Seat With Back And/or Foot Rest Patents (Class 280/47.4)
  • Patent number: 6250653
    Abstract: A carriage for seating multiple children that includes a frame, a seating assembly disposed on the frame, and a wheel assembly rotatably mounted to the frame. The seat assembly comprises a pair of guard rails, a plurality of cross member rails that form arm rests for the multiple children sitting on the seat portion and further divide each guard rail into multiple sections, and a plurality of seat backs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Inventor: Dale W. Worrell
  • Patent number: 6217057
    Abstract: A therapeutic support appliance for a patient disposed in a seating orthosis is provided with a base portion with casters coupled to its underside. A plurality of stanchions extend upwardly from the base member for engaging an adjustable handle and an adjustable orthosis support member, respectively. The handle can be adjusted to a height determined in response to a physical size characteristic of an operator or a therapist, and the orthosis support can be raised, lowered, or tipped in response to a physical size characteristic of the patient, the height of a table, or the administration of physical therapy. In one embodiment the appliance is formed of a vinyl coated steel tubular elements joined to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Macomb Intermediate School District
    Inventors: Carol Kitchen, Melody Ann Perrin