WO2009063452A2 - Apparatus for moving handicapped person - Google Patents

Apparatus for moving handicapped person Download PDF

Info

Publication number
WO2009063452A2
WO2009063452A2 PCT/IL2008/001478 IL2008001478W WO2009063452A2 WO 2009063452 A2 WO2009063452 A2 WO 2009063452A2 IL 2008001478 W IL2008001478 W IL 2008001478W WO 2009063452 A2 WO2009063452 A2 WO 2009063452A2
Authority
WO
WIPO (PCT)
Prior art keywords
seat
chain
lowering
piston
lifting
Prior art date
Application number
PCT/IL2008/001478
Other languages
French (fr)
Other versions
WO2009063452A3 (en
Inventor
Nadin Chaliva
Original Assignee
Nadin Chaliva
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Nadin Chaliva filed Critical Nadin Chaliva
Publication of WO2009063452A2 publication Critical patent/WO2009063452A2/en
Publication of WO2009063452A3 publication Critical patent/WO2009063452A3/en

Links

Classifications

    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G5/00—Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs
    • A61G5/10—Parts, details or accessories
    • A61G5/1056—Arrangements for adjusting the seat
    • A61G5/1059—Arrangements for adjusting the seat adjusting the height of the seat
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
    • A61G7/10—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto
    • A61G7/1013—Lifting of patients by
    • A61G7/1019—Vertical extending columns or mechanisms
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
    • A61G7/10—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto
    • A61G7/104—Devices carried or supported by
    • A61G7/1046—Mobile bases, e.g. having wheels
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
    • A61G7/10—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto
    • A61G7/1049—Attachment, suspending or supporting means for patients
    • A61G7/1059—Seats

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to an apparatus for moving, transporting, lifting and handling handicapped persons.
  • a handicapped person who can use only the upper part of his body and can move around only in a wheel chair, needs help in getting into and out of the chair. Persons with higher degree of handicap are in a need of help to move, to get in and out of a bed, a chair etc.
  • Such help is provided either by a nurse or a care taker who carries and moves the handicapped into and out of the wheelchair, bed, etc. or by a stationary device affixed to the wall or to the ceiling.
  • Some known apparatuses are large and need a constant connection to a wall, or a ceiling.
  • JP 03-136656 which is a moving and handling apparatus for handicapped person, is large, needs to be affixed connections to the ceiling and can move only in one direction.
  • JP 07-293004 is also an apparatus for moving and handling handicapped person, that is more versatile then JP 03-136656.
  • JP 07-293004 can lift and lower the handicapped, and can move him within and around a specific predefined area, but this device too needs to be set up in a specific place, and has to be affixed to either a wall or a ceiling. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile, light weight apparatus which will enable a nurse to handle disable person to get into and out of a wheelchair not restricted to a pre-defined area.
  • An apparatus for moving, lifting and handling a handicapped person which comprises of: a. A base unit on wheels with a frame consisting of two vertical rails, carrying, on top, a horizontal shaft. b. A seat which can slides up and down along the vertical rails of the frame from floor level. c. A chain wheel mounted on the shaft, a hydraulic cylinder with a piston and rod for lifting and lowering the seat, a chain which is mounted on the chain wheel and connected on one side to the seat and the other side to the piston rod. d. A foot pedal with a predetermined stroke, which pumps hydraulic fluid into the upper part of the hydraulic cylinder thus lowering the piston rod, which lifts up the seat via the chain and a releasing handle activating a valve that enables the seat to move down slowly.
  • FIG. 1 Schema of the apparatus front view.
  • FIG. 1 Schema of the apparatus side and back view.
  • An apparatus comprises of: a. A base unit on wheels (205) with a frame consisting of two vertical rails, carrying, on top, a horizontal shaft. b. A seat (101) which can slide up and down (to floor level) along the vertical rails of the frame from floor level. In order to prevent injuries to the handicapped, there is a harness (102) that can be adjusted to each chair, as required by the specific handicap of its user Another feature for preventing injuries is the back rest (103), that may also be adjusted to each chair, as dictated by the specific handicap of the user. c.
  • the apparatus is activated by a hydraulic piston (201), which raises and lowers the seat (101).
  • First step is to adjust the high of the chair (101) to desirable height, raising the seat by pushing down a foot pedal (203), which pumps hydraulic fluid into the cylinder (201).
  • the stroke of the pedal is predetermined, to ensure that each stroke of the pedal yields a given rise of the seat, thus enables to control accurately the required height.
  • Lowering the seat is performed by using release- handle (204) at the top of the hydraulic cylinder. The handle opens a releasing valve which releases gradually the hydraulic pressure thus lowers the seat slowly and gradually to the preferred height.
  • the handicapped person When the chair is in the preferred height, the handicapped person is seated and strapped (103) on the chair (101). Then the height is adjusted so that the handicapped person is seating comfortably (his feet are few centimeters above the floor) and then the care taker can move the handicapped by sliding the whole apparatus on its build in wheels (205).
  • the care taker adjusts the high of the chair (101) to the desirable height, raising the seat by pushing down a foot pedal (203), which pumps hydraulic fluid into the cylinder.
  • a foot pedal which pumps hydraulic fluid into the cylinder.
  • Each stroke of the pedal yields a given raise of the seat, thus enables to control accurately the required height.
  • Lowering the seat is performed by using the handle (204) at the top of the hydraulic cylinder.
  • the handle activates a valve which releases gradually the hydraulic pressure thus lowers the seat, so the chair height is slowly and gradually lowered to the preferred height and can be lowered to floor level.
  • the handicapped person is released from straps (103) on the chair (101) and is moved out of the chair.
  • the hydraulic pressure prevents the chair to change its position while the handicapped person is seated or is moved out of the chair.

Abstract

An apparatus for moving, lifting and handling a handicapped person which comprises of: a. A base unit on wheels with a frame consisting of two vertical rails, carrying, on top, a horizontal shaft. b. A seat which can slides up and down along the vertical rails of the frame from floor level. c. A chain wheel mounted on the shaft, a hydraulic cylinder with a piston and rod for lifting and lowering the seat, a chain which is mounted on the chain wheel and connected on one side to the seat and the other side to the piston rod. d. A foot pedal with a predetermined stroke, which pumps hydraulic fluid into the upper part of the hydraulic cylinder thus lowering the piston rod, which lifts up the seat via the chain and a releasing handle activating a valve that enables the seat to move down slowly.

Description

APPARATUS FOR MOVING HANDICAPPED PERSON
Cross-Reference to Related Applications
This application claims priority to Israel Application No. 187412 filed 15th November, 2007, incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an apparatus for moving, transporting, lifting and handling handicapped persons.
Background
A handicapped person, who can use only the upper part of his body and can move around only in a wheel chair, needs help in getting into and out of the chair. Persons with higher degree of handicap are in a need of help to move, to get in and out of a bed, a chair etc.
Such help is provided either by a nurse or a care taker who carries and moves the handicapped into and out of the wheelchair, bed, etc. or by a stationary device affixed to the wall or to the ceiling. Some known apparatuses are large and need a constant connection to a wall, or a ceiling. For example JP 03-136656, which is a moving and handling apparatus for handicapped person, is large, needs to be affixed connections to the ceiling and can move only in one direction. JP 07-293004 is also an apparatus for moving and handling handicapped person, that is more versatile then JP 03-136656. The apparatus described in JP 07-293004 can lift and lower the handicapped, and can move him within and around a specific predefined area, but this device too needs to be set up in a specific place, and has to be affixed to either a wall or a ceiling. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile, light weight apparatus which will enable a nurse to handle disable person to get into and out of a wheelchair not restricted to a pre-defined area.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a mobile, light weight apparatus which will enable a nurse to move and transport a disable person indoors and outdoors, not restricted to a pre-defined area.
Summary of the Invention
An apparatus for moving, lifting and handling a handicapped person which comprises of: a. A base unit on wheels with a frame consisting of two vertical rails, carrying, on top, a horizontal shaft. b. A seat which can slides up and down along the vertical rails of the frame from floor level. c. A chain wheel mounted on the shaft, a hydraulic cylinder with a piston and rod for lifting and lowering the seat, a chain which is mounted on the chain wheel and connected on one side to the seat and the other side to the piston rod. d. A foot pedal with a predetermined stroke, which pumps hydraulic fluid into the upper part of the hydraulic cylinder thus lowering the piston rod, which lifts up the seat via the chain and a releasing handle activating a valve that enables the seat to move down slowly. Brief Description of the Drawing
Fig 1 - Schema of the apparatus front view.
Fig 2 - Schema of the apparatus side and back view.
Detail of a preferred embodiment of invention
The accompanying drawings (Fig. 1 and 2) show a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
An apparatus comprises of: a. A base unit on wheels (205) with a frame consisting of two vertical rails, carrying, on top, a horizontal shaft. b. A seat (101) which can slide up and down (to floor level) along the vertical rails of the frame from floor level. In order to prevent injuries to the handicapped, there is a harness (102) that can be adjusted to each chair, as required by the specific handicap of its user Another feature for preventing injuries is the back rest (103), that may also be adjusted to each chair, as dictated by the specific handicap of the user. c. A chain wheel (202) mounted on the shaft, a hydraulic cylinder with a piston and rod for lifting and lowering the seat (201), a chain which is mounted on the chain wheel and connected on one side to the seat and the other side to the piston rod. d. A foot pedal (203) with a predetermined stroke, which pumps hydraulic fluid into the upper part of the hydraulic cylinder (201) thus, lowers the piston rod, which lifts up the seat via the chain, and e. A releasing-handle activating a valve that enables the seat to move down slowly. Detailed description on how to activate the apparatus: The apparatus is activated by a hydraulic piston (201), which raises and lowers the seat (101). First step is to adjust the high of the chair (101) to desirable height, raising the seat by pushing down a foot pedal (203), which pumps hydraulic fluid into the cylinder (201). The stroke of the pedal is predetermined, to ensure that each stroke of the pedal yields a given rise of the seat, thus enables to control accurately the required height. Lowering the seat is performed by using release- handle (204) at the top of the hydraulic cylinder. The handle opens a releasing valve which releases gradually the hydraulic pressure thus lowers the seat slowly and gradually to the preferred height.
When the chair is in the preferred height, the handicapped person is seated and strapped (103) on the chair (101). Then the height is adjusted so that the handicapped person is seating comfortably (his feet are few centimeters above the floor) and then the care taker can move the handicapped by sliding the whole apparatus on its build in wheels (205).
When arriving to desirable location, the care taker adjusts the high of the chair (101) to the desirable height, raising the seat by pushing down a foot pedal (203), which pumps hydraulic fluid into the cylinder. Each stroke of the pedal yields a given raise of the seat, thus enables to control accurately the required height. Lowering the seat is performed by using the handle (204) at the top of the hydraulic cylinder. The handle activates a valve which releases gradually the hydraulic pressure thus lowers the seat, so the chair height is slowly and gradually lowered to the preferred height and can be lowered to floor level. When the chair is in the preferred height, the handicapped person is released from straps (103) on the chair (101) and is moved out of the chair.
The hydraulic pressure prevents the chair to change its position while the handicapped person is seated or is moved out of the chair.

Claims

Claims
1. An apparatus for moving, lifting and handling a handicapped person which comprises of: a. a base unit on wheels with a frame consisting of two vertical rails, carrying, on top, a horizontal shaft; b. a seat which can slides up and down along the vertical rails of the frame from floor level; c. a chain wheel mounted on the shaft, a hydraulic cylinder with a piston and rod for lifting and lowering the seat, a chain which is mounted on the chain wheel and connected on one side to the seat and the other side to the piston rod; and d. a foot pedal with a predetermined stroke, which pumps hydraulic fluid into the upper part of the hydraulic cylinder thus lowering the piston rod, which lifts up the seat via the chain and a releasing handle activating a valve that enables the seat to move down slowly.
2. The apparatus in claim 1, where instead of a hydraulic piston there is an electric motor for raising and lowering the seat.
3. The apparatus in claim 1, where instead of a hydraulic piston there is any other driving force for raising and lowering the seat.
4. The apparatus in claim 1, where instead of chain wheel and a chain there is a wheel with bang.
5. The apparatus in claim 1, where instead of a mechanic foot pedal there is an electric motor to pumps hydraulic fluid into a cylinder for raising the seat.
PCT/IL2008/001478 2007-11-15 2008-11-10 Apparatus for moving handicapped person WO2009063452A2 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
IL187412 2007-11-15
IL187412A IL187412A0 (en) 2007-11-15 2007-11-15 Apparatus for moving and lifting handicapped person

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
WO2009063452A2 true WO2009063452A2 (en) 2009-05-22
WO2009063452A3 WO2009063452A3 (en) 2010-03-11

Family

ID=40639258

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
PCT/IL2008/001478 WO2009063452A2 (en) 2007-11-15 2008-11-10 Apparatus for moving handicapped person

Country Status (2)

Country Link
IL (1) IL187412A0 (en)
WO (1) WO2009063452A2 (en)

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2463960A (en) * 2008-10-04 2010-04-07 Mountway Ltd Moveable chair lift with rear mounted wheels

Families Citing this family (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN106955207A (en) * 2017-03-22 2017-07-18 天津理工大学 Shifting machine for handicapped person

Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4347913A (en) * 1980-08-04 1982-09-07 Cromer Jr John A Chair lift
US4723808A (en) * 1984-07-02 1988-02-09 Colson Equipment Inc. Stretcher foot pedal mechanical linkage system
US5178025A (en) * 1990-08-31 1993-01-12 Innovative Medical Engineering, Inc. Tiltable lift seat devices
US5366036A (en) * 1993-01-21 1994-11-22 Perry Dale E Power stand-up and reclining wheelchair
US5520403A (en) * 1995-03-28 1996-05-28 Bergstrom; Michele R. Wheelchair with translating seat and patient lift

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4347913A (en) * 1980-08-04 1982-09-07 Cromer Jr John A Chair lift
US4723808A (en) * 1984-07-02 1988-02-09 Colson Equipment Inc. Stretcher foot pedal mechanical linkage system
US5178025A (en) * 1990-08-31 1993-01-12 Innovative Medical Engineering, Inc. Tiltable lift seat devices
US5366036A (en) * 1993-01-21 1994-11-22 Perry Dale E Power stand-up and reclining wheelchair
US5520403A (en) * 1995-03-28 1996-05-28 Bergstrom; Michele R. Wheelchair with translating seat and patient lift

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2463960A (en) * 2008-10-04 2010-04-07 Mountway Ltd Moveable chair lift with rear mounted wheels

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
WO2009063452A3 (en) 2010-03-11
IL187412A0 (en) 2008-02-09

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US8777238B1 (en) Medical emergency portable lift chair
JP5900493B2 (en) Standing support built into the walker
US11278756B2 (en) System and method for bodily support
KR101878410B1 (en) Method of keeping it horizontal position for stretcher cart
US9987181B2 (en) Portable elevating seat
US5853015A (en) Lightweight easily transportable personal lifting devices
JP2007181639A (en) Stand-up assist chair
US20070086880A1 (en) Personal lift apparatus
JP2007202880A (en) Walking implement
US8267474B2 (en) Portable self-contained pneumatic lift chair
US9925105B1 (en) Patient transfer device
FI127759B (en) Person hoisting device and method for producing power of a person hoisting device
WO2009063452A2 (en) Apparatus for moving handicapped person
US5619762A (en) Apparatus for assisting a person in standing from a seated position
JP2010279396A (en) Transfer implement for care
EP2168543A1 (en) Wheelchair that can be raised and converted into a stretcher
KR20130098508A (en) A moving method for a patient paralyzed from the waist down
JP3155755U (en) Wheelchair seat height adjustment device.
US10258526B2 (en) Rehabilitation lifting and lowering aid
KR102307531B1 (en) wheelchair
JP3165117U (en) Handicapped person transfer assistance device with foot-lifting function
US20040206385A1 (en) Lift assist apparatus
TW201740900A (en) Mobile auxiliary seat
SE1630157A1 (en) Device which is a hybrid of a personal lift and a height-adjustable seat and a method for using the device as a personal lift
US7644454B2 (en) Mechanical lifting system

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
121 Ep: the epo has been informed by wipo that ep was designated in this application

Ref document number: 08849886

Country of ref document: EP

Kind code of ref document: A2

NENP Non-entry into the national phase

Ref country code: DE

122 Ep: pct application non-entry in european phase

Ref document number: 08849886

Country of ref document: EP

Kind code of ref document: A2