Chairs and seats – Rest for knee – leg – or foot – Connected to chair or seat for relative movement
Patent
1991-12-27
1994-05-17
Dorner, Kenneth J.
Chairs and seats
Rest for knee, leg, or foot
Connected to chair or seat for relative movement
29742321, A47C 750
Patent
active
053121619
ABSTRACT:
A chair specially adapted for providing added comfort and support to an elderly person is provided. The chair includes a seat member and arm rests which are disposed laterally of the seat member. A support frame is provided for supporting the seat member and the arm rests. The support frame includes a base frame defining a hollow cavity. A foot support assembly for supporting the feet and leg portions of the elderly person are provided. The foot support assembly is slidable relative to the base frame and has the capacity to be selectively stored in the hollow cavity of the base frame when the foot support assembly is not in use.
In a preferred example of the present invention, the base frame has a rear edge and the foot support assembly includes a platform slidably connected to the base frame. Substantial portions of the hollow cavity are covered by the platform when the same is disposed in a storage position and the rear edge of the platform is disposed proximate to the rear edge of the base frame when the platform is disposed in the storage position. Preferably, the foot support assembly includes a sub-assembly for slidably moving the platform relative to the hollow cavity defined by the base frame.
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Bonifanti J.
Dorner Kenneth J.
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