 and 2O and pivotally mounted, as at 21, to the longitudinal por tions of the lowermost brace 3 are the arms 22 of a forked member 23 which has a head 24. An adjusting screw 25 is operable through the head to the end of which a bevel gear 26 is swiveled, as at 27. The screw 25 operates through the bevel gear and has its upper end pivoted at 28 to the cleat 19 ofthe back. The pivotal connection 28 The head of the forked member has aY lateral bearing for a Stub shaft 29 which is provided with a bevel gear 30 which meshes with the bevel gear 26. A Crank 81 is carried by the stub shaft, and obviously by turning the crank in one direetiompthe screw may be extended7 thereby raising the back to any position as maybe .suitable to the patient or user of the commode, which is particularly applicable for use in operating` rooms, as well as in other hospital wards. By turning the erank in the opposite direction, the back may be lowered.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed is: 1 A

A commode comprising a frame provided with transverse supports connecting the upper part of said frame and longitudinal supports connecting the lower part 'of said frame, a seat secured to the transverse supports and resting on the frame7 a back hinged to the seat, the adjacent hingedly connected parts of the seat and back having an opening conforming to the body 0f the user, a shelf on the frame immediately below the opening for the support of a pan, a padded covering of a continuous piece engagedv over and secured at its margin to the seat and back, means consisting of a forked member pivotally supported on the said longitudinal supportsrat the lower part of the frame and having a head portion, a jack screw operatively pivoted to the back and passing through the head portion, and a device including intermeshing gears for rendering the jack screw extensible with regard to the forked member.

. In testimony whereol he aflixes his signature.

i JOHN MORGAN HENDRIX.

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