Patent ID: 8990975
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: A47C,A61G

Abstract:
1. A user assistance system, comprising: a base; a platform rotatably positionable about the base; a chair disposed upon the platform; handrails attached to the platform such that the handrails rotate with the platform, the handrails extend forth from the platform to define an entry, the handrails configured to assist a user as the user passes between the entry and the chair; fixtures disposed in a generally curved arrangement to cooperate with the entry as the platform is rotatably positioned about the base; and a brake mechanism in mechanical cooperation with the platform and operable between a released condition and an engaged condition, the platform freely rotatable about the base when the brake mechanism is in the released condition, the platform held in fixed position with respect to the base when the brake mechanism is in the engaged condition, wherein the brake mechanism is adapted to bar passage between the chair and a pathway between the handrails when the brake mechanism is in the released condition and adapted to permit passage between the chair and the pathway between the handrails when the brake mechanism is in the engaged condition.