US1923617A - Invalid's chair - Google Patents

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2, 1933- A. s. EDENSWORD ,923,617

INVALID S CHAIR Filed Sept. 7, 1932 INVENTOR WITNESS B w 2 Y m vo.

ATTOR N EY A lice \s zlevawvrd,

Patented Aug. 22, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

My invention relates to chairs for invalids and the like and it consists in the combinations, constructions and arrangements herein described and claimed. 1

An object of my invention is to provide a chair of simple construction and light weight which, at the same time, is strong and which can support the body of a person of considerable weight.

A further object is to provide an invalids chair having a seat, arms and back of fabric, such as canvas, which is removable and which can be washed.

A further object is to provide a legless chair which can be used for lifting a patient from a bed or bath tub or for placing the patient therein.

A further object is to provide a chair having sides that can be brought toward one another so that the chair may be passed through narrow passageways and when the occupant is out of the chair it may be collapsed so as to take up small space, thus enabling it to be easily stored.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing forming part of this application, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the chair in its open position.

Figure 2 is a section along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 2, and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a portion of the chair.

In carrying out my invention I make use of bars such as that shown at 1 in Fig. 4. These bars are preferably iron pipes, but may be made of any suitable material. Welded at 2 is a short length of pipe 3. A longer pipe 4 is welded at 5 to the pipe 1, these pipes being spaced, as shown, to provide a rear handle portion 6, and a front handle portion as shown.

As will be seen from the drawing, there are two of these bars 1 with their attached members 3 and 4. The seat 7 is composed of an endless band preferably of canvas. The sides 8 are made of canvas and each side is provided with a loop 9 at each end.

The back is composed of a piece of canvas 10 which is double and is closed at the top and at the ends, but is open at the bottom.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device the operation thereof may be readily understood. In assembling the device the rods 1 are thrust through the endless band which forms the seat 7 so as to position this band between the uprights 3 and 4. The

rods are then turned into a vertical position and the side members 8 are slipped over the rods, the rods 3 and 4 passing through the end loops as shown. The back portion is then slipped over the ends of the rear uprights 4. In the use of the device the invalid sits on the seat 7 with his back against the portion 10. He may be carried from one place to another by attendants, one grasping the rear portion 6 and the other the front portions of the rod. The patients may be placed in a bath tub.

If the invalid is in a particularly helpless condition the back portion 10 may be removed and the patient may recline in the tub and then may be lifted when bathed or the chair may be assembled prior to the bathing and may be placed under the patient, when it is desired to remove the patient from the tub.

The device is particularly useful in hospitals since it provides a strong chair having arms by means of which the patient may support himself. In passing through doorways or winding stairways the device is particularly useful since I there are no legs and the sides of the chair may be brought closer to the patients body so as to permit the chair to go through a comparatively narrow space or turn. The fabric portions of the chair may be very quickly removed from the bars and may be washed and replaced.

I claim:

1. An invalids chair comprising a pair of handle bars, spaced apart uprights secured to each handle bar, a flexible seat connected to said handle bars, a flexible side connected to the spaced uprights of each bar and a flexible back connected at one end to an upright on one of said bars and being connected to an upright on the other bar.

2. An invalids chair comprising a pair of handle bars, each of said handle bars having a relatively short upright and a relatively long upright, a flexible seat connected to the bars between the uprights, a flexible side having a loop at each end thereof, said loops being arranged to receive the uprights of its respective bar, and a flexible back portion arranged to fit over the upper portion of the longer uprights.

3. An invalids chair, a pair of handle bars, each handle bar having a relatively short front upright and a relatively long rear upright spaced therefrom and being also spaced from the rear end of the handle bar, a removable flexible seat portion connecting said bars between the front and rear uprights, a side member for each bar, said side members having looped end portions arranged to fit over the front and rear uprights of its respective bar, and a back portion of flexible material having closed ends arranged to receive the upper portion of the rear uprights.

ALICE S. EDENSWORD.

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