Inflatable assist chair

1. An inflatable assist chair comprising:

a chair and a compressor;

wherein the chair is inflated using the compressor to form an inflated chair;

wherein the chair is deflated using the compressor to form a deflated chair;

wherein the deflated chair is adapted to be placed under a supine person;

wherein the supine person is adapted to be elevated and repositioned into a seated position when the inflated chair is fully formed;

wherein the chair comprises a rear side, a bottom, a top, a front side, a seat back, a seat, a left side, and a right side;

wherein the chair is an airtight container that is inflated and deflated;

wherein when inflated, the chair expands and changes shape to form the inflated chair;

wherein when deflated, the chair contracts and changes shape to form the deflated chair;

wherein the rear side is a rectangular outer covering on the rear side of the inflated chair;

wherein the rear side is defined by a first edge, a second edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge;

wherein the bottom is a rectangular outer covering on the underside of the inflated chair;

wherein the bottom is defined by a fifth edge, a sixth edge, a seventh edge, and an eighth edge;

wherein the top is a rectangular outer covering on the top side of the inflated chair;

wherein the top is defined by a ninth edge, a tenth edge, an eleventh edge, and a twelfth edge;

wherein the front side is a rectangular outer covering on the underside of the inflated chair;

wherein the front side is defined by a thirteenth edge, a fourteenth edge, a fifteenth edge, and a sixteenth edge;

wherein the seat is a rectangular outer covering on the underside of the inflated chair;

wherein the seat is defined by a twenty-first edge, a twenty-second edge, a twenty-third edge, and a twenty-fourth edge;

wherein the left side is an L-shaped outer covering of the chair located on the left side of the chair;

wherein the left side is defined by a twenty-fifth edge, a twenty-sixth edge, a twenty-seventh edge, a twenty-eighth edge, a twenty-ninth edge, and a thirtieth edge;

wherein the right side is an L-shaped outer covering of the chair located on the right side of the chair;

wherein the right side is defined by a thirty-first edge, a thirty-second edge, a thirty-third edge, a thirty-fourth edge, a thirty-fifth edge, and a thirty-sixth edge.

2. The inflatable assist chair according to claim 1

wherein the outer coverings comprising the chair are coupled at airtight seams;

wherein the first edge on the rear side is coupled to the eleventh edge on the top;

wherein the second edge on the rear side is coupled to the thirtieth edge on the left side;

wherein the third edge on the rear side is coupled to the fifth edge on the bottom;

wherein the fourth edge on the rear side is coupled to the thirty-sixth edge on the right side;

wherein the sixth edge on the bottom is coupled to the twenty-ninth edge on the left side;

wherein the seventh edge on the bottom is coupled to the thirteenth edge on the front side;

wherein the eighth edge on the bottom is coupled to the thirty-fifth edge on the right side;

wherein the ninth edge on the top is coupled to the twenty-third edge on the seat back;

wherein the tenth edge on the top is coupled to the twenty-fifth edge on the left side;

wherein the twelfth edge on the top is coupled to the thirty-first edge on the right side;

wherein the fourteenth edge on the front side is coupled to the twenty-eighth edge on the left side;

wherein the fifteenth edge on the front side is coupled to a seventeenth edge on the seat;

wherein the sixteenth edge on the front side is coupled to the thirty-fourth edge on the right side;

wherein an eighteenth edge on the seat is coupled to the twenty-seventh edge on the left side;

wherein a nineteenth edge on the seat is coupled to the twenty-first edge on the seat back;

wherein a twentieth edge on the seat is coupled to the thirty-third edge on the right side;

wherein the twenty-second edge on the seat back is coupled to the twenty-sixth edge on the left side;

wherein the twenty-fourth edge on the seat back is coupled to the thirty-second edge on the right side.

3. The inflatable assist chair according to claim 2

wherein the compressor comprises an air pump, an electric motor, and a motor control;

wherein the air pump moves air into or out of the chair when turned by the electric motor;

wherein the electric motor is energized by the application of electrical power from a power cord or from one or more batteries;

wherein the compressor moves the air from an inlet of the compressor to an outlet of the compressor when the motor control is in an on position and prevents the flow of the air though the compressor when the motor control is in an off position;

wherein the inlet is coupled to ambient air outside of the chair and the outlet is coupled to the interior of the chair;

wherein when the compressor is activated it increases the pressure inside of the chair, causing the deflated chair to expand and form the inflated chair.

4. The inflatable assist chair according to claim 3

wherein the compressor further comprises a reversing control;

wherein the compressor reverses the flow of the air through the air pump, causing the air to move from the outlet to the inlet.

5. The inflatable assist chair according to claim 4

wherein the compressor is located inside of the chair and is coupled to the bottom on the interior of the chair.

6. The inflatable assist chair according to claim 5

wherein the inlet is coupled to the left side, the right side, the front side, or the rear side and the outlet is located within the interior space of the chair.

7. The inflatable assist chair according to claim 4

wherein the compressor is located outside of the chair.

8. The inflatable assist chair according to claim 7

wherein the outlet is coupled to the chair via an air hose that runs between the outlet and an air hose coupler on the chair.

9. The inflatable assist chair according to claim 4

wherein the chair is fabricated from a flexible, airtight material.

10. The inflatable assist chair according to claim 9

wherein the bottom and the rear side are made from a different material than other parts of the chair.

11. The inflatable assist chair according to claim 9

wherein the chair comprises an internal structure to retain the shape of the inflated chair;

wherein the internal structure comprises internal partial walls or straps running from side-to-side, front-to-back, and/or top-to-bottom;

wherein the internal structure prevents walls of the chair from expanding beyond dimensions established by the internal structure.

12. The inflatable assist chair according to claim 9

wherein the deflated chair is transported by folding the deflated chair in half at the boundary between the rear side and the bottom so that the rear side and the bottom form a protective shell for all other surfaces of the chair, which are tucked between them.

13. The inflatable assist chair according to claim 12

wherein the inflatable assist chair comprises a handle for ease in carrying the deflated chair when folded.

14. The inflatable assist chair according to claim 12

wherein the inflatable assist chair comprises elevated side ridges to prevent the supine person from rolling off the chair as it is inflated;

wherein the chair comprises a left support ridge and a right support ridge;

wherein the left support ridge and the right support ridge are the first parts of the chair to inflate;

wherein the left support ridge comprises an elevated area of the seat on the left side of the chair;

wherein the right support ridge comprises an elevated area of the seat on the right side of the chair;

wherein the left support ridge and the right support ridge are oriented to run from front to rear of the inflated chair;

wherein the left support ridge and the right support ridge each are less than 6 inches wide;

wherein when inflated, the left support ridge and the right support ridge are elevated between 1 inch and 6 inches above the plane of the seat.

15. The inflatable assist chair according to claim 14

wherein the inflatable assist chair comprises an upper left support ridge and an upper right support ridge;

wherein the upper left support ridge comprises an elevated area of the seat back on the left side of the chair;

wherein the upper right support ridge comprises an elevated area of the seat back on the right side of the chair;

wherein the upper left support ridge and the upper right support ridge are oriented to run from top to bottom of the inflated chair;

wherein the upper left support ridge and the upper right support ridge each are less than 6 inches wide;

wherein when inflated, the upper left support ridge and the upper right support ridge each extend between 1 inch and 6 inches in front of the plane of the seat back;

wherein the left support ridge and the upper left support ridge are spaced to allow for pivoting of the upper left support ridge towards the front as the chair inflates;

wherein the right support ridge and the upper right support ridge are spaced to allow for pivoting of the upper right support ridge towards the front as the chair inflates;

wherein the space provided between the left support ridge and the upper left support ridge and between the right support ridge and the upper right support ridge take the form of a gap called an upper hinging area.

16. The inflatable assist chair according to claim 15

wherein the inflatable assist chair comprises a headrest;

wherein the headrest comprises an elevated area of the seat back at the top of the chair;

wherein the headrest is oriented to run from left to right of the inflated chair;

wherein the headrest is less than 6 inches high;

wherein when inflated, the headrest extends between 1 inch and 6 inches in front of the plane of the seat back.