Patent ID: 8328283

Claim:
A chair comprising, a seat frame having a head end and a foot end, a front seat section supported by the seat frame on the foot end side of the seat frame, the front seat section including at least one front seat section bladder selectively inflatable between a deflated position and a support position, a back seat section supported by the seat frame on the head end side of the seat frame, the back seat section including at least one back seat section bladder selectively inflatable between a support position and an egress position, the front seat section and back seat section cooperating to form a seating surface for supporting a person in a seated position, the amount of inflation of the at least one front seat section bladder and the at least one back seat section bladder being altered during egress of an occupant out of the chair from the foot end of the seat frame and during ingress of an occupant into the chair from the foot end of the seat frame, and a back section coupled to the seat frame, a foot section coupled to the seat frame to locate the front seat section between the hack seat section and the foot section, the foot section pivotable relative to the seat frame between a generally horizontal orientation associated with the support position of the at least one back seat section bladder and a generally vertical orientation associated with the egress position of the at least one hack seat section bladder, the foot section extending downwardly away from the front seat section when in the generally vertical orientation so that egress from the foot end of the seat frame is permitted, wherein the back seat section is movable relative to the back section and the back seat section is located between the front seat section and the back section and wherein the back section is movable relative to the seat frame independent of the back seat section and the front seat section.