Mobile rocking patient chair and method of use
OwnerPaul J. Johansson, Paul David Johanssoninventors
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Abstract
A mobile patient chair includes a seat portion and an undercarriage coupled to and supporting the seat portion, where the undercarriage includes a frame having a set of rollers and a rocking mechanism coupling the seat portion to the frame. The chair has a rolling mode, whereby the set of rollers rotate and allow the mobile patient chair to move from a first location to a second location and a rocking mode, whereby the rocking mechanism is operable to move the seat in a substantially forward and backward translating movement relative to the frame. A lockout member renders the rolling mode and the rocking mode mutually exclusive.
Claims19
A mobile patient chair comprising:
- a seat portion;
- and
- an undercarriage coupled to and supporting the seat portion, the undercarriage including:
- a frame having at least one selectively rolling wheel;
- a rocking mechanism coupling the seat portion to the frame and operable to move the seat in a substantially forward and backward translating movement relative to the frame;
- and
- a lockout member having:
- a first position that prevents a rolling ability of the at least one selectively rolling wheel and does not prevent the rocking mechanism from the substantially forward and backward translating movement relative to the frame;
- and
- a second position that does not inhibit the rolling ability of the at least one selectively rolling wheel and does prevent the rocking mechanism from the substantially forward and backward translating movement relative to the frame.
A mobile patient chair comprising:
- a seat portion;
- and
- an undercarriage coupled to and supporting the seat portion, the undercarriage including:
- a frame having a set of rollers;
- and
- a rocking mechanism coupling the seat portion to the frame;
- a rolling mode, whereby the set of rollers rotate and allow the mobile patient chair to move from a first location to a second location;
- a rocking mode, whereby the rocking mechanism is operable to move the seat in a substantially forward and backward translating movement relative to the frame;
- and
- a lockout member rendering the rolling mode and the rocking mode mutually exclusive.
A method for selecting between modes of a mobile patient rocking chair comprising:
- providing a mobile patient rocking chair, including:
- a seat portion;
- and
- an undercarriage coupled to and supporting the seat portion, the undercarriage including:
- a frame having a set of rollers;
- and
- a rocking mechanism coupling the seat portion to the frame;
- and
- selecting between a rolling mode, whereby the set of rollers rotate and allow the mobile patient rocking chair to move from a first location to a second location and a rocking mode, whereby the rocking mechanism is operable to move the seat in a substantially forward and backward translating movement relative to the frame by activation of a single member, whereby the rolling mode and the rocking mode are mutually exclusive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.