Patents Assigned to Assist Healthcare, LLC
  • Patent number: 6161229
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed having a frame, front and rear guides rigidly secured to the frame and having front and rear channels passing therethrough, angling rearwardly from top to bottom. A toilet seat is operably connected to the frame and is movable between a lowered position and a raised position. A driver is operably connected to the toilet seat to move the seat between the lowered and raised positions. An armrest is provided, the armrest having front and rear members slidably passing through the front and rear channels of the front and rear guides, respectively. The front and rear armrest members are operably connected to the driver for moving them through the front and rear channels as the armrest moves between a lowered position and a raised position. The armrest may be operably connected to the driver so that a top portion of the armrest remains in a substantially horizontal position as the armrest moves between the lowered position and the raised position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Assist Healthcare, LLC
    Inventors: Leon M. Ryan, Charles K. Dorland, Eldridge P. Douglass