Patent ID: 9420893
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: A47C

Claim Text:
1. A kneeler for supporting a person in a kneeling position and facilitating a person to move from an upright position to a kneeling position and arising from a kneeling position back to an upright position comprising: a platform having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, said first end including a first front corner and a second rear corner, said second end including a third front corner and a fourth rear corner, a first boss joined to and extended downwardly from the first corner of the platform, a second boss joined to and extended downward from the second corner of the platform, a third boss joined to and extended downward from the third corner of the platform, a fourth boss joined to and extended from the fourth corner of the platform, each of said first, second, third and fourth bosses having an upwardly converging wall providing first, second, third and fourth pockets, each associated with the first, second, third, or fourth boss, respectively, said platform having a first opening with an entrance to the first pocket, a second opening with an entrance to the second pocket, a third opening with an entrance to the third pocket and a fourth opening with an entrance to the fourth pocket, a first handle having first and second legs, a first foot connected to the first leg, said first foot having a sole and upright converging conical stem located in the first pocket in surface engagement with the converging wall around the first pocket, a second foot connected to the second leg, said second foot having a sole and upright converging conical stem located in the second pocket in surface engagement with the converging wall around the second pocket, a second handle having first and second legs, a third foot connected to the first leg of the second handle, said third foot having a sole and upright converging conical stem located in the third pocket in surface engagement with the converging wall around the third pocket, a fourth foot connected to the second leg of the second handle, said fourth foot having a sole and upright converging conical stem located in the fourth pocket in surface engagement with the converging wall around the fourth pocket, and said first, second, third and fourth openings in the platform each have a portion thereof larger in size than the size of the soles of the first, second, third and fourth feet whereby the first, second, third and fourth feet can be moved respectively through the first, second, third and fourth openings and the stems of the first, second, third and fourth feet can be moved respectively into the first, second, third and fourth pockets to attach the first and second handles to the platform.