Combination patient transporter chair or commode
AssigneeMcGill University
InventorsGlen Williams, Arnold Zidulka
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Abstract
A combination patient transporter and chair, comprising a base frame extending in a horizontal plane and having a front and rear portion. Wheels are mounted on the base, and a vertically adjustable first post is rigidly connected to the base frame, spaced from the rear portion and near the front portion. The first post includes mounting means spaced vertically from the base frame. A removable chair is provided having a backrest. The mounting means includes cantilevered connecting members mounting the chair in a cantilevered manner from the first post towards and over the rear portion. A vertically adjustable footrest means is provided over the base and is adjustable between an upper position and a lower position. A table platform is spaced forwardly and above the chair.
Claims8
A combination patient transporter chair and commode for supporting a patient in a sitting position, comprising a base frame extending horizontally and having a front, rear and side portions, wheels mounted on the base frame, a vertically adjustable first post rigidly connected to the base frame, spaced from the front, rear and side portions and located closer to the front portion than the rear portion, the first post mounting a beam which extends generally laterally relative to the side portions of the base frame, a chair having a backrest and an interchangeable seat pad and toilet seat, the chair including a pair of parallel side frame members extending on either side of the backrest to be detachably engaged to the beam by means of swivel blocks and wherein the chair can be at least partially detached from the beam to allow a patient to move into a position relative to the beam;
- one of the seat pad and toilet seat extending horizontally at least as high as the beam;
- a footrest supported above the base frame and forward of the first post, and table means mounted to the base frame and spaced forward of the first post in the front portion of the base.
A combination patient transporter chair and commode comprising a perimeter base frame formed of round metal tubes the perimeter base frame defines a front portion and a rear portion, wheels are provided on ends of the rear portion of the base frame, a hydraulic, vertically adjustable post centrally connected, to the base frame, a beam extending transversely of the post at a top thereof with mounting swivel female connecting members at each end thereof, a cantilevered removable chair having a backrest and two cantilevered tubular frame members formed with male connecting members at the ends thereof, said cantilevered chair being securely attached to the beam by engagement of the male connecting members in the female connecting members, a footrest means supported above the base frame and forward of the post having an upper support position and a lower support position, and another vertically adjustable post connected to the base frame mounting a table.
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