Home care equipment system
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorsKenneth L. Kramer, Marshall S. Dahneke, Reed N. Wilcox, Franz R. Gaag, David T. Schwanemann, Rainer B. Teufel, Peter A. Koloski, Thornton K. Lothrop, Ryan R. Berger
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Abstract
A system for assisting a person of limited mobility in moving from room to room within a home and performing essential daily activities includes a personal mobility device which includes transfer drivers which engage a transfer system to transition from a first elevation to a second elevation.
Claims22
A personal mobility device for transferring a person along a transfer guide, the personal mobility device comprising
- a frame,
- a plurality of wheels coupled to the frame, wherein at least one of the wheels of the personal mobility system is a drive roller driven in a plurality of directions by a plurality of drive motors,
- a seat supported on the frame,
- a transfer driver coupled to the frame and configured to engage the transfer guide, and
- a motor configured to power the transfer driver to move the personal mobility device along the transfer guide.
A personal mobility device comprising
- a lower frame,
- a seat supported on the lower frame,
- a plurality of legs with at least one leg pivotably coupled to the lower frame and pivotable about a generally vertical axis relative to one of the other legs to vary a spacing therebetween,
- a drive wheel coupled to the at least one leg, and
- a transfer driver coupled to the lower frame configured to engage a transfer guide, and
- a motor configured to power the transfer driver to move the personal mobility device along the transfer guide.
A transfer system for transferring an individual from a first elevation to a second elevation, the transfer system comprising
- a personal mobility device including a lower frame, wheels coupled to the lower frame, a seat supported on the lower frame, a transfer driver coupled the lower frame, wherein the transfer driver moves between a use position extending outboard of the seat and a storage position wherein the transfer driver is retracted within the horizontal boundaries of the seat, and
- a transfer guide having a first horizontal portion configured to receive or release the transfer driver, an elevation portion coupled to the first horizontal portion and oriented to direct the personal mobility device to a second horizontal portion coupled to the elevation portion and at a different elevation from the first horizontal portion, the second horizontal portion configured to receive or release the transfer driver.
A personal mobility device comprising
- a frame,
- a seat supported on the frame,
- a plurality of legs with at least one leg pivotably coupled to the frame, wherein the plurality of legs includes the at least one leg and a second leg pivotably coupled to the frame about the generally vertical axis so that the at least one leg can move relative to the second leg to vary a spacing therebetween, and
- a plurality of wheels coupled to the legs, wherein at least one of the wheels of the personal mobility system is a drive roller driven in a plurality of directions by a plurality of drive motors.
A personal mobility device comprising
- a frame,
- a seat supported on the frame,
- a plurality of legs with at least one leg pivotably coupled to the frame,
- a plurality of wheels coupled to the legs, wherein at least one of the wheels of the personal mobility system is a drive roller driven in a plurality of directions by a plurality of drive motors, and
- a transfer driver coupled to the frame and movable between a use position extending outboard of the seat and a storage position wherein the transfer driver is retracted within the horizontal boundaries of the seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.