Insert travel chair and method of transporting the handicapped
OwnerFrederick L. Dayinventor
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Abstract
A travel chair includes a back pivotable both forwardly and rearwardly and pivotable underneath the chair to form a generally triangular arrangement for ease in carrying and further includes detachable wheels for use of the chair in automobiles and the like. The chair further includes a pair of spring means for biasing the rear legs in a rearward direction and means for removably securing and adjusting the footrests, as well as spring-biasing means for urging the rear handles in a locked position. Finally, front handles are pivotable in vertical and horizontal directions, and a head restraint is provided.
Claims28
A foldable insert travel chair comprising:
- (a) a seat having a front and rear,
- (b) a back pivotally attached to the rear of said seat, said back being pivotable forwardly from an upright position and rearwardly to a collapsed position relative to said seat, wherein said back is positioned substantially under said seat,
- (c) means for latching said back in a position wherein said back may be locked in the upright, non-pivoting position and unlocked into the pivotable position,
- (d) wheel means connected to the chair,
- (e) the area under the rear of said seat being substantially unobstructed whereby said seat may be positioned over a conventional seat,
- (f) leg means extending downwardly from and pivotally connected to the rear of said seat, said leg means being movable from a ground engaging position to a position substantially under said seat,
- (g) handle means extending from said back for moving the chair from place to place.
A wheelchair comprising:
- (a) a seat,
- (b) a back having a front and a rear connected to said seat,
- (c) wheels connected to said seat,
- (d) a pair of back handles connected to said back, said handles including:
- (1) means for pivoting said handles from a substantially vertical position to a substantially horizontal position,
- (2) means for rotating and locking said handles in a position extending toward the rear of said back and in a position extending forwardly of the back.
A method of transporting the physically handicapped to and/or from a conventional seat comprising:
- (a) providing a chair with a seat, attaching front wheels thereon, the seat being substantially free of obstructions under the rear thereof,
- (b) providing the chair with a back,
- (c) positioning leg means under the rear of the seat in a ground engaging position to form a self-supporting chair, including biasing the leg means in the ground engaging position,
- (d) positioning a physically handicapped person in the chair,
- (e) pivotally connecting a pair of back handles on said back,
- (f) pivoting said back handles to a substantially horizontal position to extent rearwardly of said back, rotating and locking said back handles in a position extending toward the rear of said back and in a position extending forwardly of said back,
- (g) transporting the person in the chair by rolling the chair on said wheels, at least one of said front wheels being permitted to pivot whereby the conventional seat may be approached from a variety of angles,
- (h) nesting the chair onto a conventional seat and sliding the rear of the chair seat over the conventional seat,
- (i) pivotally connecting a pair of front handles on said front adjacent said front wheels.
The method of positioning a physically handicapped person on a toilet comprising:
- (a) providing a chair with a seat,
- (b) attaching wheels to the chair,
- (c) positioning leg means under the rear of the seat, said leg means being movable from a ground engaging position to a position wherein the seat is substantially free of obstructions under the rear thereof,
- (d) providing the seat with an insert pivotally connected on the forward side thereof,
- (e) pivoting the insert downwardly from a position substantially coextensive with the seat to a position substantially greater than 90.degree. relative to its substantially coextensive position,
- (f) positioning the seat over the toilet wherein the opening formed by the pivoting of the insert is over the toilet, the insert being pivoted by action of the toilet against the insert.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.