The Brewer Company, LLC

Joseph W Hannes

Kevin Cherney

Ergonomic chair

A body support ratcheting mechanism for a medical or dental chair or stool. The body support ratcheting mechanism includes a shaft that is attached to the chair or stool. A body support member is attached to the top or upper surface of the mechanism. Within the mechanism a ratchet, mounted to the shaft, and a pawl, mounted within the mechanism housing, allow the body support member to be pivoted toward the abdomen of the chair occupant to a comfortable position. When the occupant leans against the body support ratcheting mechanism, the body support is held in position by the interlocking contact of the pawl and a ratchet gear tooth. For ease of egress from and ingress to the chair, the occupant can depress a spring biased release arm that allows for the body support member to be swung away from the chair.

Body support ratcheting mechanism

An essentially weightless hospital youth crib side gate having a latch mechanism requiring a compound sequential motion for release. A pair of spring powered reels are attached at opposite ends of the lower horizontal frame member of a side gate of a hospital youth crib and the spring powered wire cables are attached to the side gate crib track which is mounted to the crib frame. The spring powered reels counterbalance the weight of the side gate producing an essentially 'weightless' side gate. The gate further includes a latch release mechanism whereby a push button must first be fully depressed before a pair of latch handles can be brought together to fully release the latch rods which hold the side gate in a predetermined position. Only after both motions have been sequentially performed can the side gate be raised or lowered. Operating the latch requires only a single adult hand and is very difficult to be operated by a child, even if the child were to use both hands.

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Franklin, WI, United States of America

Joseph W Hannes