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US 9,079,089 B2Granted
Seat
AssigneeAltimate Medical, Inc.
InventorsMichael Warren Lokken, Wesley Lee Ovre, Jeffrey Vernon Schmidt, Mathew Allan Haugen, Leo Joseph Schweiss
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Abstract
Seats that are moveable from a seating orientation, which allows a user to sit on the seat, to a standing orientation, where the seat at least partially supports the user in a standing posture are disclosed. At least a portion of the seat is moveable away from the user's legs when the seat is in the standing orientation.
Claims6
A method of assisting movement from a seated position to a standing position comprising:
- pivoting both a first portion and a second portion of a seat from a substantially horizontal seating orientation to a substantially vertical standing orientation to move a user from a seated position to a standing position;
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- moving the second portion of the seat relative to the first portion such that the second portion moves away from the user's legs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.