Suspension harness/body jacket arrangement

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1989-04-10

1991-01-01

Hill, Mitchell J.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Occupant propelled type

2 44, 2 695, 2311, 2DIG7, 5 81R, 5 81C, 5 86, 5 89, 119 96, 128 75, 272 70, 272 703, 2803041, 297 5, 297217, 297DIG4, A61G 710

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active

049813072

ABSTRACT:
A suspension harness/body jacket arrangement adapted for medical applications is disclosed. The harness arrangement suspends all or part of the body weight of a patient with respect to a wheelchair's fixed seat, a bed or the floor. The body jacket is seatless, and fabricated from a mesh or fish net material which elongates and grips the patient more snugly depending upon the tension applied thereto by suspension springs. In the case of incapacitated patients confined to the wheelchair, the arrangement may be used to substantially reduce the pressure applied to the patient's buttocks, thus preventing the development of pressure sores.

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patent: 4635301 (1987-01-01), Sulser
patent: 4739526 (1988-04-01), Hollick

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