US 12,144,769 B2
Transfer and exercise attachment and method for wheelchairs
Carole Purdue, Grasonville, MD (US); and Elvis Campana, Haymarket, VA (US)
Assigned to Proactive Comfort, LLC, Chantilly, VA (US)
Filed by Proactive Comfort, LLC, Chantilly, VA (US)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/482,540.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/085,184, filed on Sep. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0096296 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. A61G 5/14 (2006.01); A61G 7/10 (2006.01); A63B 1/00 (2006.01); A63B 21/00 (2006.01); A63B 21/04 (2006.01); A63B 21/055 (2006.01); A63B 21/16 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 5/14 (2013.01) [A61G 7/1038 (2013.01); A63B 1/00 (2013.01); A63B 21/0442 (2013.01); A63B 21/0552 (2013.01); A63B 21/1609 (2015.10); A63B 21/4035 (2015.10); A63B 2208/0233 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of providing for stable transfer of a person from a first patient support facility to a second patient support facility using a support bar having first and second legs depending substantially vertically from respective ends of a transversely extending grip section, wherein the first patient support facility is a wheelchair, and wherein said second patient support facility is a bed, stationary chair or commode, said method comprising:
deploying said bar in a transfer position by removably engaging the lower ends of the first and second legs with respective first and second connectors rigidly secured to said first and second patient support facilities, respectively, in an orientation such that the bar stably secures the first and second patient support facilities to one another in a manner permitting the grip section to be grasped by a patient transferring between the patient support facilities.