Patent ID: 6565112
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: A61G,Y10S

Abstract:
A chair comprisinga base frame including a front end and a rear end longitudinally spaced apart from the front end, a patient support spaced apart from the base frame and positioned above the base frame, an intermediate frame coupled to the base frame for pivoting movement about a transverse horizontal axis, the intermediate frame including a front end and a rear end longitudinally spaced apart from the front end, the intermediate frame carrying the patient support, a front locking mechanism connecting the front end of the base frame to the front end of the intermediate frame, and a rear locking mechanism connecting the rear end of the base frame to the rear end of the intermediate frame, the front and rear locking mechanisms being operable to allow movement of the intermediate frame relative to the base frame and to block movement of the intermediate frame relative to the base frame.