Patent ID: 6244285
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: A47C,A61G

Abstract:
A free standing support device without a base mat, to assist a person to come to a standing position from a sitting or lying position, comprising:(a) a base frame having two parallel elongated flat pieces each having a front portion and a rear portion, one side of each piece being adapted to rest on a floor and to the other side on the rear portion is affixed at least two parallel support bars perpendicular to the pieces,(b) two and only two, vertical posts, each having a fixed end and a free end, each post having the fixed end affixed to the front portion of one of the two flat pieces, at least one of the posts having the free end separable from the fixed end so that the free end can be removed from the fixed end to allow a person's leg crossing over and subsequently put back in place with adjustable height to allow the person to use for standing, the posts being spaced apart far enough to permit a person using the device to walk between them; and(c) a gripping means affixed at the upper end of the free end of each vertical post, the gripping means extending in a direction toward the front of and parallel to the flat piece and being positioned above the front portion of the flat piece.