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Ki-add Specialized Support Technology, Inc.

Krueger International, Inc.

Develop, LLC

Rober K. Leib

Roger and Bonita Lieb Trust

Roger K Leib

Danny Ray Hankins

James L Reinis

Christopher G Smith

A system for supporting, lifting, moving, mobilizing, ambulating, and physically rehabilitating a user such as patients in hospitals comprises a chair, a frame, and a lifting garment. The chairhas a seathaving a front portionand a rear portionand is so constructed that as the seatmoves towards a standing position, the rear portionof the seatremains substantially horizontally so a user does not slide out of the seat. The frameis constructed so that the user can enter the framefrom either the front sideor the rear side. The lifting garmentis made of a fabric that contracts normal to a direction in which it is pulled for ease in raising a patient in or out of a bed, a chair, or a toilet, to or from a standing position.

Chair, frame and lifting garment useful for patients

Seating

Seating that provides comfort, facilitates healthful upright posture, has capability for exercise, and facilitates a healthful upright position, comprises a seat having left and right portions for supporting a user's left and right thighs, respectively. A seat support supports the seat. The seat support includes a pivot axis about which the seat left and right portions can pivot downwardly and upwardly relative to the seat support. A foot plate assembly comprises right and left foot support members positioned forwardly and below the seat to allow a user to exercise while seated. A connection structure links the foot plates to the seat so that the seat sections and the foot members have corresponding movement.

Posture and exercise seating

A motion chair includes a pair of side frames, each of which has a front leg, a rear leg and a side rail brace member interconnected therebetween. A seat is located between the side frames, and includes a pair of resilient spring-type seat frames. A seat mounting arrangement interconnects each seat frame with one of the side frames. The seat mounting arrangement includes a bracket-type mounting member to which the seat frame is secured. A seat support member is interconnected with the side rail member, and the seat mounting member is secured to the support member. In one form, the seat support member is a metal reinforcement member connected to the side rail member, which is preferably formed of a wood material. The reinforcement member distributes loads and stresses applied to the seat mounting member to and throughout the length of the brace member. In another form, the seat support member is a planar side member that spans across a joint between the leg and the side rail member. The side member is mounted to the front leg and is connected to the side rail member at a location spaced rearwardly from the joint, to isolate the joint from loads and stresses applied to the side member. The seat mounting arrangement allows use of a motion-type seat mounting mechanism in a conventional wood frame chair having a side rail member, in a manner which isolates the chair frame connections from the loads and stresses applied to the seat mounting member when a user is seated on the seat.

Seat mounting system for a motion chair

A convertible article of furniture includes a primary cushion member supported by a support structure, and a backrest assembly which is movable relative to the primary cushion member between an upstanding rearward position and a lowered forward position. The backrest assembly has a sectional articulated construction, including an inner backrest member and an outer backrest member. When the backrest assembly is in the upstanding rearward position, the outer backrest member extends upwardly from the inner backrest member to support the upper back area of a user seated upon the primary cushion member. When the backrest assembly is moved to its lowered forward position, the outer backrest member is moved downwardly and inwardly relatively to the inner backrest member, to an unobtrusive stored position. A linkage or arm arrangement is interposed between the support structure of the convertible bed and the inner and outer backrest members, for providing movement of the backrest assembly relative to the primary cushion between the upstanding rearward position and the lowered forward position.

Convertible bed with a sectional articulated back

Convertible chair

A convertible daybed including a pivotable swing arm assembly attached between a support for a removable cushion assembly and a backrest assembly. The swing arm assembly includes a pair of brackets attached on either side of the cushion assembly and a pair of swing arms pivotably mounted between brackets at either end of the backrest assembly. The swing arm assembly allows the backrest assembly to be manually moved between a seating configuration, where the backrest assembly is positioned against a rear surface of the cushion assembly, and a sleeping configuration, where the backrest assembly is positioned against the front face of the cushion assembly. The backrest assembly includes a backrest shaped to conform with the front and rear surfaces of the cushion assembly, providing a comfortable seating arrangement in the seating configuration and a substantially flat sleeping surface in the sleeping configuration.

Daybed with pivotable backrest

A chair includes a base, a substantially rigid seat and back supporting frame, and a tensile support tensioned on the frame by a combination of elements of the base, the frame, and a spreader bar that extends between upper portions of the frame has a side profile generating a lumbar support that is particularly comfortable for users having a variety of physical characteristics.

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Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Roger K Leib