Wheelchair and bed

US8950776B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8950776-B2
Application numberUS-201113498692-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJun 20, 2011
Priority dateJun 21, 2010
Publication dateFeb 10, 2015
Grant dateFeb 10, 2015

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Abstract

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In a bed including a wheelchair and a bed main body portion, the wheelchair has a seating bottom portion composed of bendably coupling a plurality of divided members. A chair bottom support member supports the seating bottom portion, the chair bottom support member changing a shape of a leg bottom part in conjunction with inclination of a back bottom part. A chair base portion fixes the chair bottom support member. Front casters are provided in the chair base portion, the front casters being capable of freely changing direction. Both side wheel bottom support members are axially supported on the chair base portion. Rear casters are provided at one end of the both side wheel bottom support members, the rear casters being capable of freely changing direction. Traveling wheels are provided at the other end of both side wheel bottom support members, whose traveling direction is fixed to a straight-moving direction. Caster links couple parts of the both side wheel bottom support members on the side of the rear casters and the back bottom part of the chair bottom support member.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A bed comprising a wheelchair and a bed main body portion with which the wheelchair is separably combinable to form the bed, the wheelchair comprising: a seating bottom portion composed of a back bottom part, a seating bottom part and a leg bottom part which are bendable with respect to each other; a chair bottom support member composed of a chair back bottom support member supporting said back bottom part and a chair leg bottom support member suppor…

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What does patent US8950776B2 cover?
In a bed including a wheelchair and a bed main body portion, the wheelchair has a seating bottom portion composed of bendably coupling a plurality of divided members. A chair bottom support member supports the seating bottom portion, the chair bottom support member changing a shape of a leg bottom part in conjunction with inclination of a back bottom part. A chair base portion fixes the chair b…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Tsukada Shohei, Kume Yohei, Kawakami Hideo, and 3 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification A61G5/006. Mapped technology areas include Human Necessities.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Feb 10 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).