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US 2010/0301653 A1Published application
Seat for assisted sitting and standing
OwnerDaran Churovichinventor
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Abstract
A seat or bench that provides a unique support structure to assist a person in the act of sitting upon, rising from or standing before the seat of the chair or bench, comprising a seat member having a front portion, a first side portion and a second side portion, the front portion having a front edge, two generally horizontal and elongated arms, and legs supporting the seat member, the seat configured such that the arms are adapted to provide support in front of a person standing between the arms while adjacent to and facing away from the front edge of the seat member.
Claims20
A seat comprising:
- a seat member having a front portion, a first side portion and a second side portion, the front portion having a front edge;
- a generally horizontal and elongated first arm positioned in proximity to the first side portion of the seat member;
- a generally horizontal and elongated second arm positioned in proximity to the second side portion of the seat member;
- and
- a leg supporting the seat member;
- wherein the arms are adapted to provide support in front of a person standing between the arms and adjacent to and facing away from the front edge of the seat member.
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A seat comprising:
- a seat member having a front portion, a first side portion and a second side portion, the front portion having a front edge;
- a generally horizontal and elongated first arm positioned in proximity to the first side portion of the seat member;
- a generally horizontal and elongated second arm positioned in proximity to the second side portion of the seat member;
- and
- a base supporting the seat member;
- wherein the arms extend generally parallel to one another beyond the front edge of the seat member to define the perimeter of an area having sufficient size for a person to fully stand within when standing adjacent to and facing away from the front edge of the seat member.
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A seat comprising:
- a seat member having a front portion, a first side portion and a second side portion, the front portion having a front edge;
- a generally horizontal and elongated first arm positioned in proximity to the first side portion of the seat member;
- a generally horizontal and elongated second arm positioned in proximity to the second side portion of the seat member;
- and
- a base supporting the seat member;
- wherein the arms are configured to allow a person to grasp both arms in front of the person when the person is standing between the arms and adjacent to and facing away from the front edge of the seat member.
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A seat comprising:
- a seat member having a front portion, a first side portion and a second side portion, the front portion having a front edge;
- a generally horizontal and elongated first arm positioned in proximity to the first side portion of the seat member;
- a generally horizontal and elongated second arm positioned in proximity to the second side portion of the seat member;
- and
- a base supporting the seat member;
- wherein the arms are adapted to provide continuous support to a person while in the process of rising from or sitting upon the seat member from a seated position to a position standing nearly erect adjacent the front edge of the seat member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.