KIOSK WITH SEAT ASSEMBLY

• US 20130334851A1
• Filed: 05/30/2013
• Published: 12/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pursuant Health, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Solohealth Incorporated
• Inventors: HOELL, ERIC W., DUERO, STEVEN J.
• Application Number:
  US13/905,179
• Publication Number:
  US 20130334851A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 297/217.2
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 3/18 Chairs or stools with rotatable seat adjustable in height by rotation A47C3/24
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/62 Accessories for chairs
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 9/022 movably mounted on a working-table or the like for hairdressers A47C1/08
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0252 Load cells
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/00 Apparatus for testing the eyes; Instruments for examining the eyes eye inspection using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves A61B8/10; devices for treatment of the eyes A61F9/00; exercisers for the eyes A61H5/00; optical systems in general G02B
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/022 by applying pressure to close blood vessels, e.g. against the skin; Ophthalmodynamometers
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/44 for weighing persons

Abstract

A kiosk may include a main body with a front surface and a seat assembly located near the main body adjacent to the front surface of the main body.

Claims

1. A kiosk comprising:

a main body comprising a front surface;

a vertical seat post located near the main body adjacent to the front surface of the main body; and

a seat assembly rotatably coupled to the seat post and configured to be rotated about the seat post between a position substantially parallel to the front surface of the main body and a position substantially perpendicular to the front surface of the main body.

2. The kiosk of claim 1, wherein the seat assembly comprises a caster disposed on a bottom side of the seat assembly and configured to contact a floor surface.

3. The kiosk of claim 1, further comprising an arm rest assembly connecting the main body to the seat post.

4. The kiosk of claim 1, wherein the main body further comprises:

a processor; and

a display in communication with the processor, the display disposed on the front surface of the main body.

5. The kiosk of claim 4, further comprising an arm rest assembly connecting the main body to the seat post, wherein the arm rest assembly comprises a blood pressure cuff in communication with the processor and configured to provide blood pressure data to the processor.

6. The kiosk of claim 4, wherein the seat assembly comprises:

a seat support rotatably coupled to the seat post;

a seat disposed on a top side of the seat support; and

a load sensor disposed between the seat support and the seat and connected to the seat support and the seat, the load sensor being configured to measure a load applied to the seat.

7. The kiosk of claim 6, wherein the load sensor is a load cell.

8. The kiosk of claim 6, wherein the seat assembly further comprises a foot rest supported by the seat so that weight on the foot rest is applied to the load sensor.

9. The kiosk of claim 8, wherein the foot rest is partially disposed within the seat support.

10. The kiosk of claim 6, wherein the seat box comprises a bolt protruding from the top side of the seat support and configured to support the seat when the load sensor is deformed.

11. The kiosk of claim 6, further comprising a data port in communication with the processor and disposed on the main body, the data port being configured to transmit data from the processor.

12. The kiosk of claim 6, further comprising a vision testing device in communication with the processor and configured to provide vision data to the processor.

13. The kiosk of claim 6, further comprising an input device in communication with the processor.

14. The kiosk of claim 13, wherein the input device comprises a button, a keyboard, a touch screen, a barcode scanner, and/or a magnetic card swipe device.

15. The kiosk of claim 10, wherein;

the load sensor is in communication with the processor and is configured to provide load data to the processor; and

the processor is configured to use the load data to calculate a weight and/or a body mass index.

16. The kiosk of claim 1, wherein the seat assembly comprises a latch mechanism configured to selectively hold the seat assembly in the position substantially parallel to the front surface of the main body and the position substantially perpendicular to the front surface of the main body.

17. The kiosk of claim 16, wherein the latch mechanism is partially disposed within the seat support.

18. The kiosk of claim 16, wherein the latch mechanism is configured to selectively substantially simultaneously engage the seat assembly with the seat post and to a floor surface.

19. The kiosk of claim 18, wherein:

the seat post comprises a plurality of holes; and

the latch mechanism comprises;

a post rod configured to selectively enter a first one of the plurality of holes in the seat post when the seat assembly is in the position substantially parallel to the front surface of the main body and to selectively enter a second one of the plurality of holes in the seat post when the seat assembly is in the position substantially perpendicular to the front surface of the main body; and

a floor rod configured to selectively enter a first hole in the floor surface when the seat assembly is in the position substantially parallel to the front surface of the main body and to selectively enter a second hole in the floor surface when the seat assembly is in the position substantially perpendicular to the front surface of the main body.

20. The kiosk of claim 19, wherein the post rod and the floor rod are mechanically linked so that the floor rod can only enter the first hole in the floor surface or the second hole in the floor surface when the post rod has entered one of the plurality of holes in the seat post.

21. A kiosk comprising:

a main body comprising a front surface; and

a seat assembly located near the main body adjacent to the front surface of the main body, the seat assembly comprising;

a seat support;

a seat disposed on a top side of the seat support; and

a load sensor disposed between the seat support and the seat and connected to the seat support and the seat, the load sensor being configured to measure a load applied to the seat.

22. The kiosk of claim 21, wherein the load sensor is a load cell.

23. The kiosk of claim 21, further comprising an arm rest assembly connecting the main body to the seat assembly.

24. The kiosk of claim 21, wherein the main body further comprises:

a processor; and

a display in communication with the processor, the display disposed on the front surface of the main body.

25. The kiosk of claim 24, further comprising an arm rest assembly connecting the main body to the seat assembly, wherein the arm rest assembly comprises a blood pressure cuff in communication with the processor and configured to provide blood pressure data to the processor.

26. The kiosk of claim 21, wherein the seat assembly further comprises a foot rest supported by the seat so that weight on the foot rest is applied to the load sensor.

27. The kiosk of claim 26, wherein the footrest is partially disposed within the seat support.

28. The kiosk of claim 21, wherein the seat support comprises a bolt protruding from the top side of the seat support and configured to support the seat when the load sensor is deformed.

29. The kiosk of claim 24, wherein;

the load sensor is in communication with the processor and is configured to provide load data to the processor; and

the processor is configured to use the load data to calculate a weight and/or a body mass index.

30. The kiosk of claim 24, further comprising a data port in communication with the processor and disposed on the main body, the data port being configured to transmit data from the processor.

31. The kiosk of claim 24, further comprising a vision testing device in communication with the processor and configured to provide vision data to the processor.

32. The kiosk of claim 24, further comprising an input device in communication with the processor.

33. The kiosk of claim 32;

wherein the input device comprises a button, a keyboard, a touch screen, a barcode scanner, and/or a magnetic card swipe device.

34. The kiosk of claim 21, further comprising a bar disposed adjacent to the seat assembly, wherein at least a portion of the bar is at a position higher than the seat.