US 12,138,206 B2
Ergonomic seat apparatus
Georges Sioufi, Montreal (CA)
Assigned to Services Médicaux Georges Sioufi Inc., Montreal (CA)
Appl. No. 17/786,477
Filed by Services Médicaux Georges Sioufi Inc., Montreal (CA)
PCT Filed Dec. 17, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CA2020/051736
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 16, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/119820, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/949,056, filed on Dec. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0029128 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. A61G 5/14 (2006.01); A61G 5/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 5/14 (2013.01) [A61G 5/122 (2016.11); A61G 5/124 (2016.11)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seat apparatus for facilitating movement of a user from a sitting position to a standing position, the seat apparatus comprising:
a main body comprising a bottom surface, a back wall and a pair of lateral walls, the bottom surface, back wall and lateral walls being connected together and defining a recessed region configured for sitting in, the main body further comprising a seat projection extending upwardly from the bottom surface between the lateral walls, the seat projection being shaped and adapted to maintain thighs of a user separated on either side thereof; and
a base provided below the main body and adapted to cooperate therewith, at least one of the base and main body comprising a convex and curved cross-sectional profile adapted to allow the apparatus to pivot about at least one axis in order to tilt the main body forward and urge a user in the standing position,
the main body comprising a body interface, and the base comprising a base interface, the body interface being adapted to slidably engage the base interface, wherein the main body comprises at least one receded portion adapted to allow the main body to tilt in the direction of the at least one receded portion.