Patent ID: 8152233
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
1. A transfer bench configured for use in an enclosure having a base and a periphery of a predetermined height, said transfer bench consisting of: a first seating section, wherein at least a portion of said first seating section lies substantially in a horizontal plane; second seating section rotatably coupled to said first seating section and configured to rotate from and between a first position, in which said second seating section is generally coplanar to said first seating section, to a second position, in which said second seating section is positioned substantially perpendicular relative to said first seating section, wherein the second seating section cannot rotate more than about 90 degrees from the first position; a plurality of legs comprising at least a first leg configured to support said first seating section on a portion of said base of said enclosure and at least a second leg configured to support said second seating section in said first position on a portion of a surface exterior to said enclosure; a means for selectively maintaining said second seating section in said second position, wherein in said second position, said first seating section, said second seating section, and said plurality of legs are substantially positioned within said periphery of said enclosure; and a non-rotatable back support member extending from said first seating section at a selected angle, the back support member extending from a side of the first seating section perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the second seating section.