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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2021
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Joseph Adam Upchurch, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
John P. Zerbel, Paw Paw, MI (US);
Richard A. Derenne, Portage, MI (US);
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A medical chair includes a base, a seat section, and a leg rest pivotally mounted relative to the seat and adapted to move between an extended position and a retracted position. The chair further includes a scissor mechanism coupled to the leg rest to extend and contract the leg rest and an actuator mounted on one end relative to the seat section and having an extendible driving end coupled to the leg rest wherein when the extendible driving end extends the extendible driving end pivots the leg rest about the pivot axis and extends the scissor mechanism.