Chair for the elderly

A chair especially adapted for providing added comfort and support to an elderly person, the chair comprising:

• a seat member disposed at a vertical elevation of about 20-21 inches above the surface on which the chair is resting, the seat member being disposed at an angle of about 2.degree.-12.degree. relative to a horizontal plane;
• arm rests being disposed laterally of the seat member, the arm rests disposed at a vertical elevation of about 28-29 inches above the surface on which the chair is resting;
• support means for supporting the seat member and the arm rests, the support means including a base frame defining a hollow cavity;
• foot support means for supporting the feet of the elderly person, the foot support means being disposed at a vertical elevation of about 4-5 inches above the surface on which the chair is resting, the foot support means being slidable in a horizontal plane relative to the base frame, and the foot support means having the capacity to be selectively stored in the hollow cavity of the base frame when the foot support means is not in use;
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• wherein a substantial portion of the foot support means is disposed at the same angle relative to a horizontal plane as the seat member.

A chair especially adapted for providing added comfort and support to a elderly person, the chair comprising:

• a seat member being angled relative to a horizontal plane and having a front edge, the seat member being disposed at a vertical elevation of about 20-21 inches above the surface on which the chair is resting;
• arm rests being disposed laterally of the seat member, the arm rests disposed at a vertical elevation of about 28-29 inches above the surface on which the chair is resting;
• support means for supporting the seat member and the arm rests, portions of the support means and the arm rests being disposed forwardly of the front edge of the seat member to facilitate lowering and raising of the elderly person into the chair, the support means including a base frame defining a hollow cavity having an opening;
• foot support means for supporting the feet of the elderly person, the foot support means being disposed at a vertical elevation of about 4-5 inches above the surface on which the chair is resting, the foot support means being slidable in a horizontal plane relative to the base frame, and the foot support means being selectively stored in the hollow cavity of the base frame;
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• back rest means for supporting the back of the elderly person, the back rest means having a first section and a second section, the first section being integrally connected to the second section, and the first and second sections being configured to assume the contour of a lumbar portion of the elderly person's back.