Patent ID: 8336142
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
1. A support device for positioning an individual in an inclined orientation, the individual having a head secured to a body by a neck, a first arm and a second arm extending from the body, the head having an upper airway and the body having a lower airway for delivering oxygen into the individual, the support device, comprising: a lower rectangular frame defining a first lower side, a second lower side, a front lower side and a rear lower side; a first lower pivot secured to said first lower side of said lower rectangular frame at a first position; a second lower pivot secured to said first lower side of said lower rectangular frame at a second position; said first position and said second position defining a first length between said first position and said second position; a third lower pivot secured to said second lower side of said lower rectangular frame at a third position; a fourth lower pivot secured to said second lower side of said lower rectangular frame at a fourth position; said third position and said fourth position defining a second length between said third position and said fourth position; said first length and said second length having an equivalent dimension; said first position and said third position having a parallel alignment with said second position and said fourth position; an upper rectangular frame defining a first upper side, a second upper side, a front upper side and a rear upper side; a first upper pivot secured to said first upper side of said upper rectangular frame at a fifth position; a second upper pivot secured to said first upper side of said upper rectangular frame at a sixth position; said fifth position and said sixth position defining a third length between said fifth position and said sixth position; a third upper pivot secured to said second upper side of said upper rectangular frame at a seventh position; a fourth upper pivot secured to said second upper side of said upper rectangular frame at an eighth position; said seventh position and said eighth position defining a fourth length between said seventh position and said eighth position; said third length and said fourth length having an equivalent dimension; said fifth position and said seventh position having a parallel alignment with said sixth position and said eighth position; a first frame linkage extending between said first lower pivot of said lower rectangular frame to said first upper pivot of said upper rectangular frame for pivoting said upper rectangular frame relative to said lower rectangular frame; a second frame linkage extending between said second lower pivot of said lower rectangular frame to said second upper pivot of said upper rectangular frame for pivoting said upper rectangular frame relative to said lower rectangular frame; a third frame linkage extending between said third lower pivot of said lower rectangular frame to said third upper pivot of said upper rectangular frame for pivoting said upper rectangular frame relative to said lower rectangular frame; a fourth frame linkage extending between said fourth lower pivot of said lower rectangular frame to said fourth upper pivot of said upper rectangular frame for pivoting said upper rectangular frame relative to said lower rectangular frame; said first length, said second length, said third length, said fourth length, said first frame linkage, said second frame linkage, said third frame linkage and said fourth frame linkage defining a parallelogram frame for pivoting said upper rectangular frame relative to said lower rectangular frame while retaining said upper rectangular frame parallel to said lower rectangular frame; a body plate positioning between said first frame linkage and said third frame linkage for supporting the body of the individual; a head plate positioning within said upper rectangular frame for supporting the head of the individual; a drive engaging between said lower rectangular frame and said parallelogram frame for displacing said body plate and said head plate for adjusting the height of the body and the head of the individual relative to said lower rectangular frame; and said adjusting of the height of the body and the head of the individual relative to said lower rectangular frame aligning the upper airway.