Therapeutic Chair

Abstract

A therapeutic recumbent chair having back and leg cushions and including an adjustable lumbar support member and an adjustable scapula region support member, each within the back cushion and movable toward and away from a front surface of the back cushion for adjustment of the support members against the back cushion for comfortably supporting the back of a user when the user is seated in the chair. Varying the positions of the adjustable lumbar support member and of the adjustable scapula region support member allows the chair to be configured to properly support a user's back when the user is in a recumbent position, for minimizing back problems of a user and for treating back disorders.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to a therapeutic chair. More particularly, the present invention relates to a therapeutic recumbent chair that is adjustable for providing support surfaces to properly support a user's back when in a recumbent position, for minimizing back problems of a user and for treating back disorders.[0003]2. Description of the Related Art[0004]As reported by the Cornell University Ergonomics web, “An estimated 50% of people in the industrialized world suffer some form of back complaint and many of these are related to poor seat design.” It further notes that the lumbar region of the back is most often the affected part. Many different configurations of chairs having back support arrangements have been proposed and developed. But because of the complexity of the human vertebral column, few of those chairs, although adjustable, function sufficiently well to be suitable for providing proper back support...

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Benefits of technology

[0013]In a further embodiment of the invention, a pair of laterally spaced, substantially horizontally extending, elongated arm rests can be pivotally connected to and supported by respective ones of the frame side panels to support a user's arms while the user is seated in the chair. The arm rests are supported for limited pivotal movement in an upward and rearward direction to allow easy access to and egress from the chair. To limit pivotal movement of the arm rests the frame side panels each include a respective stop to limit an angular range of pivotal movement of the arm rests from a first, substantially horizontal position of the arm rests to a second, upwardly directed position in order to facilitate entry onto and egress from the chair.

[0014]In a still further embodiment of the invention, a lumbar adjustment member is positioned within the back cushion for providing support for the lumbar region of a user who is seated in the chair. The lumbar adjustment member includes an adjustably positioned deflecting member positioned within the back cushion for providing support for the l

Problems solved by technology

But because of the complexity of the human vertebral column, few of those chairs, although adjustable, function sufficiently well to be suitable for providing proper back support, as well as for treating back disorders.

The outwardly-projecting regions result in stress on the body when the person is in a recumbent sitting position.

Prior recumbent seating arrangements provide back support that do

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