Portable mobile stand

• US 5,520,402 A
• Filed: 10/03/1994
• Issued: 05/28/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nestor Machine Company, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Nestor Machine Company, Inc.
• Inventors: Nestor, Brian J., Evertse, Hans J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Focarino, Margaret A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Johnson, Victor E.
• Application Number:
  US08/316,721
• Time in Patent Office: 603 Days
• Field of Search: 280/211, 280/250.1, 280/250, 280/249, 280/242.1, 280/87.021, 297/DIG. 4, 297/DIG. 10, 297/464
• US Class Current: 280/250
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2200/36 standing
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 5/00 Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs chairs with toilet conveniences A47K11/04; devices enabling patients or disabled persons to operate an apparatus or device not forming part of the body A61F4/00; running gear or propulsion features B60K; bicycles specially adapted for disabled riders B62K3/16 ; Invalid chairs having removable seats specially adapted to be transferred with the invalid to a vehicle and support the invalid during use of the vehicle A61G3/02
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 5/023 acting directly on hubs or axis
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 5/026 Cranks or hand wheels
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 5/1091 Cushions, seats or abduction devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 5/14 Standing-up or sitting-down aids
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 3/008 using suspension devices for supporting the body in an upright walking or standing position, e.g. harnesses
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 297/04 Wheelchair

Abstract

A portable mobile stand for a human which uses a pair of side member assemblies with a vertical support member being mounted therebetween. A human occupying compartment is located in the space provided between the side member assemblies. The vertical support member assembly includes a knee support pad and a hip support pad with a buttocks strap being connectable between the side member assemblies and locatable against the buttocks of the human user. A chest support pad is mounted on a support bar with this support bar being pivotally movably mounted on the vertical support member. This support bar is lockable at any one of various positions relative to the vertical support member. Each side member assembly includes a hand engagable handle with these handles being deflectable to a vertical out-of-the-way position. When these handles are located in the horizontal/usable position, such are locked in position. The support bar has a sleeve telescopicingly mounted thereon with movement of this sleeve relative to the support bar unfixes the support bar relative to the vertical support member and permits pivoting of the support bar.

Claims

1. A portable mobile stand for a human comprising:

a first side member assembly, a second side member assembly, said first side member assembly located in juxtaposition to said second side member assembly, said second side member assembly being a substantially mirror image of said first side member assembly, both said first and said second side member assemblies including support wheels for movable engagement on a supporting surface, both said first and said second side member assemblies including a hand wheel, a drive chain connecting a said support wheel and said hand wheel for both said first and said second side member assemblies with there being two (in number) of said drive chains, manual operation of said hand wheels produces movement of said stand on said supporting surface;

a vertical support member located between and interconnecting said first side member assembly and said second side member assembly by first securing means, said vertical support member having a hip engaging pad adapted for engagement with the hip of a human user and a knee engaging pad adapted for engagement with the knees of a human user;

a platform located between and interconnecting said first side member assembly and said second side member assembly by second securing means, said platform adapted to be in contact with the feet of a human user for the purpose of supporting the human user;

a buttock strap connected between said first side member assembly and said second side member assembly, said buttock strap terminating in a first end and a second end, said first end of said buttock strap being connected by connection means to one of said side member assemblies and said second end of said buttock strap releasably secured to the other of said side member assemblies, said buttock strap adapted to be snugly located across the buttocks of a human user;

a chest support pad mounted on a support bar, said support bar mounted on said vertical support member, said chest support pad adapted to connect with the chest area of a human user; and

said first securing means being readily disconnectable separating said vertical support member from said first side member assembly and said second side member assembly, said second securing means being readily disconnectable from said first side member assembly and said second side member assembly separating said platform from said first side member assembly and said second side member assembly, whereby said front side member assembly, said second side member assembly, said vertical support member and said platform can be transported, disconnected and then reconnected when it is desired to utilize said portable mobile stand and when disconnected said portable mobile stand occupies substantially less space facilitating portability.

2. The portable mobile stand as defined in claim 1 wherein:

said first side member assembly including a first handle, said second side member assembly including a second handle, both said first handle and said second handle adapted to be grasped by a human user, both said first handle and said second handle extending outward from said vertical support member; and

said first handle being movable between a horizontal position and a vertical position, said second handle being movable between a horizontal and a vertical position, with said handles in said vertical position said handles being moved to a position eliminating interference in conjunction with a sporting activity to be engaged in by the human user, each said hand wheel being separately lockable by a locking means to prevent operation of said hand wheels and hence fixing in position of said stand on said supporting surface.

3. A portable mobile stand for a human comprising:

a first side member assembly, a second side member assembly, said first side member assembly located in juxtaposition to said second side member assembly, said second side member assembly being a substantially mirror image of said first side member assembly, both said first and said second side member assemblies including support wheels for movable engagement on a supporting surface, both said first and said second side member assemblies including a hand wheel, a drive chain connecting a said support wheel and said hand wheel for both said first and said second side member assemblies with there being two (in number) of said drive chains, manual operation of said hand wheels produces movement of said stand on said supporting surface;

a vertical support member fixed to and located between said first side member assembly and said second side member assembly, said vertical support member having a hip engaging pad adapted for engagement with the hip of a human user and a knee engaging pad adapted for engagement with the knees of a human user;

a platform fixed to and located between said first side member assembly and said second side member assembly, said platform adapted to be in contact with the feet of a human user for the purpose of supporting the human user;

a buttock strap connected between said first side member assembly and said second side member assembly, said buttock strap adapted to be snugly located across the buttocks of a human user;

a chest support pad mounted on a support bar, said support bar mounted on said vertical support member, said chest support pad adapted to connect with the chest area of a human user;

said support bar being pivotally mounted on said vertical support member between an upright position and various inclined positions, said support bar being fixable in position at said upright position or any one of said various inclined positions; and

said support bar having a sleeve telescopingly mounted thereon, said sleeve being movable between a locking position and an unlocking position, with said sleeve in said locking position said support bar being fixed relative on said vertical support member, with said sleeve in said unlocking position said support bar in capable of being moved between said upright position and said various positions.