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Transfer platform assembly for a lavatory seat

a technology for lavatory seats and transfer platforms, which is applied in the field of transfer platform assemblies for lavatory seats, can solve the problems of difficulty in achieving transfer for an unaccompanied person, drawbacks of existing art, etc., and achieve the effects of convenient in-between slide, economic soundness, and easy manufacturing

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-06-19
DUPUIS LISETTE
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"The present invention provides an improved transfer platform assembly for transfer onto a lavatory seat. The assembly includes an elevator platform and a transfer platform that can be moved into a functional configuration to enable a person to pass between the lavatory seat and a seating device. The assembly is designed to be easily manufacturable, economical, and provides a comfortable and secure transfer for wheelchair users. The transfer platform can also be positioned around the lavatory seat for added convenience."

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The existing art suffers from drawbacks terms of either suitability for use by an unaccompanied handicapped person in a wheel chair or disposition in a bathroom.
Therefore, difficulties are presented for an unaccompanied person to achieve transfer.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,721,966 mentioned earlier can be transferable around the rim of a toilet seat but similarly does not offer a shape specifically designed to ease access and indeed somewhat blocks the placement of the wheel of a wheel chair in the most desirable location.

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[0029]With reference to the annexed drawings the preferred embodiments of the present invention will be herein described for indicative purpose and by no means as of limitation.

[0030]Reference is now made to FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 4, 4a, 4b, 5 and 5a, which show an embodiment of a transfer platform assembly, shown generally as 10, in accordance with the present invention for transfer of a user from a device seat 32 of a seating device 30, shown for illustrative purpose as a wheeled mobile device in the form of a wheelchair 30, to a lavatory seat 4. In FIGS. 1 and 2, the transfer platform assembly 10 is illustrated in association with a lavatory seat 4 provided with a conventional lid 6 and a toilet bowl 8, having a conventional, preferably ovate, toilet bowl aperture 42. Specifically, the lavatory seat 4 is pivotally mountable on the platform assembly 10 with conventional screws or bolts 50 inserted through conventional lavatory seat mounting apertures 52a of conventional lavatory hinges 48...

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Abstract

A transfer platform assembly for use as an aid for a handicapped person to move from the seat of a, preferably mobile and wheeled, seating device to a lavatory seat is pivotally secured or securable to toilet bowl of a lavatory and to a lavatory seat. The assembly has an elevator platform and a transfer platform pivotally connected to the elevator platform. The elevator platform may be extended into an elevated platform configuration and the transfer platform raised into an upright position to place the assembly in a functional configuration in which the transfer platform extends substantially horizontally from the lavatory seat to the seat of the seating device and is supported thereby to provide a supporting surface for the person to slide therebetween. A notch is formed in the transfer platform to receive, when the assembly is in the functional configuration, a wheel of the seating device.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application is a continuation in part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11 / 055,695, filed on Feb. 11, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to a transfer platform assembly for a lavatory seat to facilitate the transfer of a handicapped person to and from the lavatory seat, be it a lavatory seat on a fixed toilet or one on a commode. It is to be understood that the expression ‘handicapped person’ includes one who is permanently disabled or incapacitated, for example by injury or age, or one who is temporarily incapacitated for example by illness.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]It is well known in the art to use a board or plank to facilitate the transfer of a handicapped person to and from a lavatory seat. The existing art suffers from drawbacks terms of either suitability for use by an unaccompanied handicapped person in a wheel chair or disposition in a bathroom.[0004]U...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): E03D11/00
CPCA61G7/1007A61G2200/34A61G7/103
Inventor DUPUIS, LISETTE
Owner DUPUIS LISETTE
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