US 12,030,637 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, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/732,738.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/216,563, filed on Jun. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0002055 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. A61G 5/00 (2006.01); A61G 5/10 (2006.01); B64D 11/02 (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;
one or more rollers coupled to the base;
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, and a seat cover that is movable between a covering position over the toilet overlay seat, and a lavatory use position in which the toilet overlay seat is exposed; 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, 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.