Beds – Bedclothing – And means to facilitate changing thereof
Patent
1987-08-19
1989-07-25
Grosz, Alexander
Beds
Bedclothing
And means to facilitate changing thereof
403 61, 403116, 182129, 182230, E04G 100
Patent
active
048500690
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a device in the form of a kneeling aid particularly, but not exclusively, for household or garden use, and comprises a kneeling platform or board by means of which work required to be done in a kneeling or near kneeling position may be more comfortably and efficiently accomplished, while also providing means for aiding the person using the device in assuming the kneeling position and arising therefrom.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to the invention, there is provided a kneeling aid comprising a base part having a resilient or padded upper kneeling surface, said base part being provided with handles at opposite ends thereof which are adapted to be grasped by a person in assuming or arising from the kneeling position or for maintaining balance during the kneeling posture, said handles being hingedly mounted on the base part so as to be movable from an upright releasably lockable position to a collapsed position on the base part.
The handles may be hingedly and slidably mounted in upstanding support members integral with or secured to and adjacent the rear corners of the base part, and pivot means such as pivot pins may be provided in the upstanding support members and engageable in elongated slots in the portion of the handles engageable in said support members which are provided on their inner facing upper ends with cut-out portions, said handles being slidable downwardly in said support members to lock same in their upright position and movable upwards through said slots to a position wherein they can be pivoted inwardly into said cut-out portions to a collapsed position above said base part.
According to another embodiment of the invention, the support members are located adjacent the front corners of the base part.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
In order that the invention and its manner of performance may be more fully understood, reference will now be made to embodiments of the invention as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view from above and to the front left hand side of a first embodiment of the device;
FIG. 2 is a side elevational view;
FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view;
FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view of the device of FIG. 1 in the collapsed folded configuration;
FIG. 5 is a detail view of the hinge connection with a handle in the uppermost position prior to pivoting to a collapsed position;
FIG. 6 is a detail view of the hinge connection with a handle in the collapsed configuration;
FIG. 7 is a rear elevational view similar to FIG. 3 of a second embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 8 is a rear elevational view of the device of FIG. 7 in the collapsed folded configuration;
FIG. 9 is a perspective view from above and to the front left hand side of a third embodiment of the device;
FIG. 10 is a rear elevational view; and
FIG. 11 is a rear elevational view of the device of FIG. 9 in the collapsed folded configuration.
FIG. 12 is a detailed view of another embodiment of the hinge connection with a handle in the uppermost position prior ro hinging to a collapsed position; and
FIG. 13 is a detailed view of the hinge connection of FIG. 12 with a handle in the collapsed position.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Referring to FIGS. 1 to 6 of the drawings, the device comprises a rectangular base member 5 comprising a tubular U-shaped frame 6 having a flat bottom part 7 attached thereto and having upstanding socket members 8 at the rear corners thereof, said socket members 8 being preferably formed as an integral part of tubular frame 6. Located on the bottom part 7 is a pad 9 of resilient plastic material.
The upstanding socket members 8 are each provided with a cut-out portion 10 preferably formed with a lip portion 11 (FIG. 5), said cut-out portions 10 being formed on the inwardly facing surfaces of the socket members 8.
Handles 12 are provided with a portion 13 having an elongated closed slot 14 formed therein, and said socket members 8 are each provided with a pivot pin 15 engageable th
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Grosz Alexander
Metad Pty. Ltd.
Trettel Michael F.
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