Mobility chair with accessibility features
OwnerHaresh Desaiinventor
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Abstract
A mobility chair described herein can comprise a base section, a set of wheels connected to the base section to allow the base section to traverse a surface, a chair section connected to the base section, the chair section comprising a seat portion pivotably connected to the base section and a backrest portion pivotably connected to the seat portion, and an actuator system configured to move the seat portion relative to the base section and move the backrest portion relative to the seat portion. A method described herein of lifting a user from a mobility chair onto a surface can comprise pivoting a seat portion of a chair section relative to a base section, elevating the seat portion relative to the base section, and reclining a backrest portion of the chair section relative to the seat portion.
Claims20
A mobility chair comprising:
- a base section;
- a set of wheels connected to the base section to allow the base section to traverse a surface;
- a chair section connected to the base section, the chair section comprising:
- a seat portion pivotably connected to the base section;
- and
- a backrest portion pivotably connected to the seat portion;
- and
- an actuator system configured to:
- move the seat portion relative to the base section;
- and
- move the backrest portion relative to the seat portion.
A method of lifting a user from a mobility chair onto a surface, the method comprising:
- pivoting a seat portion of a chair section relative to a base section;
- elevating the seat portion relative to the base section;
- and
- reclining a backrest portion of the chair section relative to the seat portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.