Height adjustable armrest of a medical chair
A medical chair with height adjustable armrest comprises a lifting mechanism, a base coupled to a bottom end of the lifting mechanism, a backrest part rotatably coupled to an upper end of the lifting mechanism, and an armrest rotatably coupled to the backrest part and adjustable to at least one position. The armrest comprises a supporting part, a horizontal axle, and a latch system moving slidingly on the horizontal axle or rotatably around the horizontal axle. The latch system comprises a latch coupled to a control element and a guide tube, which is slidingly coupled to the horizontal axis by a guiding pin. The latch system further comprises a first stop of the armrest and a second stop on an upper end of an arm and a third stop on the horizontal axle, wherein the third stop is located on the horizontal axle between the upper end of the arm and a frame or the backrest part.
1. A medical chair with height adjustable armrest comprising:
a lifting mechanism,
a base coupled to a bottom end of the lifting mechanism,
a backrest part rotatably coupled to an upper end of the lifting mechanism, and
an armrest rotatably coupled to the backrest part and adjustable to at least one position, wherein the armrest comprises:
a supporting part,
a horizontal axle,
a latch system moving slidingly on the horizontal axle of the armrest or rotatably around the horizontal axle of the armrest, wherein the latch system comprises a latch coupled to a control element and a guide tube, which is slidingly coupled to the horizontal axle by a guiding pin, and wherein the latch system comprises a first stop of the armrest and a second stop on an upper end of an arm and a third stop on the horizontal axle, wherein the third stop is located on the horizontal axle between the upper end of the arm and a frame or the backrest part.
2. The medical chair with height adjustable armrest according to claim 1 , wherein the latch, being in a basic functional horizontal position of the armrest, bears sideward mutually touching the first stop of the armrest and the second stop on the arm.
3. The medical chair with height adjustable armrest according to claim 1 , wherein the latch, being in a raised functional horizontal position of the armrest, is located between the first stop of the armrest and the second stop on the arm.
4. The medical chair with height adjustable armrest according to claim 1 , wherein the latch is a part of the guide tube as well as the control element.
5. The medical chair with height adjustable armrest according to claim 1 , wherein the control element, the guide tube and the latch move slidingly along the horizontal axle of the armrest.
6. The medical chair with height adjustable armrest according to claim 1 , wherein a non-functional vertical position comprises the third stop of the armrest located on the horizontal axle of the armrest between the frame and the backrest part, whose further movement is restricted by a projection on the frame or the backrest part.
7. The medical chair with height adjustable armrest according to claim 1 , wherein at least one position of the armrest is secured by at least one or two stops of the latch system.
8. The medical chair with height adjustable armrest according to claim 1 , wherein the latch system comprises the control element, the guide tube and the latch, wherein the guide tube is coupled to the horizontal axle of the armrest slidingly by the guiding pin.
9. The medical chair with height adjustable armrest according to claim 1 , wherein the latch system comprises the guide tube, which further comprises an oval opening for the guiding pin and sliders.