Toilet support frame
OwnerGillian Taylorinventor
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Abstract
A toilet frame can measure the weight of a patient when the patient is sat on the toilet frame. The toilet frame includes a support frame and a seat mounted on the support frame. The seat includes an aperture for receiving bodily fluids such that the patient may go to the toilet. The toilet frame further includes a foot plate for supporting the patient's feet. Weight sensors are positioned under the seat and the foot plate such that when a patient sits on the toilet frame the weight of the patient may be measured.
Claims20
A toilet frame for measuring the weight of a patient when the patient is sat on the toilet frame, the toilet frame comprising:
- a support frame;
- a seat mounted on the support frame, the seat comprising an aperture for receiving bodily fluids;
- and
- a foot plate for supporting the patient's feet;
- wherein the toilet frame further comprises a weight sensor configured to measure the weight of the patient when the patient is sat on the seat,
- wherein the footplate is rotatably coupled to the support frame,
- wherein the footplate is moveable from a deployed position in which the footplate is positioned on the floor and a stored position, and/or
- wherein the footplate comprises a distal edge and wherein the distal edge of the footplate is a wedge, and/or
- wherein the toilet frame comprises a foot plate weight sensor configured to measure a first component of the patient's weight applied to the foot plate by the patient's feet, and/or
- wherein the weight sensor is configured to measure a second component of the patient's weight applied to the seat by the patient and wherein the toilet frame comprises a processor configured to determine the total weight of the patient in dependence on the measured first and second components of the patient's weight.
A toilet frame for measuring the weight of a patient when the patient is sat on the toilet frame, the toilet frame comprising:
- a support frame;
- a seat mounted on the support frame, the seat comprising an aperture for receiving bodily fluids;
- and
- a foot plate for supporting the patient's feet;
- wherein the toilet frame further comprises a weight sensor configured to measure the weight of the patient when the patient is sat on the seat,
- wherein the toilet frame comprises an upper support frame mounted on the support frame by the weight sensor such that a load path extends from the upper support frame to the support frame via the weight sensor,
- wherein the weight sensor is disposed between the seat and the support frame,
- wherein the seat is secured to the upper support frame,
- wherein the upper support frame comprises a pair of arm rests,
- wherein a back rest extends between the pair of arm rests,
- wherein the upper support frame comprises a pair of upper struts,
- wherein the support frame comprises a pair of lower struts and wherein each lower strut is aligned vertically with a respective upper strut,
- wherein the seat is mounted on the pair of upper struts,
- wherein the seat comprises two pairs of slots and wherein each of the lower and upper struts are at least partially received within a respective slot,
- wherein a plug is at least partially received within a gap defined between the lower strut and the upper strut,
- wherein the toilet frame comprises at least two weight sensors, and
- wherein a first weight sensor is disposed between one of the lower and upper struts and a second weight sensor is disposed between the other of the lower and upper struts.
A method of weighing a patient using a toilet frame, the toilet frame comprising a seat and a foot plate, the method comprising:
- measuring a first component of the patient's weight applied to the foot plate by the patient;
- measuring a second component of the patient's weight applied to the seat by the patient;
- and
- determining a total weight of the patient in dependence on the measured first component of the patient's weight and the measured second component of the patient's weight.
A toilet frame for measuring the weight of a patient when the patient is sat on the toilet frame, the toilet frame comprising:
- a support frame;
- a seat mounted on the support frame, the seat comprising an aperture for receiving bodily fluids;
- and
- a foot plate for supporting the patient's feet;
- wherein the toilet frame further comprises a weight sensor configured to measure the weight of the patient when the patient is sat on the seat,
- wherein the seat comprises a lower seat portion and an upper seat portion,
- wherein the upper seat portion comprises an inner flange extending around the aperture and an outer flange extending around the periphery of the upper seat portion,
- wherein the lower seat portion is at least partially received between the inner flange and the outer flange to define a cavity between the lower and upper seat portions,
- wherein a top edge of the outer flange comprises a fillet extending around an outer surface of the outer flange, and
- wherein a top edge of the inner flange comprises a fillet extending around an inner side of the inner flange.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.