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EP3130322A1
EP3130322A1 EP15180507.4A EP15180507A EP3130322A1 EP 3130322 A1 EP3130322 A1 EP 3130322A1 EP 15180507 A EP15180507 A EP 15180507A EP 3130322 A1 EP3130322 A1 EP 3130322A1
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Jürgen ZIMMERLE
Martin Keppler
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
    • A61G7/10—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto
    • A61G7/1001—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto specially adapted for specific applications
    • A61G7/1003—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto specially adapted for specific applications mounted on or in combination with a bath-tub
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
    • A61G7/10—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto
    • A61G7/1013—Lifting of patients by
    • A61G7/1019—Vertical extending columns or mechanisms
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G2200/00—Information related to the kind of patient or his position
    • A61G2200/30—Specific positions of the patient
    • A61G2200/34—Specific positions of the patient sitting
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G7/00—Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons
    • A61G7/10—Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto
    • A61G7/1073—Parts, details or accessories
    • A61G7/1082—Rests specially adapted for
    • A61G7/1088—Back

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  • the present invention relates to a bath lift device for raising and lowering persons into or out of a bathtub, said device including a chassis adapted to rest, in use, on a floor of the bathtub and a supported seat adapted to be movable between a raised position, in which the seat is correctly positioned to permit a person standing outside the bathtub to sit inside said seat, and a lowered position, in which said seat is positioned at the bottom of the bathtub.
  • Bath lift devices have been widely used for aged or disabled people as a convenient means for entering or leaving a bathtub.
  • a conventional bath lift device comprises two main parts, a fixed part resting, in use, on a floor of the bathtub and a movable part including the seat plate and the backrest.
  • EP 1 743 615 B1 provides a solution to this problem.
  • a lock releasing device couples the backrest and the seat plate above a lowest end position.
  • the device has a locking bolt that is movable between a locking position and a releasing position, where the bolt releases the backrest and the seat plate from each other in the releasing position.
  • This solution permits to fix the backrest against the seat plate in order to protect the actuator from horizontal forces and therefore from side loads.
  • this solution requires using extra bolts which are included in the backrest, leading to higher cost for the bath lift.
  • this solution is not easily adaptable to already marketed bath lifts.
  • the aim of the present invention is therefore to provide a bath lift device that overcomes the deficiencies of the above mentioned solution.
  • situations and directions of elements of the bath lift device of the present invention are determined by the perspective of a user seated in the bath lift device. Accordingly, the left, respectively the right, side of the bath lift device corresponds to the left, respectively the right, side of Figures 5a and 10 .
  • the terms “upward”, “downward”, “rearward”, “forward”, “up” or “top”, “down” or “bottom”, “rear”, “front” follow the same rule.
  • the bath lift device 10 of the present invention mainly includes a fixed part including chassis 11 adapted to rest, in use, on a floor of the bathtub and a moveable part including a seat plate 21 and a backrest 22 pivotally connected thereto, the movable part being moveable upward and downward relative to the fixed part via a lifting means.
  • the chassis 11 is temporarily connected to the floor of the bathtub through suction cups 12 disposed underneath the chassis.
  • the seat plate 21 is connected to the chassis 11 via a scissor-type guide mechanism 13, said mechanism comprising two pairs of support legs 131, 132, each leg being pivotally connected at a first end thereof to the chassis 11 and being slidably mounted at a second end thereof to the seat plate 22 inside a guide rail 111 of the chassis or, respectively, a guide rail 211 of the seat plate, said legs being pivotally connected at a mid-point to a pivot joint 133.
  • the lifting means comprises a driving means 23 arranged on the rear of the backrest 22 and a lifting member 24 that is actuated by the driving means.
  • the lifting member 24 may advantageously be a telescopic tube including an outer tube 241 within which is received a linearly extendable inner tube 242, said outer tube 241 being fixedly connected to the backrest and said inner tube 242 being supported at its lower end by a bearing support 25 secured to the chassis.
  • the lifting member may be a toothed rack or a plurality of individual toothed rack segments articulated to one another.
  • extension length of the lifting member corresponds to the difference between the length of the lifting member measured in the minimal extension thereof, as illustrated in Figure 2 , and the length of the lifting member measured in the current extension thereof, as illustrated in Figure 1 for instance.
  • extension length of the lifting member corresponds to the circumferential distance covered by the pinion, the teeth of which mesh with the teeth of the toothed rack, between the minimal extension of the toothed rack, as illustrated in Figure 2 of EP 1 787 615 B1 , and the current extension of the toothed rack.
  • the bath lift device 10 advantageously comprises two extension plates, respectively a left extension plate 21 a and a right extension plate 21 b, that are removably and/or pivotally connected on both lateral ends of the seat plate 21, said extension plates 21 a, 21 b being configured to rest on the rim of the bathtub when the seat plate 21 is in its uppermost end position so that the user can easily sit inside the bath lift device 10. Therefore, when the seat plate is lowered, the extension plates 21 a, 21 b are folded up or withdrawn so as to permit the movement of the seat plate.
  • the position illustrated in Figure 1 corresponds to the uppermost end position of the seat plate 21, in which the height hmax between the plane P0 defined by the floor of the bathtub and the plane P1 defined by the seat plate is the greatest possible, corresponding to the maximal extension length of the lifting member. Furthermore, in this position, the backrest is in its upright rest position, corresponding to an angle ⁇ 1 between the plane P2 defined by the backrest and the plane P1 defined by the seat plate.
  • the position illustrated in Figure 2 corresponds to the lowermost end position of the seat plate 21, in which the height hmin between the plane Po and the plane P1 is the lowest possible, corresponding to the minimal extension of the lifting member and to an extension length of the lifting member that is substantially equal to zero.
  • the backrest 22 In this position, the backrest 22 is in its upright rest position.
  • the position illustrated in Figure 3 corresponds to the rear rest position of the backrest, in which the angle ⁇ 2 between the plane P2 and the plane P1 is greater than the above mentioned angle ⁇ 1. In this position, the seat plate 21 is in its lowermost end position.
  • the folded position illustrated in Figure 4 corresponds to the front rest position of the backrest, in which the plane P2 is substantially parallel to the plane P1 and close thereto.
  • the seat plate 21 is in its lowermost end position.
  • the backrest 22 may advantageously be disconnected from the seat plate 21 in this folded position, permitting an easy removal of the bath lift device from the bath tub.
  • connecting means permitting the pivot connection between the backrest 22 and the seat plate 21 are illustrated.
  • Such connecting means consist in left and right tubular parts 216 provided in an upward and rearward orientated section 212 of the seat plate 21, said tubular parts being configured to be respectively received inside left and right hemi-tubular grooves 223 formed in left and right bottom end portions 222 of the backrest 22.
  • Each bottom end portion 222 is also configured to be trapped inside an opening 214 of the seat plate 21 between a front face 215 of an upward and frontward orientated section 213 of the seat plate 21 and the corresponding tubular part 216, thus preventing the upward movement of the backrest relative to the seat plate.
  • each bottom end portion 222 advantageously comprises a front bottom end 225 which is configured to abut against the section 212 of the seat plate when the backrest is in its rear rest position. In this position, a rear face 224 of the bottom end portion 222 is substantially parallel to the front face 215 of the section 213 of the seat plate and in contact therewith, thus maintaining the backrest in a relatively stable position.
  • Figure 7 illustrates a locking/release means 31 permitting to fixedly couple the backrest and the seat plate to one another when the seat plate is positioned at or above a specific height, thus preventing a pivoting movement of the backrest, and to release the backrest and the seat plate when the seat plate is positioned under said specific height, thus permitting a pivoting movement of the backrest.
  • this specific height is reached when the lifting member 24 extends at a specific extension length. In the position shown in Figure 7 , the lifting member 24 has been extended over said specific extension length. Therefore, the locking/release means 31 is positioned in a first locking position in which it prevents any pivoting movement between the backrest and the seat plate.
  • the locking/release means 31 is configured as a locking lever pivotally connected to the backrest 22.
  • the locking lever 31 comprises a hook portion 312 at a front bottom end thereof, said hook portion snapping into the seat plate 21, thus trapping a vertically orientated end 217 of the seat plate between a front vertical face 314 of the locking lever and a top end 315 of the hook portion 312.
  • the locking lever 31 immediately abuts against said vertically orientated end 217 when it pivots in the clockwise and counter-clockwise directions.
  • the locking lever 31 comprises also a spring tongue 311 forward extended from a rear bottom end thereof, said spring tongue being adapted to slightly buckle when submitted to vertical constraints so as to move around the position shown in Figure 7 .
  • the locking lever 31 comprises also a bulged portion 313 protruding from the front vertical face 314 and positioned just above the vertically orientated end 217 in the first locking position thereof. The function of this bulged portion 313 will be explained later.
  • the locking lever 31 comprises a nose-shaped end 316 which is positioned forward and below the vertically orientated end 217 in the first locking position thereof. The function of this nose-shaped end 316 will be explained later.
  • the locking/release means is configured as two locking levers 31 a, 31 b, respectively a left locking lever 31 a and a right locking lever 31 b, each locking lever being pivotally connected to a clamp element 32 which is fixedly connected to the backrest 22.
  • the locking levers 31 a, 31 b have the same structure as the locking lever shown in Figure 7 and are positioned at both sides of the lifting member 24 in their normal position of use as illustrated in Figures 5a and 5b .
  • each locking lever 31 a, 31 b is respectively received inside a left or right U-shaped portion 32a, 32b of the clamp element 32, said U-shaped portion being provided with a through-hole 321 that is aligned with a corresponding through-hole 318 formed in said upper end 317 so as to lodge a bolt 33 inside said through-holes 318, 321, thus permitting the pivot connection between the locking levers 31 a, 31 b and the clamp element 32.
  • Each locking lever 31 a, 31 b is provided with an housing 319 internally formed therein, the housing 319 being configured to partially receive a V-shaped leaf spring 34 such that said V-shaped leaf spring 34 is also partially received inside the central cavity 322 separating the two branches of the left or right U-shaped portion 32a, 32b.
  • a rear leg 34i and a front leg 34j thereof abut respectively against a rear end 319i and a front end 319j of the internal housing 319.
  • this rest position corresponds to the first locking position of the locking lever 31 a or 31 b.
  • the front leg 34j still abuts against the front end 319j of the internal housing 319 but the rear leg 34i is pushed forward due to the contact between said rear leg 34i and an abutment 323 provided in the clamp element 32, said abutment 323 being now positioned forward with respect to the rear end 319i of the internal housing 319.
  • the leaf spring 34 tends to pivot the locking lever 31 a or 31 b in the counter-clockwise direction back to the rest position shown in Figure 8e .
  • the compressed position shown in Figure 8d may correspond to a second locking position of the locking levers 31 a and 31 b, in which the locking levers can not move forward relative to the backrest.
  • the bath lift device 10 is in its folded position, the backrest 22 being in the front rest position thereof and the locking lever(s) 31 being in the rest position shown in Figure 8e .
  • the bath lift device has been fixed to the floor of the bathtub through the suction cups 12.
  • the lifting member 24 is positioned in its completely retracted state.
  • a piston rod 243 which is fixedly connected at the lower end of the inner tube 242 of the lifting member 24, as shown in Figure 5b and 9a , is close to the spring tongue 311 of the locking lever(s) 31.
  • This piston rod 243 is provided with a rib 244 protruding from a top face thereof, said rib being in close proximity to the spring tongue 311.
  • Figure 9f illustrates an intermediate position of the backrest during the transfer of the backrest from its rear rest position and its front rest position. As shown, this transfer may be done because the locking lever(s) 31 is locked in its second locking position. Indeed, if the locking lever(s) was configured as in Figure 8e , the top end 315 of the hook portion 312 would abut against the seat plate 21, thus preventing the forward movement of the backrest.
  • the lifting member 24 extends under the action of the driving means.
  • the lower end of the inner tube 242 follows the cam profile defined by the bearing support 25, thus leading to a forward movement of the backrest 22.
  • the locking lever(s) 31 being secured on the outer tube 241, the spring tongue 311 starts to move upward relative to the piston rod 243. Therefore, this spring tongue does not abut anymore against the rib 244 and the locking lever(s) 31 pivots counter-clockwise under the action of the leaf spring 34.
  • the bulged portion 313 of the locking lever(s) abuts against the vertically orientated end 217 of the seat plate 21.
  • the lifting member 24 has been further extended until the locking lever(s) 31 reaches the first locking position illustrated in Figure 7 .
  • the leaf spring 34 is configured as in Figure 8e .
  • the specific extension length of the lifting member from which the locking lever(s) is in its first locking position may correspond substantially to a third of the maximal extension length of said lifting member. Any further extension of the lifting member 24 from this specific extension length leads to a concomitant lifting of the backrest 22 and the seat plate 21 and the impossibility to tilt the backrest 22 relative to the seat plate 21.
  • the locking lever(s) 31 prevents the lifting member 24 from being damaged by the bending constraints applied by the user.
  • the user load applied to the seat plate 21 causes bending constraints on the lifting member 24 that may be very problematic as the lifting member 24 extends, the overlap between the outer tube 241 and the inner tube 242 getting smaller and smaller.
  • the locking lever(s) relieves the lifting member from the load applied by the user, thus reducing the risk of breakage of the lifting member.

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DE19839176A1 (de) * 1998-08-28 2000-03-02 Wolfgang Dentler Badelifter für Behinderte und gebrechliche sowie kranke Personen
WO2001085087A1 (de) * 2000-05-09 2001-11-15 Eureha Gmbh Badewannenlifter
CA2397503A1 (en) 2001-08-21 2003-02-21 Aquatec Gmbh & Co. Kg Bathtub lift for seniors and the handicapped
EP1743615B1 (de) 2005-07-14 2008-11-05 Aquatec GmbH Badewannenlifter
GB2460015A (en) * 2008-04-28 2009-11-18 Minivator Ltd Bath seat with detachable chassis
EP1787615B1 (de) 2005-11-19 2011-11-30 Drive Medical GmbH & Co. KG Badelifter mit Zahnstangenantrieb

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DE19839176A1 (de) * 1998-08-28 2000-03-02 Wolfgang Dentler Badelifter für Behinderte und gebrechliche sowie kranke Personen
WO2001085087A1 (de) * 2000-05-09 2001-11-15 Eureha Gmbh Badewannenlifter
CA2397503A1 (en) 2001-08-21 2003-02-21 Aquatec Gmbh & Co. Kg Bathtub lift for seniors and the handicapped
EP1743615B1 (de) 2005-07-14 2008-11-05 Aquatec GmbH Badewannenlifter
EP1787615B1 (de) 2005-11-19 2011-11-30 Drive Medical GmbH & Co. KG Badelifter mit Zahnstangenantrieb
GB2460015A (en) * 2008-04-28 2009-11-18 Minivator Ltd Bath seat with detachable chassis

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CN111888106A (zh) * 2020-08-21 2020-11-06 耿凡龙 心内科患者急救转运担架床

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