Folding assembly for the support or transportation of a person
AssigneeM.G.B., Inc.
InventorsMichel Bonnier, Georges Bonnier, Andre Taillard
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Abstract
A folding and height adjustable assembly for supporting or transporting an individual or a child includes a bearing or rolling structure with two beams and a structure for carrying a support for the individual or child. The carrying structure can be hinged at its base and can occupy a storage position wherein uprights are substantially parallel to the beams, and an operating position wherein the uprights form an acute angle with respect to the beams. The support for the person is fixed between two branches of a guiding handle. A height locking mechanism is located between at least one upright of the carrying structure and a branch of the guiding handle and locks the branch in at least two predetermined positions.
Claims15
A folding and height-adjustable assembly for supporting or transporting an individual comprising:
- a bearing structure with two longitudinal members,
- a support for the individual,
- a carrying structure for carrying the support for the individual including two upright members articulated at their base to ends of the longitudinal members, said carrying structure being articulatable between a storage position in which the upright members are substantially parallel to the longitudinal members, and an operating position in which the upright members form an acute angle with respect to the longitudinal members,
- an immobilization device which immobilizes the upright members and the longitudinal members in the storage position and the operating position, and
- a guiding handle having branches mounted so that they can slide with respect to the upright members of the carrying structure, wherein the support for the individual is fixed between the branches of the guiding handle, a mechanism for locking the support for the individual in at least two predetermined positions is interposed between at least one of said upright members of the carrying structure and one of said branches of the guiding handle, and an unlocking control mechanism located on the guiding handle for unlocking the support for the individual.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.