Chair with onboard electrical power source
First Claim
1. A member selected from the group of members consisting of a chair member, a bed member and a lounge member, said member including an information output device which outputs information from said member, an energy converter which converts energy to which the member is exposed to electrical energy for powering said information output device, wherein said information output device comprises a plurality of physical movement controls mounted on said member for moveable parts of said member, each said physical movement control including a sensor means to activate said information output device for outputting information to an occupant of the member regarding the directions of use of said physical movement control without producing the movements of the member.
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Abstract
A chair (1), bed, lounge or other similar type structure has electrical functions or features and also has an energy converter (21, 9, 59) which produces electrical power from conditions to which the structure is exposed on a regular basis to power the functions or features.
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15 Claims
- 1. A member selected from the group of members consisting of a chair member, a bed member and a lounge member, said member including an information output device which outputs information from said member, an energy converter which converts energy to which the member is exposed to electrical energy for powering said information output device, wherein said information output device comprises a plurality of physical movement controls mounted on said member for moveable parts of said member, each said physical movement control including a sensor means to activate said information output device for outputting information to an occupant of the member regarding the directions of use of said physical movement control without producing the movements of the member.
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14. A chair having electrical power requirements for displaying information to an occupant of the chair regarding the operation of a plurality of physical movement controls for moving a plurality of parts respectively of the chair each said physical movement control including activation means for displaying said information regarding the operation of said plurality of physical movement controls without producing movement of said parts comprising:
(a) energy converter means carried by said chair for; (i) providing power to said physical movement controls and said activation means to move the parts of the chair respectively and to display said information to the occupant regarding directions for the operation of the physical movement controls, without affecting movement of said parts, to inform the occupant to use the physical movement controls to move said parts of the chair respectively; and (ii) providing power to a display for displaying information regarding the directions for operation of said physical movement controls without producing movements of said parts respectively.
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15. A member selected from the group of members consisting of a chair member, a bed member, and a lounge member, said member including an information output device which outputs information from said member, an energy converter which converts energy to which the member is exposed to electrical energy for powering said information output device;
- and a physical movement control mounted on said member for moving a part of said member, said physical movement control including activation means to activate said information output device, said information output device outputting information to an occupant of the member regarding directions of use of said physical movement control without producing the movement of the moveable part.
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