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US 8,419,124 B2Granted
Chair with movable arms and tables sections
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorsKenneth L. Kramer, Marshall S. Dahneke, Reed N. Wilcox, Franz Gaag, David T. Schwanemann, Rainer B. Teufel, Peter A. Koloski, Thornton K. Lothrop, Ryan R. Berger
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Abstract
A reclining chair is provided. The reclining chair has back, seat, and leg sections. The reclining chair has movable arm rests. In some embodiments, storage units are provided as part of the reclining chair.
Claims17
A reclining chair comprising
- a base,
- a plurality of movable person support sections coupled to the base and including a back section, a seat section, and a leg section,
- a pair of arms that are individually pivotable between a use position along side the seat section and oriented higher in elevation than a seating surface of the seat section and an out-of the way position to facilitate lateral transfer of a person off of the seating surface,
- at least one storage unit coupled to the base and positioned alongside the base, and
- a tray pivotably coupled to the at least one storage unit for movement about a substantially vertical tray axis that is located alongside the back section and closer to a rear of the at least one storage unit than a front of the at least one storage unit.
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A reclining chair comprising
- a base,
- a plurality of movable person support sections coupled to the base and including a back section, a seat section, and a leg section,
- a pair of arms that are individually pivotable between a use position along side the seat section and oriented higher in elevation than a seating surface of the seat section and an out-of the way position to facilitate lateral transfer of a person off of the seating surface,
- at least one storage unit coupled to the base and positioned alongside the base, wherein the at least one storage unit comprises a pair of storage units,
- a pair of transfer plates pivotably coupled to the tops of the storage units, the transfer plates have upper surfaces that are substantially coplanar with the seating surface, and the transfer plates are pivotable to an opened position permitting access to an interior region of the storage units, and
- a tray pivotably coupled to at least one of the pair of storage units.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.