Dynamic support system for a chair to provide a user multiple supported positions

• US 10,500,112 B1
• Filed: 06/11/2018
• Issued: 12/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mark Christopher Saunders, Martin Carl Haas, Wayne Harvey Hanson
• Original Assignee: Mark Christopher Saunders, Martin Carl Haas, Wayne Harvey Hanson
• Inventors: Hanson, Wayne Harvey, Haas, Martin Carl, Saunders, Mark Christopher
• Primary Examiner(s): White, Rodney B
• Application Number:
  US16/005,386
• Time in Patent Office: 547 Days
• Field of Search: 297325, 297326, 297327, 297340, 2973441, 2974401, 29744014, 29744015, 2974402, 29744022, 29745255, 297DIG 4
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 5/1056 Arrangements for adjusting the seat
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 5/1067 adjusting the backrest relative to the seat portion
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 5/1081 with shock absorbers or other suspension arrangements between frame and seat
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 5/125 for arms

Abstract

A dynamic support system mounted to a chair to permit a user to be supported in one of a plurality of positions is provided. The dynamic support system includes a seat assembly coupled to the chair and having a cushion and a pair of support plate assemblies coupled to the cushion, each support plate assembly having a central interface plate coupled to the chair and disposed between an inner interface plate and an outer interface plate, the central interface plate of each support plate assembly having a pair of pivot slots, the inner and outer interface plates of each support plate assembly coupled to the cushion by a pair of bolts extending through the inner interface plate, the pair of pivot slots in the central interface plate and the outer interface plate of each support plate assembly. The seat assembly can adjust between an anterior position and a posterior position.

Claims

1. A dynamic support system with enhanced adjustability mounted to a chair to permit a user situated thereon to be supported in one of a plurality of positions, the chair comprising a base frame assembly disposed on a ground surface and comprising a pair of mounting tubes, the dynamic support system comprising:

a seat assembly coupled to the base frame assembly of the chair and comprising a cushion and a pair of support plate assemblies coupled to opposing sides of the cushion, each support plate assembly in the pair of support plate assemblies comprising a central interface plate coupled to one of the pair of mounting tubes in the chair and disposed between an inner interface plate and an outer interface plate, the central interface plate of each support plate assembly in the pair of support plate assemblies comprising a pair of pivot slots, the inner and outer interface plates of each support plate assembly in the pair of support plate assemblies coupled to the cushion by a pair of bolts extending through the inner interface plate, the pair of pivot slots in the central interface plate and the outer interface plate of each support plate assembly; and

a pair of armrests pivotably mounted to the pair of outer interface plates in the pair of support plate assemblies, each armrest in the pair of armrests configured to pivotably adjust relative to one of the pair of outer interface plates to an elevated position and a folded position;

wherein the seat assembly is configured to support the user on the cushion and enable slidable adjustments of the cushion between an anterior position and a posterior position as permitted by movement of each pair of bolts within the pair of pivot slots in each support plate assembly in the pair of support plate assemblies.

2. The dynamic support system of claim 1, further comprising a pair of spring-loaded latches pivotably mounted to the pair of central interface plates in the pair of support plate assemblies, each spring-loaded latch in the pair of spring-loaded latches configured to engage with a mounting bolt coupled to one of the pair of mounting tubes in the base frame assembly of the chair.

3. The dynamic support system of claim 2, further comprising a back support assembly coupled to the base frame assembly of the chair and comprising a pair of generally upright canes and a back pad coupled to the pair of canes, the pair of generally upright canes configured to pivotably adjust to one of a plurality of locking positions to permit the back pad to support the user.

4. The dynamic support system of claim 3, further comprising a pair of notched plates coupled to the pair of mounting tubes of the chair, each notched plate in the pair of notched plates comprising a plurality of notches, each cane in the pair of canes pivotably mounted to one of the pair of notched plates.

5. The dynamic support system of claim 4, further comprising a pair of adjustment arm assemblies coupled to the pair of canes, each adjustment arm assembly in the pair of adjustment arm assemblies comprising a secondary arm pad coupled to a pivot arm, the pivot arm pivotably mounted to one of the pair of canes and comprising a notch pin, wherein each pivot arm in the pair of pivot arms in one of the pair of adjustment arm assemblies is configured to pivotably adjust relative to one of the pair of canes to permit the notch pin thereon to engage with one of the plurality of notches in one of the pair of notched plates.

6. The dynamic support system of claim 5, further comprising a handle coupled to each pivot arm in the pair of pivot arms of the pair of adjustment arm assemblies.

7. The dynamic support system of claim 6, further comprising a first spring comprising a first end coupled to one of the pair of canes and a second end coupled to one of the pair of notched plates and a second spring comprising a first end coupled to the one of the pair of canes and a second end coupled to one of the pair of pivot arms in the pair of adjustment arm assemblies.

8. The dynamic support system of claim 7, wherein each adjustment arm assembly in the pair of adjustment arm assemblies comprises a locking pin configured to engage with one of the pair of canes, thereby permitting a force applied to the handle or secondary arm pad of each adjustment arm assembly in the pair of adjustment arm assemblies to pivotably adjust the one of the pair of canes to one of the plurality of locking positions.

9. The dynamic support system of claim 8, further comprising a foot bed pivotably mounted to the cushion of the seat assembly.