Patent ID: 6539558
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: A47K,A61G,Y10S

Abstract:
An improved, multi-function, comfort wheel chair, comprising: conventional wheel chair structure including arm rests, a back support member, a seat, and a pair of adjustable leg members;an electric motor, said electric motor used to move said leg members; a control means, said control means designed to facilitate control of said electric motor, with said control means located on one of said armrests of said wheelchair; an assembly housing, said assembly housing containing a bedpan, said electric motor, filtration means, and a sealing system to make said commode generally airtight, and having a unit covering said assembly housing and its contents; said seat and unit each having an opening therethrough aligned with said bedpan to facilitate sanitary urination and excretion of bodily fluids through said holes into said bedpan; a waste storage chamber, said waste storage located underneath said seat and unit, and being designed to hold said bedpan on rails securely, directly under said unit hole; a chamber sealing means, said chamber sealing means used to seal said chamber after use, wherein said chamber sealing means is a slidable sheet that covers said unit hole; a connector extending from said electric motor to said slidable sheet so as to, upon activation thereof, move said sheet from a position over said unit hole in a sealing mode of said chamber, to a position beside said unit hole.