Multi-purpose chair

A chair for supporting a patient, the chair comprising:

• a frame having a displaceable base and a seat support member;
• a seat assembly for supporting a seated patient, the seat assembly having a seat portion including a removable seat plate and a backrest portion extending upwardly from the seat portion at a rear end thereof;
• the seat assembly being removably and rotationally engaged to the seat support member of the frame by two laterally spaced apart side swivel members, the swivel members pivotally engaging opposed sides of a front end of the seat portion to corresponding mounting points on the frame such that the seat assembly is selectively pivotable relative to the frame about a substantially vertical pivot axis located at each of the two side swivel members;
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• wherein each said swivel member includes a locking mechanism displaceable between a locked position and an open position, the locking mechanism being biased in the locked position until manually actuated into the open position, the seat assembly being pivotable about the substantially vertical pivot axis of one of the two swivel members when the locking mechanism of said one of the two swivel members is disposed in the locked position and the other of the two swivel members is disposed in the open position.

A chair comprising a base frame including a plurality of wheels, a central post having an adjustable length and extending upwardly from the base frame closer to a front end than to a rear end thereof, a support member connected at a top of the central post, the support member including two spaced apart side swivel members, a table assembly connected to the base frame frontwardly of the central post, and a seat assembly for surrounding a patient together with the table assembly, the seat assembly including two spaced apart lateral members interconnected by a rear member, a backrest extending upwardly from the rear member, an armrest extending over each lateral member, and a removable seat plate removably supported by at least the lateral members, a front end of each of the lateral members removably and rotationally engaging a respective one of the swivel members, wherein each swivel member includes a hollow member slidably receiving therein a locking member, the locking member protruding from the cylindrical member under the action of a spring, and the front end of each lateral member including a plate having a hole defined therethrough, the locking member being received in the hole of the respective plate for engaging the front end of the lateral member with the swivel member, the locking member being collapsible within the hollow member under the action of a force compressing the spring such that the plate and locking member are disengaged, the seat assembly being rotatable about one of the swivel members engaged with the respective plate when the other of the swivel members is disengaged from the respective plate.

A chair for supporting a patient comprising:

• a frame having a displaceable base and a seat support member;
• a seat assembly for supporting the patient seated thereon, the seat assembly having a seat portion including a removable seat plate and a backrest portion extending upwardly from the seat portion at a rear end thereof, the seat assembly being removably and rotationally engaged to the seat support member of the frame by two laterally spaced apart side swivel members, the swivel members engaging opposed sides of a front end of the seat portion to corresponding mounting points on the seat support member of the frame, the swivel members permitting the seat assembly to selectively pivot relative to the frame about a substantially vertical pivot axis passing through each of the two side swivel members;
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• a lift assembly connected to the frame in front of the seat assembly, the lift assembly including a belt for surrounding a torso of the patient, the belt being supported by a remainder of the lift assembly such as to be movable to lift a patient partially surrounded by the seat assembly sufficiently to engage the seat plate with at least the lateral members.