US20140312673A1

US20140312673A1 - Easy-to-operate travel sleep bracket

Info

Publication number: US20140312673A1
Application number: US14/358,474
Authority: US
Inventors: Jianquan Chen
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2011-11-21
Filing date: 2012-11-19
Publication date: 2014-10-23
Also published as: WO2013075603A1; US10052991B2; IN2014CN04403A; US20170217344A1; CN102514509A

Abstract

An easy to operate sleep support frame for travelling is disclosed. The support frame includes a movable and curved chest rod which can move from a passenger's chest to the bottom of the seat; a chest cushion connected with the chest rod; and a headrest connected with the chest rod. The headrest can be placed in the back of the front seat or above the chest rod. The chest rod includes a circular arc segment with meshing gear teeth on the inner circular arc side of the chest rod. One end of the chest rod goes through the driving gear box under the seat to be driven by a driving gear box. The passenger can press a button to drive motors to raise chest cushion, and press the button to lower the chest cushion to be close to the seat bottom if the chest cushion is not used.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates to a sleep support frame, especially a kind of easy to operate sleeping supporting frame for travelling.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Chinese Patent 200910080007 publishes a sleep support frame for travelling to help passenger sleep on the coach seat on the train, but to operate it is relative complicated and its installation needs lots of steps. It cannot meet the passengers' requirement because of these disadvantages.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The aim of this invention is to provide an easy to operate sleep support frame for travelling, which can help passenger sleep or rest better on the coach seat in train, airplane and bus.
To achieve this goal, the following technical scheme is used in this invention:
It includes a movable and curved chest rod which can move from the passenger's chest to the bottom of the seat; and a chest cushion which is a plank and connected with the chest rod; and a headrest which is a plank, connected with the chest rod and placed in the back of the seat which is in front of the passenger or above the chest rod.
The chest rod includes a circular arc segment. Meshing gear teeth are on one side of said chest rod. Meshing gear teeth are on the inner circular arc side of the chest rod which is like circular arc; and the other end of the chest rod goes through the driving gear box under the seat; a driving gear is placed in the driving gear box and its teeth fit the meshing gear teeth of the chest rod; rolling wheels are placed on both sides of the driving gear; a rolling wheel to support the chest rod is placed on the outer circular arc side of the chest rod.
A driven gear box is placed in front of said driving gear box; a driven gear is placed in the driven gear box and the teeth of the driven gear fit the meshing gear teeth of the chest rod; rolling wheels are placed on both sides of the driven gear; a rolling wheel to support the chest rod is placed on the outer circular arc side of the chest rod. The driving gear is connected with the axle of a driving motor; the driving motor is controlled by controller. The height of said driving gear box and driven gear box is controlled by the hydraulic extensible pipes under them.
The following is another technical scheme:
It includes a chest cushion which is a plank; an extensible chest rod is connected with the bottom of the chest cushion, the extensible chest rod stays on the back, close to or under the seat in front of the passenger after it is pulled back; a headrest which is a plank is placed on the back of the seat in front of the passenger, or above the extensible chest rod and connected with the chest rod.
An extensible chest rod is attached to the back of the seat in front of the passenger by magnet, snap-fit or hook & loop fastener after it is pulled back.
The extensible chest rod is hydraulic. The extensible chest rod is slid into under the seat through rail after it is pulled back. The angle between said extensible chest rod and the ground is adjusted by a hydraulic extensible pipes connected with them. The ground end of the extensible chest rod is connected to the ground or other parts connected to ground by hinge.
The advantages of this invention are: passenger doesn't need to assemble, just press buttons to drive motors to raise chest cushion, the chest of the passenger is placed against the chest cushion by leaning body, his head is rested on the headrest, then sleep comfortably; if the passenger doesn't want to sleep, he can press button to lower the chest cushion to be close to the seat bottom, the chest cushion will not impede the movement of the passengers. In addition the length adjustment of the chest rod is gradual, so that it is easy for user to find the most comfortable position.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is the structure drawing for embodiment 1.

FIG. 2 is the drawing for the chest rod and gears when the gear box is hidden

FIG. 3 is a drawing for the chest rod, gears and gear boxes when the gear box is not hidden

FIG. 4 is the structure drawing for embodiment 2.

FIG. 5 is the side view for embodiment 2.

FIG. 6 is the drawing for embodiment 3 when it is being used.

FIG. 7 is the drawing for embodiment 3 when it is stored.

FIG. 8 is the drawing for embodiment 4 when it is being used.

FIG. 9 is the drawing for embodiment 5 when it is stored.

FIG. 10 is the drawing for the guard rail with sliding channel

FIG. 11 is the drawing for embodiment 6 when it is being used.

DETAIL DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, an easy to operate sleep support frame for travelling (Embodiment 1) includes:
a movable and curved chest rod 5; and a chest cushion 4 which is a plank and is connected with the chest rod 5; and a headrest 2 which is a plank and is placed in the back of the seat which is in front of the passenger. The chest rod 5 includes a circular arc segment; meshing gear teeth 51 are on one side of the chest rod 5. The meshing gear teeth 51 are on the inner circular arc side of the chest rod 5 which is like circular arc; the other end of the chest rod 5 goes through the driving gear box 7 under the seat 3; a driving gear 8 is placed in the driving gear box 7 and its teeth fit the meshing gear teeth 51 of the chest rod 5; rolling wheels 9 are placed on both sides of the driving gear 8; a rolling wheel 10 to support the chest rod 5 is placed on the outer circular arc side of the chest rod 5. A driven gear box 6 is placed in front of the driving gear box 7. There is a driven gear 11 in the driven gear box 6 and the teeth of the driven gear 11 fit the meshing gear teeth 51 of the chest rod 5; rolling wheels 13 are placed on both sides of the driven gear 11; a rolling wheel 12 to support the chest rod 5 is placed on the outer circular arc side of the chest rod. Rolling wheel 12, 10 can reduce the friction force to the chest rod 5 when the chest rod 5 is moving.
There is a connector 61 to fix the relative positions between driving gear box 7 and driven gear box 6.

Referring to FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 (Embodiment 2):

Head rod 16 is connected on the upper side of the chest rod 5. Head rest 17 is connected to the upper end of the head rod 16. The axle of driving gear 8 is connected with the axle of the driving motor; the driving motor is controlled by a controller.
The height of the driving gear box and the driven gear box is adjusted by the hydraulic pipes 20 under the two boxes.
Referring to FIGS. 6, 7, 8 and 9 for Embodiment 3:
An easy to operate sleep support frame for travelling (Embodiment 3) includes a chest cushion, which is a plank; an extensible chest rod 15 which is connected to the bottom of the chest cushion, and the lower end of the extensible chest rod 15 is connected to the ground or the seat in front of the user;
The headrest 2, which is a plank, is attached to the back of the seat 1 which is in front of the user. The extensible chest rod 15 stays on the back, close to or under the seat 1 in front of the passenger after it is pulled back; the extensible chest rod 15 is attached to the back of the seat 1 in front of the passenger by magnet, snap-fit part 14, and hook & loop fastener after it is pulled back.
The extensible chest rod 15 can be hydraulic extensible pipes.
If there are iron parts in the chest cushion or the extensible chest rod 15, the snap-fit part can be replaced by a magnet. The magnet can attract the rod 15 or chest cushion such that the chest rod or chest cushion will not fall.
Referring to FIG. 8 (Embodiment 4):
Head rod is connected to the upper side of the upper chest rod 18, the headrest is connected to the upper end of the head rod.
Referring to FIGS. 9 and 10 (Embodiment 5):
A guard rail 19 with sliding channel 191 is placed under the seat in front of the passenger; after the extensible chest rod 15 is pulled back, the end with pin 192 on the chest rod 15 slides through the sliding channel 191 of guard rail 19, bring the extensible chest rod 15 to under the seat for storage.
Referring to FIG. 11 (Embodiment 6):
The angle between the ground and extensible chest rod 15 is controlled by the hydraulic extensible pipe 21 connected with chest rod 15. The chest rod 15 is hinge-jointed with ground. The shortened chest rod 15 will stay close to the back of the seat in front of the user after the hydraulic extensible pipe 21 is adjusted to some value, the shortened chest rod 15 will not impede the movement of the passenger.
The ground end of said extensible chest rod 15 is connected to the ground or other parts connected to ground by hinge.
The above described are comparatively excellent embodiments and design schemes, the embodiments and design scheme are used for example, but not to limit the protection scope of the present invention. All embodiments based on the equivalent skills or claims covered by the protection scope of this patent, are inside the protection scope of this patent.

Claims

1-13. (canceled)

14. A body support system for use with a seat, the seat having a backrest, a seating surface, a lower seat portion, an upper seat portion, a front portion and a back portion with the backrest, the backrest having a front side and a backside, said body support system comprising:

a chest rest; and

a chest-rest support connected to the chest rest, the chest-rest support operable in a first position for locating the chest rest in the lower seat portion, and in a second position for locating the chest rest in the upper seat portion.

15. The body support system of claim 14, wherein when the chest-rest support is operated in the second position, the chest rest is located in the front portion.

16. The body support system of claim 15, wherein the chest-rest support comprises an arc-shape strut having a first end connected to the chest rest and a second end located in the lower seat portion below the seating surface.

17. The body support system of claim 16, wherein the arc-shape strut is driven by a gear box located in the lower seat portion below the seating surface.

18. The body support system of claim 17, wherein a distance between the seat surface and the chest rest is adjustable depending on the chest position of a person sitting on the seating surface.

19. The body support system of claim 14, further comprising a headrest connected to the chest-rest support.

20. The body support system of claim 14, further comprising a headrest located in the backside of the backrest.

21. The body support system of claim 14, wherein when the chest-rest support is operated in the second position, the chest rest is located in the back portion.

22. The body support system of claim 21, wherein the chest-rest support comprises an extendable member arranged to move the chest rest from the lower seat portion to the upper seat portion.

23. The body support system of claim 22, wherein the chest-rest support has a first end connected to the chest rest and an opposing second end pivotably connected so as to move the chest-rest away from or close to the back portion.

24. The body support system of claim 22, further comprising a mechanical latch located in the back portion arranged to secure the chest-rest support.

25. The body support system of claim 22, further comprising a magnetic latch arranged to secure the chest-rest support to the back portion.

26. The body support system of claim 22, further comprising a headrest connected to the chest-rest support.

27. The body support system of claim 22, wherein the chest-rest support has a first end connected to the chest rest and an opposing second end movably located in a sliding channel in the lower seat portion below the seat surface so as to move the second end between the front portion and the back portion below the seat surface.

28. The body support system of claim 23, further comprising a hydraulic extendable pipe connected between the chest-rest support and the lower portion so as to move the chest-rest away from or close to the back portion.

29. The body support system of claim 23, wherein the second end is pivotably connected to a floor surface below the seating surface.

30. The body support system of claim 17, further comprising a hydraulic pipe located between the gear box and a floor surface below the seating surface for adjusting a distance between the gear box and the floor surface.

31. A seat having a body support system according to claim 14.