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US 2002/0171281 A1Published application
Portable therapy chair
OwnerCharles A. Cochraninventor
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Abstract
A portable, light weight therapy chair is shown which folds flat into an easily carried apparatus when not in use and which may be easily set up and taken down at a patient's location. The arrangement of multiple pairs of two pivotally joined arms results in a safe and stable apparatus.
Claims12
A unitary, portable and adjustable therapy chair on which a patient is seated to facilitate treatment by a therapist comprising:
- a generally rectangular, elongated frame having first and second side members, said side members being connected adjacent one end by a first cross member, and at a longitudinal distance from said first cross member, by a second cross member;
- a first two pair of spaced apart, pivotally connected arms, one arm of each pair having a cross member fixed thereto adjacent one end thereof, and the other end of said one arm of each pair being pivotally mounted to said first and second frame members;
- the other arm of each first two pair of spaced apart, pivotally connected arms having at the free ends thereof interconnecting means for selectively engaging with said frame first cross member;
- a second two pair of spaced apart, pivotally connected arms, one arm of each pair having a cross member fixed thereto adjacent one end thereof, and the other end of said one arm of each pair being pivotally mounted to said first and second frame members;
- the other arm of each pair of said second two pair of arms having at the free ends thereof interconnecting means for selectively engaging with said frame first cross member;
- said first two pair of pivotally connected arms forming in the extended position on one side of said first and second side members, a leg member for said therapy chair and in the retracted and stored position lying solely within the lateral confines of said elongated frame;
- said second two pair of pivotally connected arms forming in the extended position on the other side of said first and second side members from said leg member side, a patient seat for said therapy chair and in the retracted and stored position lying solely within the lateral confines of said elongated frame;
- whereby in the extended position said first and second two pairs of arms form a stable and comfortable patient chair and in the retracted and stored position form a thin, easily carried and transported apparatus for the massage therapist.
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A unitary, portable and adjustable therapy chair on which a patient is seated to facilitate treatment by a therapist comprising:
- a generally rectangular, elongated frame having first and second side members, said side members being spaced apart and connected adjacent one end by a first cross member, and at a longitudinal distance from said first cross member, by a second cross member;
- said side members forming at one end a first chair leg portion;
- a plurality of sets of two pairs of pivotally joined arms;
- a first set of said plurality of sets of two pairs of pivatally joined arms being pivotally fastened to said side members to form when in the erected position a second chair leg portion;
- a second set of said plurality of sets of two pairs of pivotally joined arms being pivotally fastened to said side members to form when in the erected position a patient seat portion;
- a third set of said plurality of sets of two pairs of pivotally joined arms being pivotally fastened to said side members to form when in the erected position a patient arm rest portion;
- said sets of two pairs of pivotally joined arms being spaced apart from each other and said frame members to fold flat substantially within the plane of said frame members when in the stored position.
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