US 12,291,335 B2
System and method for transferring individuals to and from a toilet of a lavatory
Darren Carl McIntosh, Mukilteo, WA (US); and Timothy Richard Randall, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by THE BOEING COMPANY, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed on May 31, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/680,328.
Application 18/680,328 is a continuation of application No. 17/732,738, filed on Apr. 29, 2022, granted, now 12,030,637.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/216,563, filed on Jun. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0317402 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. B64D 11/02 (2006.01); A61G 5/10 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/02 (2013.01) [A61G 5/1002 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system configured to transfer an individual between an area and a toilet within a lavatory, the system comprising:
a base; and
a seating assembly coupled to the base, wherein the seating assembly comprises:
a backrest;
a toilet overlay seat configured to be disposed over the toilet;
a seat cover movable between a covering position over the toilet overlay seat, and a lavatory use position in which the toilet overlay seat is exposed, wherein the seating assembly is configured to rearwardly slide relative to the base over the toilet; and
a counterbalance pivotally coupled to one or both of the base or the seating assembly by one or more pivot couplings, wherein the counterbalance is moveable between a stowed position and a deployed position in relation to the toilet, and wherein the counterbalance is configured to pivot downwardly about the one or more pivot couplings from the stowed position into the deployed position, and wherein the counterbalance is configured to pivot upwardly about the one or more pivot couplings from the deployed position into the stowed position.