Raiser seat
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Abstract
A raiser seat for assisting a person from a sitting to a standing position is described. The seat comprises: a seat frame (4); a seat (10) supported for movement relative to the seat frame between a lowered position and a raised position; and a movement mechanism for moving the seat between the lowered and the raised positions. The movement mechanism comprises at least one cam (104) and the seat rests on the at least one cam such that rotation of the at least one cam results in movement of the seat relative to the seat frame.
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66 Claims
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27. A raiser seat for assisting a person from a sitting to a standing position comprising:
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a seat frame;
a seat adapted for movement relative to the seat frame between a lowered position and a raised position; and
a movement mechanism for moving the seat between the lowered and the raised positions;
wherein the movement mechanism comprises at least one cam and wherein the seat is supported by the at least one cam such that rotation of the at least one cam results in movement of the seat relative to the seat frame. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. A raiser seat for assisting a person from a sitting to a standing position comprising:
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a seat frame;
a seat adapted for movement relative to the seat frame between a lowered position and a raised position; and
a movement mechanism for moving the seat between the lowered and the raised positions;
wherein the movement mechanism comprises a first pair of coaxial cams and a second pair of coaxial cams and the seat is supported by the cams such that rotation of the cams results in movement of the seat relative to the seat frame;
wherein the movement between the lowered and raised positions defines a lift profile of the seat and the first pair of coaxial cams and the second pair of coaxial cams are arranged such that the lift profile of the seat can be varied almost infinitely;
wherein the seat forms part of a seat unit which allows the seat to be permanently or removably attached to the seat frame, depending on the particular application, and the seat and/or seat unit can include means defining an aperture allowing the seat to then be used as a commode. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65)
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66. A raiser seat for assisting a person from a sitting to a standing position comprising:
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a seat frame;
a seat adapted for movement relative to the seat frame between a lowered position and a raised position; and
a movement mechanism for moving the seat between the lowered and the raised positions;
wherein the movement mechanism comprises at least one cam and wherein the seat is supported by the at least one cam such that rotation of the at least one cam results in movement of the seat relative to the seat frame;
wherein movement of the seat between the lowered and raised positions provides different lift patterns including combinations of lift and tilt simultaneously;
wherein the seat forms part of a seat unit which allows the seat to be permanently or removably attached to the seat frame, depending on the particular application, and the seat and/or seat unit can include means defining an aperture allowing the seat to then be used as a commode;
wherein the seat frame and/or the seat unit includes a removably attached soils receptacle, the soils receptacle having a disposable or permanent cover in part or in whole placeable over the seat, seat frame, backrest and seat unit.
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Specification