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Occupant support with a translatable and parallel translatable upper body section

  • US 9,956,127 B2
  • Filed: 09/12/2013
  • Issued: 05/01/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An occupant support system for supporting an occupant, the support system comprising:

  • a frame;

    an articulable assembly comprising an upper body section; and

    a motion control system configured to substantially simultaneously (i) rotate the upper body section about an axis by an amount Δ

    α

    relative to the frame from a lowered position generally parallel to the frame to a raised position, (ii) translate the upper body section along the frame by an amount Δ

    CS, and (iii) translate a panel of the upper body section by an amount Δ

    BS in a direction upwardly away from the frame and parallel to left and right rails of the upper body section, both Δ

    BS and Δ

    CS increasing as Δ

    α

    increases, wherein the panel is at a fixed position and cannot be moved relative to the left and right rails when the upper body section is stationary in the lowered position.

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