WO2004043323A1 - Spinal problem recovery aid - Google Patents

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WO2004043323A1
WO2004043323A1 PCT/ZA2003/000171 ZA0300171W WO2004043323A1 WO 2004043323 A1 WO2004043323 A1 WO 2004043323A1 ZA 0300171 W ZA0300171 W ZA 0300171W WO 2004043323 A1 WO2004043323 A1 WO 2004043323A1
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Adriaan Jacobus Nigrini
Hermie Von Abo
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Hermie Von Abo
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Priority to ZA200504547A priority patent/ZA200504547B/en

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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
    • A61G7/002—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons having adjustable mattress frame
    • A61G7/005—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons having adjustable mattress frame tiltable around transverse horizontal axis, e.g. for Trendelenburg position
    • 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
    • A61G7/053—Aids for getting into, or out of, bed, e.g. steps, chairs, cane-like supports
    • A61G7/0533—Lifting poles

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  • a person that is saddled with a spinal problem is often required to maintain a straight posture thus not being permitted to bend. While such person can thus walk or otherwise move and lie down, sitting is not permitted or in some cases even possible. Such person thus encounters difficulties when transferring from an upright standing position to lying down. It is amongst others an object of this invention to aid this problem.
  • This invention relates to a body carrier for maintaining the body of a user in at least generally a specific attitude despite carrier re-adjustment. Although not so limited the carrier finds useful application when adapted for spinal problem recovery reasons.
  • Equipment relating to body posture conditions known in the art deals with the changing of postures during use often for some or other therapeutic or medical purpose such as in chiropractics and not for the maintenance of a specific body attitude or posture.
  • Figure 1 shows a body carrier for maintaining the body of a user in at least generally a specific attitude despite carrier re-adjustment, in the form of a spinal problem recovery aid, in its normal use and thus bed providing side elevational view,
  • Figure 2 shows the aid in its side elevational condition of user bodily access
  • Figure 3 shows the body accommodating and supporting means of the aid as provided by a bed providing facility in three dimensional view, however omitting some facility details
  • Figure 4 shows the aid according to the same view as figure 1 though with a body upper part lifter forming part of the bed providing facility of the aid in its raised condition, and
  • a body carrier for maintaining the body of a user in at least generally a specific attitude despite carrier re-adjustment in the form of a spinal problem recovery aid is generally indicated by reference numeral 10.
  • the aid 10 comprises body accommodating and supporting means in the form of a bodily non-bending accommodating formation as provided by a bed providing facility 12 that is displaceably mounted to mounting means in the form of a bed providing facility carrying trolley 14 by being swivellably mounted thereto to swivel relative thereto along its longitudinal axis 16.
  • the bed providing facility 12 is in the form of a framed construction 18 incorporating a mattress support layout in the form of support bars 20 extending between the side members 22 of an integrally formed base frame member 24.
  • the member 24 is fitted with side protectors in the form of side frames 26 (not shown in figure 3), a head frame 28 and a lower end frame 30 holding a base board 32 forming a carrier foot support 34.
  • side frames 26 can be removably secured or collapsibly mounted to the member 24.
  • the construction 18 also incorporates an upper body lifter in the form of a lifting frame formation 36 (as shown in figure 4 while not shown in figure 3) that is swivellably mounted at its root to the member 24 enabling the conventional hospital bed type lifting of the upper body portion of a user of the aid 10.
  • the central axis 16 of the facility 12 thus extends transverse to the axis 40.
  • the width of the member 24 matches the width of the trolley 14.
  • the location of mounting of the facility 12 to the trolley 14 is suitably removed from its lower end 12.1 to result in the foot support 34 lying flat on a support surface once the bed providing facility 12 has been displaced to its condition of user bodily access, as shown in figure 2.This thus promotes the ease of access by an aid user to the facility 12 when in its bodily access condition.
  • the trolley 14 is formed with its lower end frame members 42 sloping upwardly inward at an oblique angle relative to the vertical causing the bed providing facility 12 to slope towards its direction of swivellable displacement into its bed providing condition once situated in its condition of bodily access, as shown in figure 2.
  • the foot support 34 naturally forms a suitably obtuse inner angle 44 with the integrally formed base frame forming member 24 to access, as shown in figure 2. This enables a user to lean against the bed providing facility 12 once having accessed the aid 10, as in its condition of bodily access, promoting the maintenance of a straight body posture on swivelling of the facility 12 to its bed providing condition, as shown in figure 1.
  • the bed providing facility 12 is swivellable relative to the trolley 14 via a drive mechanism in the form of a ram 46 mounted at a low elevation to a centrally extending trolley cross member while the push arm 50 of the ram 46 is swivellably secured to a central bar 20. of the layout 20.
  • the ram 46 can be driven by way of any suitable powering drive such as an electrical motor or hydraulically (both not shown). Operation of the ram 46 is usefully controllable by a user of the aid 10 by way of conveniently situated controls (not shown).
  • the lifting frame formation 36 is, similar to the bed providing facility 12, operable by way of a lifter ram 52. As lifting and lowering of the formation 36 is purely associated with the bed providing facility 12 its drive mechanism 54 is mounted to a support frame 56 extending below and integrally forming part of the bed providing facility 12 while its ram 52 couples with the lifting frame formation 36.
  • the aid 10 is conventionally fitted with an overhead suspended handle 58 hanging from an upper end trolley support 60 promoting user comfort once using the aid 10 in its bed providing condition.
  • the support 60 can also be fitted with equipment rendering it useful for a specific purpose such as a drip feed hook and tube clips (all not shown).
  • a user such a person that is for some or other reason not permitted to bend, accesses the aid 10 when in its bodily condition of access, as shown in figure 5(a) by stepping onto the foot support 34 and leans against the bed providing facility 12 as naturally fitted with a mattress 62 (shown in broken lines). The mattress naturally fits the facility 12 against release.

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Abstract

A body carrier in the form of a spinal problem recovery aid 10 comprises a bed providing facility (12) that is swivellably mounted to a trolley (14) and being subject to the operation of a ram (46). The facility (12) is fitted with a carrier foot support (34). Once the facility (12) has been displaced to its condition of user bodily access the foot support (34) rests on an aid support surface. The lower end frame members (42) of the trolley (14) slope obliquely upwardly inward causing the facility (12) to slope towards its direction swivellable displacement into its bed providing condition once situated in its condition of bodily access, in the latter of which a user accesses the aid (10) by stepping onto the support (34) and then leaning against a mattress fitted to the facility (12). Once so accessed the facility (12) is swivelled into its bed providing condition while the user throughout maintains as non-bending posture.

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(1) TITLE OF THE INVENTION
SPINAL PROBLEM RECOVERY AID
(2) BACKGROUND TO THE INVENTION
A person that is saddled with a spinal problem is often required to maintain a straight posture thus not being permitted to bend. While such person can thus walk or otherwise move and lie down, sitting is not permitted or in some cases even possible. Such person thus encounters difficulties when transferring from an upright standing position to lying down. It is amongst others an object of this invention to aid this problem.
(3) FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a body carrier for maintaining the body of a user in at least generally a specific attitude despite carrier re-adjustment. Although not so limited the carrier finds useful application when adapted for spinal problem recovery reasons.
(4) PRIOR ART DESCRIPTION
Equipment relating to body posture conditions known in the art deals with the changing of postures during use often for some or other therapeutic or medical purpose such as in chiropractics and not for the maintenance of a specific body attitude or posture.
(5) BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
The invention is now described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings Figure 1 shows a body carrier for maintaining the body of a user in at least generally a specific attitude despite carrier re-adjustment, in the form of a spinal problem recovery aid, in its normal use and thus bed providing side elevational view,
Figure 2 shows the aid in its side elevational condition of user bodily access,
Figure 3 shows the body accommodating and supporting means of the aid as provided by a bed providing facility in three dimensional view, however omitting some facility details,
Figure 4 shows the aid according to the same view as figure 1 though with a body upper part lifter forming part of the bed providing facility of the aid in its raised condition, and
Figure 5 in stepwise side elevation shows the use of the aid. (6) DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Referring to the drawings a body carrier for maintaining the body of a user in at least generally a specific attitude despite carrier re-adjustment in the form of a spinal problem recovery aid is generally indicated by reference numeral 10. The aid 10 comprises body accommodating and supporting means in the form of a bodily non-bending accommodating formation as provided by a bed providing facility 12 that is displaceably mounted to mounting means in the form of a bed providing facility carrying trolley 14 by being swivellably mounted thereto to swivel relative thereto along its longitudinal axis 16. The bed providing facility 12 is in the form of a framed construction 18 incorporating a mattress support layout in the form of support bars 20 extending between the side members 22 of an integrally formed base frame member 24. The member 24 is fitted with side protectors in the form of side frames 26 (not shown in figure 3), a head frame 28 and a lower end frame 30 holding a base board 32 forming a carrier foot support 34. Although not shown in detail the side frames 26 can be removably secured or collapsibly mounted to the member 24. The construction 18 also incorporates an upper body lifter in the form of a lifting frame formation 36 (as shown in figure 4 while not shown in figure 3) that is swivellably mounted at its root to the member 24 enabling the conventional hospital bed type lifting of the upper body portion of a user of the aid 10. The trolley 14, as also of frame construction, swivellably holds the bed providing facility 12 by way of a swivelling shaft 38 that enables swivelling of the facility 12 about an axis 40 extending at one end of the trolley 14. The central axis 16 of the facility 12 thus extends transverse to the axis 40. The width of the member 24 matches the width of the trolley 14. The location of mounting of the facility 12 to the trolley 14 is suitably removed from its lower end 12.1 to result in the foot support 34 lying flat on a support surface once the bed providing facility 12 has been displaced to its condition of user bodily access, as shown in figure 2.This thus promotes the ease of access by an aid user to the facility 12 when in its bodily access condition.
The trolley 14 is formed with its lower end frame members 42 sloping upwardly inward at an oblique angle relative to the vertical causing the bed providing facility 12 to slope towards its direction of swivellable displacement into its bed providing condition once situated in its condition of bodily access, as shown in figure 2. The foot support 34 naturally forms a suitably obtuse inner angle 44 with the integrally formed base frame forming member 24 to access, as shown in figure 2. This enables a user to lean against the bed providing facility 12 once having accessed the aid 10, as in its condition of bodily access, promoting the maintenance of a straight body posture on swivelling of the facility 12 to its bed providing condition, as shown in figure 1. The bed providing facility 12 is swivellable relative to the trolley 14 via a drive mechanism in the form of a ram 46 mounted at a low elevation to a centrally extending trolley cross member while the push arm 50 of the ram 46 is swivellably secured to a central bar 20. of the layout 20. The ram 46 can be driven by way of any suitable powering drive such as an electrical motor or hydraulically (both not shown). Operation of the ram 46 is usefully controllable by a user of the aid 10 by way of conveniently situated controls (not shown). The lifting frame formation 36 is, similar to the bed providing facility 12, operable by way of a lifter ram 52. As lifting and lowering of the formation 36 is purely associated with the bed providing facility 12 its drive mechanism 54 is mounted to a support frame 56 extending below and integrally forming part of the bed providing facility 12 while its ram 52 couples with the lifting frame formation 36.
The aid 10 is conventionally fitted with an overhead suspended handle 58 hanging from an upper end trolley support 60 promoting user comfort once using the aid 10 in its bed providing condition. The support 60 can also be fitted with equipment rendering it useful for a specific purpose such as a drip feed hook and tube clips (all not shown). In use and referring to figure 5 a user such a person that is for some or other reason not permitted to bend, accesses the aid 10 when in its bodily condition of access, as shown in figure 5(a) by stepping onto the foot support 34 and leans against the bed providing facility 12 as naturally fitted with a mattress 62 (shown in broken lines). The mattress naturally fits the facility 12 against release. Once such contact is obtained the user simply activates the ram 46 into swivellably progressively lowering the facility 12 onto the trolley 14 as shown in figure 5(b). As the user remains in contact with the mattress 62 throughout such lowering process while standing on the support 34 a straight posture is easily maintained. Once the bed providing facility 12 is fully lowered in to its bed providing condition, as shown in figure 5(c), the user is thus situated in a condition of conventional bed usage while, throughout the process, such person was not required to in any way perform a bending action. When a user desired to leave the aid 10 the above procedure is simply reversed.
Once the aid is in the bed providing condition a user can conventionally lift the upper body part when desired by way of manipulation of the lifter ram 52.

Claims

(7) CLAIMS
(1 ) A body carrier (10) for maintaining the body of a user in at least generally a specific attitude despite carrier re-adjustment comprising body accommodating and supporting means (12) arranged to carry such body according to an attitude associated therewith, while enabling the ease of access thereto at least when situated in a condition of bodily access, and mounting means (14) to which the body accommodating and supporting means (12) is displaceably mounted while being displaceable relative thereto in response to the exertion of a displacement force thereon; characterised therein that the body accommodating and supporting means (12) is suitably displaceably mounted to the mounting means (14) to permit its displacement between its condition of bodily access, in which such user is accommodatably receivable in at least generally the body attitude that is taken in once the accommodating and supporting means has been displaced to its condition of normal use, and at least one condition of normal use thereby to enable the maintenance of such body in the attitude associated with the body accommodating and supporting means, despite its displacement relative to the mounting means (14).
(2) A body carrier (10) as claimed in claim 1 in which the mounting means is in the form of a mounting support (12) arranged to firmly maintain the carrier (10) onto a support surface.
(3) A body carrier (10) as claimed in claim 2 in which the mounting support is in the form of a body accommodating and supporting means carrying trolley (14).
(4) A body carrier (10) as claimed in any one of the preceding claims in which the body accommodating and supporting means (12) is swivellably mounted to the mounting means (14).
(5) A body carrier (10) as claimed in claim 4 in which the body accommodating and supporting means is in the form of a bodily non-bending accommodating formation (12) incorporating a foot support (34) that lies against a carrier support surface once the formation (12) is in its condition of bodily access while the formation (12) is mounted to be swivelled relative to the mounting means (14) along its central axis (16), as lying transverse to its axis of the swivelling (40) between the formation (12) and the support means (14), and with respect to which formation (12) the body of a user, as in a standing condition with feet located onto the foot support (34), is accommodatable by being contiguously situated if not permitting the bed fashion supporting of such body once the formation (12) has been swivelled to its condition of normal and thus bed providing use, the carrier thus, amongst others, being employable by a person for some or other reason requiring the maintenance of a straight body posture.
(6) A body carrier (10) as claimed in claim 5 in which the foot support (34) incorporates a base board (32) arranged to promote ease of access of a user to the bed type formation (12) once in its condition of user access.
(7) A body carrier (10) as claimed in claim 5 or claim 6 in which the bodily non-bending accommodating formation is in the form of a bed type formation (12) that is fitted with a mattress (62) for use of the carrier if not integrally forming part thereof.
(8) A body carrier (10) as claimed in claim 7 which the bed type formation (12) incorporates a swivellably mounted upper body lifter (36) employable for conventionally lifting the upper body of a user of the carrier (10) once in its conventional bed providing condition.
(9) A body carrier (10) as claimed in claim 8 in which the upper body lifter (36) is displaceable via a lifter powering mechanism (54) enabling its manipulation by a user of the carrier (10).
(10) A body carrier (10) as claimed in any one of claims 7 to 9 in which the bed type formation (12) is fitted with side protectors (26) for limiting the possibility of a person accidentally falling there from.
(11 ) A body carrier (10) as claimed in any one of claims 7 to 10 in which the bed type formation (12) engages appropriately swivellably with the mounting means (14) to cause its body receiving surface, once the carrier is in its condition of bodily access, to be sloped in its direction of swivelling to the extent of maintaining ease of access thereto while permitting a user to lean there against while mounted on the foot support (34). (12) A body carrier as claimed in any one of claims 5 to 11 in which the bodily non-bending accommodating formation
(12) is swivellable relative to the mounting means (14) via a drive mechanism (46) that is also manipulable by the user of the carrier (10).
(13) A body carrier as claimed in any one of claims 5 to 12 that is fitted with an overhead suspended handle (58) to promote user comfort once using the carrier (10) in its bed providing condition of use.
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