DE10040902A1 - Folding wheelchair has main structural parts hinged together to fold out into stable firm seating position or fold up into ground plan one fifth of wheelchair height. - Google Patents

Folding wheelchair has main structural parts hinged together to fold out into stable firm seating position or fold up into ground plan one fifth of wheelchair height.

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DE10040902A1
DE10040902A1 DE10040902A DE10040902A DE10040902A1 DE 10040902 A1 DE10040902 A1 DE 10040902A1 DE 10040902 A DE10040902 A DE 10040902A DE 10040902 A DE10040902 A DE 10040902A DE 10040902 A1 DE10040902 A1 DE 10040902A1
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Urs Meyer
Josef Moll-Thissen
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61GTRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G5/00Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs
    • A61G5/08Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs foldable
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61GTRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G5/00Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs
    • A61G5/08Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs foldable
    • A61G5/0808Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs foldable characterised by a particular folding direction
    • A61G5/0833Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs foldable characterised by a particular folding direction folding front to back, e.g. reducing or expanding the overall depth of the wheelchair
    • A61G5/0841Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs foldable characterised by a particular folding direction folding front to back, e.g. reducing or expanding the overall depth of the wheelchair comprising a scissor-type frame, e.g. having pivoting cross bars for enabling folding
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61GTRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G5/00Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs
    • A61G5/08Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs foldable
    • A61G5/0883Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs foldable having locking means for maintaining a folded or unfolded condition
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61GTRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G5/00Chairs or personal conveyances specially adapted for patients or disabled persons, e.g. wheelchairs
    • A61G5/10Parts, details or accessories
    • A61G5/12Rests specially adapted therefor, e.g. for the head or the feet
    • A61G5/125Rests specially adapted therefor, e.g. for the head or the feet for arms

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Abstract

The main elements of the wheelchair notably sides (3,4,5), seat (9), back (10) and armrests (6) plus front support (11) are hinged together or linked up by structurally integrated rotary elements to allow all the parts to fold up into or onto one another. The main parts are individually rigid and when assembled into the seating position present a rigid and stable structure, the parts being locked together in this seating position. The parts fold up together in their entirety to give a ground plan one fifth of its height. Seat (9) and back (10) can be made of different materials and fixed to the structural linkage without in any way obstructing folding either way.

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Die vorliegende Erfindung bezieht sich auf einen leichten Stuhl, insbeson­ dere Rollstuhl, der sich in ein flaches, handliches Gebilde auf einfachste Art zusammenklappen und wieder entklappen lässt.The present invention relates to a light chair, in particular the wheelchair, which is the simplest in a flat, handy structure Art collapses and unfolds again.

Die am Markt bekannten Rollstühle sind aus mannigfachen Gründen schwer, unhandlich und wegen ihrer notwendigen Räder und Hand­ schwingräder nur teilweise in ihren Dimensionen für einen notwendigen Transport - z. B. in Personenwagen - reduzierbar.The wheelchairs known on the market are for a variety of reasons heavy, bulky and because of their necessary wheels and hand swing wheels only partially in their dimensions for a necessary Transport - e.g. B. in passenger cars - reducible.

Es besteht dabei meist nur die Möglichkeit, das Gefährt zu verkleinern, indem man die beiden Seitenteile mit Rädern und den Armlehnenteilen mittels der flexiblen Sitz- und Rücklehnenteile aufeinander zubewegt. Der Stuhl wird dadurch in der Vertikalen um nur auf etwa Zweidrittel flacher.There is usually only the possibility to make the vehicle smaller, by the two side parts with wheels and the armrest parts moved towards each other by means of the flexible seat and backrest parts. The As a result, the chair becomes flatter by only about two thirds.

Der rollfähige Stuhl der Erfindung ist in erster Linie für ältere und weniger mobile Menschen, sowie für solche, die vorübergehend gehbehindert oder entkräftet sind, gedacht. Nicht etwa für Menschen, die ständig einen Roll­ stuhl benötigen.The rollable chair of the invention is primarily for the elderly and less mobile people, as well as for those who are temporarily disabled or are weakened, thought. Not for people who constantly roll need chair.

Auch aus diesem Grunde ist es von grosser Wichtigkeit, den rollbaren Stuhl so leicht, so funktionell einfach und so wirtschaftlich wie möglich zu konstruieren und herzustellen. For this reason, too, it is very important that the rollable Chair as light, as functionally simple and as economical as possible design and manufacture.  

Die Aufgabe wird durch einen zusammenklappbaren und wieder entklapp­ baren Stuhl nach Anspruch 1 gelöst, wobei vorteilhafte Ausgestaltungen den Unteransprüchen zu entnehmen sind.The task is collapsible and unfolded again baren chair solved according to claim 1, wherein advantageous embodiments can be found in the subclaims.

Durch die vorliegende Erfindung wird ein leichter Rollstuhl, der aus­ schliesslich von einer Hilfsperson bewegt werden kann, verwirklicht, der durch einige wenige, einfache Handgriffe in seinem Volumen auf etwa ein Fünftel seiner Gebrauchsgröße reduziert werden kann, ohne daß irgend­ welche Teile entnommen werden müssen oder sonstige Vorkehrungen getroffen werden müssen. Dies ermöglicht den Hilfspersonen - einschliess­ lich den weiblichen - das Gefährt bei Nichtgebrauch ohne Mühen im Haus zu deponieren oder im Auto raumsparend zu verstauen.The present invention turns a lightweight wheelchair out of can finally be moved by an auxiliary person who realizes in a few simple steps in its volume to about one Fifth of its size can be reduced without any which parts must be removed or other precautions must be taken. This enables the helpers - including Lich the female - the vehicle when not in use without effort in the house to deposit or stow away in the car to save space.

Die Hauptkonstruktionselemente des Stuhls sind dabei einzeln in sich starr. Weiterhin bilden alle Hauptkonstruktionselemente, wenn sie die be­ nutzbare Stuhlform angenommen haben, ein starres, stabiles Konstruk­ tionsgesamtgebilde. Durch die Arretierung der Teile untereinander wird die Endstabilität des entfalteten Stuhls erreicht. Weiterhin drehen sich die Hauptkonstruktionsteile beim Zusammenklappen auch teilweise um Schar­ nier- oder Drehelemente, die jeweils in anderen Hauptkonstruktionsele­ menten integriert sind.The main construction elements of the chair are individually in themselves rigid. Furthermore, all main construction elements form when they be usable chair shape have adopted a rigid, stable construction overall structure. By locking the parts together, the Final stability of the unfolded chair reached. Furthermore, the Main construction parts also partially around the share when folded kidney or rotating elements, each in a different main construction elements are integrated.

Die Erfindung wird nachstehend ohne Beschränkung des allgemeinen Er­ findungsgedankens anhand von Ausführungsbeispielen unter Bezugnahme auf die Zeichnungen exemplarisch beschrieben, auf die im übrigen hin­ sichtlich der Offenbarung aller im Text nicht näher erläuterten erfindungs­ gemäßen Einzelheiten ausdrücklich verwiesen wird. The invention is hereinafter without limitation of the general Er inventive idea based on exemplary embodiments with reference exemplarily described on the drawings, to the rest obviously the disclosure of all fiction not explained in detail in the text is explicitly referred to in accordance with the details.  

Die Fig. 1-5 zeigen die Abwicklungsfolge des Zusammenklappen des Stuhls. Figs. 1-5 show the processing result of the folding of the chair.

Die Bezugszeichen 1 und 2 stellen die Räder dar, 3, 4 und 5 die Seitenge­ stelle des Rollstuhls, 6 die Seiten-Armlehnenteile, 7 die Haltegriffe, 8 die Rückenlehne, 9 die Sitzfläche, 10 die Rückenlehnenfläche und 11 das Vorderstützteil.The reference numerals 1 and 2 represent the wheels, 3 , 4 and 5 the Seitenge place of the wheelchair, 6 the side armrest parts, 7 the handles, 8 the backrest, 9 the seat, 10 the backrest surface and 11 the front support part.

Die Elemente der Positionen 1-11 sind untereinander mittels Scharnieren und Gelenken, die teilweise jeweils beim anderen Konstruktionselement integriert sind, beweglich verbunden. Dadurch kann man den Rollstuhl sehr leicht zusammenklappen und wieder entklappen.The elements of positions 1-11 are movably connected to each other by means of hinges and joints, some of which are integrated in the other construction element. This makes it very easy to fold and unfold the wheelchair.

Folgende vorteilhafte Ausführungsformen sind in den Figuren nicht gezeigt: die Haltegriffe 7 weisen vorzugsweise Bremsen auf, die zusätzlich für Si­ cherheit sorgen. Darüberhinaus kann der Stuhl aufgrund eines eingebau­ ten Feststellmechanismus jederzeit an einer gewünschten Stelle arretiert werden. Des weiteren verleihen an den Stuhl angebrachte Sicherheitsgurte einen zusätzlichen Halt und vermitteln somit der zu transportierenden Per­ son ein Sicherheitsgefühl.The following advantageous embodiments are not shown in the figures: the handles 7 preferably have brakes which additionally ensure safety. In addition, the chair can be locked at a desired location at any time thanks to a built-in locking mechanism. Furthermore, seat belts attached to the chair provide additional support and thus convey a feeling of security to the person to be transported.

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1. Zusammenklappbarer und wieder entklappbarer Stuhl, insbesondere Rollstuhl, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass dessen Hauptkonstruktions­ elemente, Seitengestelle (3, 4, 5), Sitzelement (9), Rückenlehne (10) und Seiten-Armlehnenteile (6) sowie Vorderstützteil (11) untereinander mit Scharnieren oder mittels den in seinen Teilen integrierten Drehe­ lementen beweglich verbunden und daher gegeneinander, übereinan­ der und/oder ineinander klappbar sind.1. Collapsible and again foldable chair, in particular wheelchair, characterized in that its main construction elements, side frames ( 3 , 4 , 5 ), seat element ( 9 ), backrest ( 10 ) and side armrest parts ( 6 ) and front support part ( 11 ) with each other with hinges or by means of the rotating elements integrated in its parts movably connected and therefore against each other, übereinan and / or can be folded into each other. 2. Rollstuhl nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Haupt­ konstruktionselemente einzeln in sich starr sind.2. Wheelchair according to claim 1, characterized in that the main construction elements are individually rigid in themselves. 3. Rollstuhl nach den Ansprüchen 1 und 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass alle Hauptkonstruktionselemente, wenn sie die benutzbare Stuhlform angenommen haben, ein starres, stabiles Konstruktionsge­ samtgebilde darstellen.3. Wheelchair according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that all the main construction elements if they are the usable Have taken the form of a chair, a rigid, stable construction represent velvet structures. 4. Rollstuhl nach den Ansprüchen 1-3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Endstabilität des entfalteten Stuhles durch Arretierung der Teile untereinander erreicht wird.4. Wheelchair according to claims 1-3, characterized in that the final stability of the unfolded chair by locking the parts is achieved with each other. 5. Rollstuhl nach den Ansprüchen 1-4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass dieser ohne Wegnehmen von Teilen oder sonstiger Vorkehrungen so zusammengeklappt werden kann, dass er bei der Grösse seines Ge­ samt-Grundrisses auf etwa ein Fünftel seiner Höhe reduziert werden kann. 5. Wheelchair according to claims 1-4, characterized in that this without taking away parts or other precautions can be folded that he is the size of his Ge velvet floor plan can be reduced to about a fifth of its height can.   6. Rollstuhl nach den Ansprüchen 1-5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sich seine Hauptkonstruktionsteile beim Zusammenklappen auch teil­ weise um Scharnier- oder Drehelemente, die jeweils in anderen Hauptkonstruktionselementen integriert sind, drehen.6. Wheelchair according to claims 1-5, characterized in that its main construction parts also part when folded wise around hinge or rotating elements, each in another Main construction elements are integrated, rotate. 7. Rollstuhl nach den Ansprüchen 1-6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass dessen Sitz- und Rückenlehnenflächen (9 und 10), die aus verschie­ densten Materialien sein können, an das Konstruktionsgestänge befe­ stigt werden, aber den Bewegungsablauf der Konstruktionselemente beim Klapp- und Entklappvorgang weder stören noch während dieser Vorgänge abgenommen werden müssen.7. Wheelchair according to claims 1-6, characterized in that the seat and backrest surfaces ( 9 and 10 ), which can be made of various materials, are attached to the structural linkage, but the sequence of movements of the structural elements during the folding and unfolding process neither disturb nor have to be removed during these processes.
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