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Granted Patent B2
US 8,388,505 · App. 13/404,646 · Granted Mar 5, 2013

Seat

Inventors: Michael Warren Lokken (Grove City, MN); Wesley Lee Ovre (Redwood Falls, MN); Jeffrey Vernon Schmidt (Redwood Falls, MN); Mathew Allan Haugen (Hector, MN); Leo Joseph Schweiss (Fairfax, MN)
Assignee: Invacare Corp.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,388,505
App. No.
13/404,646
Filed
Feb 24, 2012
Granted
Mar 5, 2013
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3764
USPC
482/51
Abstract

Seats that are moveable from a seating orientation, which allows a user to sit on the seat, to a standing orientation, where the seat at least partially supports the user in a standing posture are disclosed. At least a portion of the seat is moveable away from the user's legs when the seat is in the standing position.

Claims (23)

1. A standing frame comprising:

a frame;

a seat coupled to the frame such that the seat is moveable from a seating orientation configured to allow a user to sit on the seat to a standing orientation configured to at least partially support a user in a standing posture;

wherein the seat includes a rearward support portion having a support surface that is configured to engage the user's buttocks when the seat is in the seating orientation, and a forward support portion having a support surface that is configured to engage the user's legs when the seat is in the seating orientation; and

means for automatically moving the forward support portion with respect to the rearward support portion when the rearward support portion is moved from the seating orientation to the standing orientation, such that at least a portion of the forward support portion moves away from the user's legs when the rearward support portion is moved from the seating orientation to the standing orientation.

2. The standing frame of claim 1 further comprising a seat back pivotally coupled to the seat.

3. The standing frame of claim 1 further comprising a leg exercising apparatus coupled to the frame.

4. The standing frame of claim 3 wherein the leg exercising apparatus comprises a pair of footrests that are coupled to the frame such that the footrests are moveable to approximate movements associated with walking.

5. The standing frame of claim 4 wherein the footrests are coupled to an arm exercising apparatus.

6. The standing frame of claim 1 wherein a rear end of the forward support portion is connected to a front end of the rearward support portion.

7. The standing frame of claim 1 wherein a rear end of the forward support portion is connected to a front end of the rearward support portion by a hinge.

8. The standing frame of claim 1 wherein a rear end of the forward support portion is connected to a front end of the rearward support portion by a living hinge.

9. A standing frame comprising:

a frame;

a seat coupled to the frame such that the seat is moveable from a seating orientation configured to allow a user to sit on the seat to a standing orientation configured to at least partially support a user in a standing posture;

wherein the seat includes a rearward support portion having a support surface that is configured to engage the user's buttocks when the seat is in the seated position, and a forward support portion having a support surface that is configured to engage the user's legs when the seat is in the seated orientation; and

a linkage connected to the forward support portion for automatically moving the forward support portion with respect to the rearward support portion when the rearward support portion is moved from the seating orientation to the standing orientation, such that at least a portion of the forward support portion moves away from the user's legs when the rearward support portion is moved from the seating orientation to the standing orientation.

10. The standing frame of claim 9 further comprising a leg exercising apparatus coupled to the frame.

11. The standing frame of claim 10 wherein the leg exercising apparatus comprises a pair of footrests that are coupled to the frame such that the footrests are moveable to approximate movements associated with walking.

12. The standing frame of claim 11 wherein the footrests are coupled to an arm exercising apparatus.

13. The standing frame of claim 9 wherein a rear end of the forward support portion is connected to a front end of the rearward support portion.

14. The standing frame of claim 9 wherein a rear end of the forward support portion is connected to a front end of the rearward support portion by a hinge.

15. The standing frame of claim 9 wherein a rear end of the forward support portion is connected to a front end of the rearward support portion by a living hinge.

Assignments (12)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2023
From: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: INVACARE CORPORATION; ADAPTIVE SWITCH LABORATORIES, INC.; THE AFTERMARKET GROUP, INC.; ALTIMATE MEDICAL, INC.; CENTRALIZED MEDICAL EQUIPMENT LLC; CHAMPION MANUFACTURING INC.; FAMILY MEDICAL SUPPLY LLC; THE HELIXX GROUP, INC.; INVACARE CANADIAN HOLDINGS, INC.; INVACARE CANADIAN HOLDINGS, LLC; INVACARE CONTINUING CARE, INC.; INVACARE CREDIT CORPORATION; INVACARE FLORIDA CORPORATION; INVACARE HOLDINGS, LLC; INVACARE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION; INVACARE SUPPLY GROUP, INC.; INVAMEX HOLDINGS LLC; KUSCHALL, INC.; ROADRUNNER MOBILITY, INCORPORATED; FREEDOM DESIGNS, INC.; GARDEN CITY MEDICAL INC.; INVACARE FLORIDA HOLDINGS, LLC; INVACARE HCS, LLC
Reel/Frame 063662/0430 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 23, 2022
From: BMO HARRIS BANK N.A.
To: ALTIMATE MEDICAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 060287/0135 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 2022
From: ALTIMATE MEDICAL, INC.; MEDICAL POSITIONING, INC.; ALTIMATE MEDICAL HOLDINGS, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 060275/0933 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2020
From: BELL BANK
To: ALTIMATE MEDICAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 052953/0205 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2019
From: ALTIMATE MEDICAL, INC.
To: BMO HARRIS BANK N.A.
Reel/Frame 050957/0346 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2017
From: ALTIMATE MEDICAL, INC.
To: BELL BANK
Reel/Frame 044270/0711 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2017
From: TEXAS CAPITAL BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: ALTIMATE MEDICAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 044270/0543 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 2, 2014
From: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: ALTIMATE MEDICAL, INC.; INVACARE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033673/0551 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2014
From: ALTIMATE MEDICAL, INC.
To: TEXAS CAPITAL BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 033664/0652 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2014
From: INVACARE CORPORATION
To: ALTIMATE MEDICAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 033533/0073 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Feb 5, 2014
From: INVACARE CORPORATION; ADAPTIVE SWITCH LABORATORIES, INC.; THE AFTERMARKET GROUP, INC.; ALTIMATE MEDICAL, INC.; CENTRALIZED MEDICAL EQUIPMENT LLC; CHAMPION MANUFACTURING INC.; FAMILY MEDICAL SUPPLY LLC; THE HELIXX GROUP, INC.; INVACARE CANADIAN HOLDINGS, INC.; INVACARE CANADIAN HOLDINGS, LLC; INVACARE CONTINUING CARE, INC.; INVACARE CREDIT CORPORATION; INVACARE FLORIDA CORPORATION; INVACARE HOLDINGS, LLC; INVACARE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION; INVACARE SUPPLY GROUP, INC.; INVAMEX HOLDINGS LLC; KUSCHALL, INC.; ROADRUNNER MOBILITY, INCORPORATED; FREEDOM DESIGNS, INC.; GARDEN CITY MEDICAL INC.; INVACARE FLORIDA HOLDINGS, LLC; INVACARE HCS, LLC
To: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 032162/0921 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2012
From: LOKKEN, MICHAEL WARREN; OVRE, WESLEY LEE; SCHMIDT, JEFFREY VERNON; HAUGEN, MATHEW ALLAN; SCHWEISS, LEO JOSEPH
To: INVACARE CORP.
Reel/Frame 028017/0924 →
Continuity (3)
Division 12354992 · Jan 16, 2009
Provisional Application 61022588 · Jan 22, 2008
Related Publication 20120146378A1 · Jun 14, 2012