DE19954957A1 - Wheelchair to transport bed-ridden person into or out of bed; has U-shaped frame that slides onto bed and folding chair that folds flat, so that person can be easily slid from bed onto chair - Google Patents

Abstract

The wheelchair has a U-shaped frame (1), which can be slid onto the bed and folds flat, so that a person can be easily shifted from the bed onto the chair, which then folds into a chair shape. The chair has two hinged back rests (4), which can be locked in different positions. The open side of the frame is along one long side of the seat surface (2). The vertical part of the frame is height-adjustable.

Description

The invention relates to a nursing chair for transporting a bedridden person in or from a bed in which the person changes from a lying position in bed into a sitting position on the nursing chair and vice versa from a sitting position the nursing chair can be placed in a lying position in bed.

People who cannot get into or out of bed on their own must leave the Nursing staff are supported or carried; often a lot of effort is involved necessary and more than one caregiver required.

So-called lifters are also used, which are expensive and take up a lot of space; the cosiness of the room suffers from the size of the devices.

This problem is solved by the nursing chair, which in its footprint, if one Back part swung up and back part swung down, not much more Footprint claimed as a normal chair. As such, it can also from everyone can be used.

The nursing chair is very inexpensive compared to lifters, does not require any drives and requires little effort on the part of the caregiver.

The condition for using the nursing chair is a bed with sufficient lateral ground clearance.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in drawing 2 and is in following described in more detail.

Fig. 1 shows a bed, one person is lying in bed, the chair is with the open side of the frame to the bed, the right backrest is swung open, the left backrest swung down.

Fig. 2 the person in bed has been brought to the side by the caregiver. Both backrests are brought into a parallel position by the caregiver and locked in place.

Fig. 3 the caregiver has pushed the nursing chair to the bed. Now the lower edge of the seat and the backrests must have approximately the same height over the bed's lying surface. Nursing beds are adjustable in height and easy to adjust. In the case of beds which cannot be adjusted in height but have sufficient ground clearance, a nursing chair according to claim 5 is used. The chair is now pushed into bed; you will unlock the backrest at the head end and adjust the inclination of the support. Now you come with the seat and the backrests almost to the middle of the bed. The swivel castors with the second leg of the U-shaped frame of the nursing chair are under the bed.

The person is turned from the side position onto the back and comes on the Seat and the backrests to lie. The person must lie completely on it; the may need to be touched up.

Fig. 4 now the caregiver straightens and locks the head-side backrest. The person in bed sits on the seat of the chair; the body weight acts in the area above the castors.

Fig. 5 the nursing chair is pushed out of the bed with the seated person.

Fig. 6, the backrest on which the feet lie, is unlocked and lowered. The person sits in a normal sitting position on the nursing chair. With the nursing chair, for example, the person can be driven to a table.

The transportation of the person to bed is done in exactly the opposite way. The fact that the nursing chair has two identical backrests, which alternately as Headboard or footboard are used, it does not matter whether the head of the person on the right or left side in bed.

The backrest with the top of the person should only be over the area of the Be set up or lowered to prevent a risk of tipping. The backrest on which the feet lie can only be lowered outside the bed due to the lower weight of the legs, there is no danger of tipping over. The nursing chair is intended for use in nursing homes, hospitals and in home care.  

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS Fig. 7, drawing sheet 1

1

frame

2nd

Seat

3rd

Swivel castors

4th

Backrests

5

Layers of the backrests

Claims (10)

1. Nursing chair for transporting a bedridden person into or out of a bed, in which the person can be brought from a lying position in bed to a sitting position on the nursing chair and vice versa from a sitting position on the nursing chair to a lying position in bed , characterized in that two backrests ( 4 ) can be pivoted on the nursing chair. 2. nursing chair according to claim 1, characterized in that the backrests in different positions can be locked. 3. Nursing chair according to claim 1, characterized in that the nursing chair has a U-shaped frame ( 1 ). 4. Nursing chair according to claim 3, characterized in that the open side of the U-shaped frame ( 1 ) lies on a longitudinal side of the seat surface ( 2 ). 5. nursing chair according to claim 3, 4, characterized in that the vertical parts of the frame ( 1 ) are adjustable in height. 6. nursing chair according to claim 3, 4, 5, characterized in that the vertical parts of the frame ( 1 ) are adjustable in height by a hydraulic lifting system. 7. nursing chair according to claim 3, 4, 5, characterized in that under the frame ( 1 ) are castors ( 3 ). 8. nursing chair according to claim 1, 2, characterized in that the backrests ( 4 ) with hinges on the frame ( 1 ) are attached. 9. nursing chair according to claim 1, 2, characterized in that the backrests ( 4 ) with hinges on the seat ( 2 ) are attached. 10. nursing chair according to claim 1 to 9, characterized in that under the seat ( 2 ) an emergency potty can be attached.