Patent ID: 6412873
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
A dressing aid for an infirm patient comprising:a chair having four legs including two legs on one side and two legs on a second side and defining two front legs and two rear legs, a seat bridging the sides onto which the patient can sit and a back rest; a rigid base panel having a top surface and a bottom surface arranged for resting on a supporting floor surface; each of the legs having a base attached to the top surface of the rigid base panel to hold the chair against toppling; each side including a top safety rail spaced at a height above the seat for grasping by the patient while seated and for leaning against by the patient while standing alongside the chair; wherein at least one of the top safety rails has a length such that the top safety rail extends to a forwardmost position of the top safety rail forwardly of a front edge of the seat; wherein the rigid base panel extends outwardly from the legs of each of the sides to respective side edges spaced outwardly to an extent to prevent sideways toppling of the chair; wherein the rigid base panel extends forwardly from the front legs and from the forwardmost position of said at least one top safety rail and from the front edge of the seat to a front edge of the rigid base panel to prevent forwards toppling of the chair; and wherein the rigid base panel extends rearwardly from the rear legs to a rear edge of the rigid base panel to prevent rearwards toppling of the chair.