US 12,257,197 B2
Apparatus for seating a person in an obstructed seat
John Pitt, Bridgend (GB)
Assigned to Roma Medical Aids Limited, Bridgend (GB)
Appl. No. 17/426,541
Filed by Roma Medical Aids Limited, Bridgend (GB)
PCT Filed Jan. 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/GB2020/050065
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 28, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/157456, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1901177 (GB), filed on Jan. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0087885 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A61G 5/14 (2006.01); A61G 5/10 (2006.01); A61G 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 5/14 (2013.01) [A61G 5/1059 (2013.01); A61G 7/1021 (2013.01); A61G 7/103 (2013.01); A61G 7/1034 (2013.01); A61G 2220/10 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for seating a person into an obstructed seat, the apparatus comprising:
a first support structure for supporting the person in a position adjacent the obstructed seat, the first support structure comprising a first support platform;
a second support structure configured to be placed onto the seat, the second support structure comprising a second support platform; and
a transfer structure configured to enable the person to move or be moved from the first support structure to the second support structure, the transfer structure comprising a single transfer platform and a slider surface, wherein the single transfer platform is configured to bridge a space between the first support platform and the second support platform to enable the person to be moved from the first support platform to the second support platform on the single transfer platform, the single transfer platform having a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end and a length between the first longitudinal end and the second longitudinal end, wherein the length of the single transfer platform is adjustable to enable a plurality of spaces to be bridged by the single transfer platform, and wherein the slider surface is movable along the single transfer platform to assist movement of the person along the length of the single transfer platform when the person is being moved from the first support platform onto the second support platform, wherein the slider surface comprises an interchangeable slider sheet mounted on a first set of rollers placed at the first longitudinal end of the single transfer platform and on a second set of rollers placed at the second longitudinal end of the single transfer platform across the length of the single transfer platform.