Commode Chair

• US 20110219529A1
• Filed: 03/12/2010
• Published: 09/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Medical Depot Incorporated (Drive Medical Design & Manufacturing)
• Original Assignee: Medical Depot Incorporated (Drive Medical Design & Manufacturing)
• Inventors: Diamond, Harvey
• Application Number:
  US12/722,657
• Publication Number:
  US 20110219529A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 4/449
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 11/04 Room closets; Chairs with toilet conveniences or specially adapted for use with toilets, e.g. night chairs ; Closets for children, also with signalling means, e.g. with a music box, or the like

Abstract

A commode chair is provided that includes a seat having a central hole and a frame on which the seat is mountable. The frame includes at least three leg connectors. The commode chair also includes at least three legs in which each of the legs is configured to be removably connected to a respective one of the leg connectors. The commode chair further includes at least three leg extenders in which each of the leg extenders is configured to be slideably connected to a respective one of the legs. In an embodiment, the frame and leg assemblies can be simply and easily assembled and disassembled. The components can be stacked with, and/or attached to, each other to reduce the space occupied by the disassembled commode chair, thereby lowering storage and transportation costs.

Claims

1. A commode chair comprising:

a seat having a central hole;

a frame on which the seat is mountable, the frame including at least three leg connectors;

at least three legs, each of the legs configured to be removably connected to a respective one of the leg connectors; and

at least three leg extenders, each of the leg extenders configured to be slideably connected to a respective one of the legs.

2. The commode chair of claim 1, wherein:

the at least three leg connectors are four leg connectors;

the at least three legs are four legs;

the at least three leg extenders are four leg extenders;

the frame is substantially rectangular from a plan view; and

each leg connector is arranged in a corner region of the substantially rectangular frame.

3. The commode chair of claim 2, wherein the frame comprises:

a cross-bar component including a front cross bar, a back cross bar, and a pail holding arrangement between the front cross bar and the back cross bar, the front cross bar and the back cross bar including push pins at each end; and

two armrest components, each armrest component including two leg connectors, at least one backrest receiver, a front cross bar receiver and a back cross bar receiver, each front cross bar receiver adapted to receive an end of the front cross bar into an interior portion and to receive the respective push pin into a hole to lock the front cross bar to the respective armrest component, and each back cross bar receiver adapted to receive an end of the back cross bar into an interior portion and to receive the respective push pin into a hole to lock the back cross bar to the respective armrest component;

wherein at least one of the front cross bar receivers and the back cross bar receivers of each cross bar component include a lock knob adapted to secure the one of the front cross bar and the back cross bar to the corresponding armrest component.

4. The commode chair of claim 1, wherein:

each of the leg connectors includes a threaded collar; and

a top of each of the legs includes a threaded member configured to be engaged by the respective threaded collar.

5. The commode chair of claim 1, wherein:

each of the leg connectors includes an interior shaft; and

each of the legs comprises an exterior shaft, the exterior shaft of each of the legs adapted to receive the interior shaft of a respective leg connector in a friction fit, each of the exterior shafts including a flange extending to an interior side, each of the interior shafts including an indentation on an exterior side, each of the flanges adapted to slideably cooperate with a corresponding indentation when the exterior shaft of each of the legs receives the interior shaft of a respective leg connector.

6. The commode chair of claim 1, further comprising at least three flexible connectors, each flexible connector attached at a first end to a first interior portion of a corresponding leg, and each flexible connector attached at a second end to a second interior portion of the respective one of the leg connectors.

7. The commode chair of claim 1, further comprising a backrest configured to attach to the frame on a back edge, the backrest extending upward from the frame when attached.

8. The commode chair of claim 1, wherein each of the leg extenders includes a height adjustment mechanism adapted to cooperatively interact with the corresponding leg, each of the leg extenders and the corresponding legs telescopically engaging each other, the height adjustment mechanism enabling each of the leg extenders and the corresponding legs to extend, retract and lock in position.

9. The commode chair of claim 1, wherein each of the leg extenders includes an anti-slip arrangement on a bottom of the leg extender.

10. The commode chair of claim 1, wherein each of the leg extenders includes a wheel on a bottom of the leg extender.

11. The commode chair of claim 1, wherein the seat includes two seat handles, each handle arranged on a side of the seat.

12. The commode chair of claim 1, wherein the seat includes a seat cushion arranged around the central hole.

13. The commode chair of claim 1, wherein the seat is adapted to snap on to a back edge of the frame and to pivot around the back edge.

14. The commode chair of claim 1, further comprising a seat cover adapted to snap on to a back edge of the frame and to pivot around the back edge.

15. A commode chair comprising:

a frame selectively arrangeable between an operative orientation and a stored orientation, the frame including two armrest components and a cross bar component, the two armrest components substantially defining a longitudinal dimension of the commode chair in the operative orientation, and the cross bar component substantially defining a transverse dimension of the commode chair in the operative orientation; and

four leg assemblies arrangeable relative to the frame between the operative orientation and the stored orientation, each leg assembly removably connectable to a lower portion of one of the armrest components of the frame and including a leg extender, each of the armrest components and one or more corresponding leg assemblies substantially defining a vertical dimension of the commode chair in the operative orientation;

wherein a maximum dimension of the commode chair in the stored orientation substantially corresponds to the transverse dimension defined by the cross bar component.

16. The commode chair of claim 15, wherein the stored orientation has a compact configuration of substantially reduced vertical and longitudinal dimensions.