U.S. patent application number 10/172451 was filed with the patent office on 2003-12-18 for standing support.
Invention is credited to Checketts, Stanley J..
Application Number | 20030230915 10/172451 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 29733066 |
Filed Date | 2003-12-18 |
United States Patent
Application |
20030230915 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Checketts, Stanley J. |
December 18, 2003 |
Standing support
Abstract
A standing support having a non-rotating height adjustable
central column. Three or more substantially horizontal legs radiate
from and are attached to the central column, and a seat is
connected to the top of the central column. The seat can be any
seat which allows the feet of a user to remain on the surface on
which the Standing Support rests, with the legs of the user being
in a substantially upright position. Preferably, though, the seat 8
is a bicycle seat. A releasable restraint for a user is attached to
the seat; and, preferably, wheels are attached to the ree end of
the horizontal legs.
Inventors: |
Checketts, Stanley J.;
(Providence, UT) |
Correspondence
Address: |
FEHR LAW FIRM
Goldenwest Corporation Center
Suite 300
5025 Adams Avenue
Ogden
UT
84403
US
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Family ID: |
29733066 |
Appl. No.: |
10/172451 |
Filed: |
June 13, 2002 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
297/195.11 ;
297/464 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47C 9/025 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
297/195.11 ;
297/464 |
International
Class: |
A47C 009/00 |
Claims
I claim:
1. A standing support, which comprises: a non-rotating,
height-adjustable central column having a top and a bottom; three
or more substantially horizontal legs, each of said legs having a
first end and a second end radiating from said central column and
having the first end of each of said legs attached to said central
column near the bottom; and a seat which allows the legs of a user
to remain on a surface supporting the standing support with the
legs of the user being in a substantially upright position, said
seat being attached to the top of said central column.
2. The standing support as recited in claim 1, wherein: said seat
is a bicycle seat.
3. A standing support, which comprises: a non-rotating,
height-adjustable central column having a top and a bottom; three
or more substantially horizontal legs, each of said legs having a
first end and a second end radiating from said central column and
having the first end of each of said legs attached to said central
column near the bottom; a seat which allows the legs of a user to
remain on a surface supporting the standing support with the legs
of the user being in a substantially upright position, said seat
being attached to the top of said central column; a releasable
restraint attached to said seat; and a wheel attached to the second
end of each of said horizontal legs.
4. The standing support as recited in claim 3, wherein: said
releasable restraint comprises a belt to be worn by a user and two
or more straps, each strap having a first end attached to said seat
and having a second end releasably attachable to the belt to be
worn by the user; and said wheel is a caster wheel.
5. The standing support as recited in claim 4, wherein: said seat
is a bicycle seat.
6. The standing support as recited in claim 3, wherein: said seat
is a bicycle seat.
7. A standing support, which comprises: a non-rotating,
height-adjustable central column having a top and a bottom; three
or more substantially horizontal legs, each of said legs having a
first end and a second end radiating from said central column and
having the first end of each of said legs attached to said central
column near the bottom; a seat which allows the legs of a user to
remain on a surface supporting the standing support with the legs
of the user being in a substantially upright position, said seat
being attached to the top of said central column; a means for
releasably restraining a user, said restraining means being
attached to said seat; and a wheel attached to the second end of
each of said horizontal legs.
8. The standing support as recited in claim 7, wherein: said wheel
is a caster wheel.
9. The standing support as recited in claim 8, wherein: said seat
is a bicycle seat.
10. The standing support as recited in claim 7, wherein: said seat
is a bicycle seat.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates to a support for alleviating the
strain on the legs of one who must stand for a lengthy period of
time.
[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0004] Several patents have been issued for portable chairs.
[0005] U.S. Pat. No. 671,638 applies to a seat that is attached to
the top of a cane. Similarly, U.S. Pat. No. 2,631,652 covers a seat
having a single leg. And U.S. Pat. No. 4,095,842 has a seat midway
up a U-shaped structural member. All these seats can be strapped to
a user who can move and then place the device on a surface to be
used as a traditional seat. They do not function to provide support
when the user is moving from place to place.
[0006] U.S. Pat. No. 4,138,156 has two units. One unit is strapped
to one leg of a user, and the other unit is strapped to the other
leg of the user. The device appears much the same as a traditional
leg brace; and, according to line 56 in column 1 of the patent, it
is used in a "seating position."
[0007] U.S. Pat. No. 4,366,981 appears to be the most similar to
the present invention since it seems only to provide auxiliary
support to that provided by a user's legs. It has a seat base, a
column the height of which can be adjusted connected to a base, and
a seat attached to the top of the column. The seat rotates unless a
locking device is activated. The standing work seat of U.S. Pat.
No. 4,366,981, however, can only be moved by someone using his or
her arms to lift or push the standing work seat and does not
function during such movement; and pushing is unlikely since the
standing work seat includes a "non-slip base."
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0008] The present invention has a base, a column the height of
which can be adjusted connected to the base, and a seat attached to
the top of the base. The seat is any type of seat which will allow
the user's legs to remain on the surface on which the Standing
Support rests in order to provide additional support for the user.
Thus, it is designed to be used while the user is in a
substantially standing position. It, however, in a preferred
embodiment, is releasably attached to the user and has caster
wheels so that it can continue to provide its auxiliary supporting
function as the user moves from place to place.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0009] FIG. 1 is a lateral view of the Standing Support.
[0010] FIG. 2 is a plan view of the Standing Support.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0011] The Standing Support has a base 1 which comprises three or
more substantially horizontal legs 2 radiating from a central
column 3. The height of the central column 3 can be adjusted by any
means that is well known in the art that also precludes rotation,
such as the anti-rotation gas cylinder produced by Stabilus of
Gastonia, N.C. In fact, such cylinder, in the preferred embodiment,
constitutes the central column 3. Other non-excusive examples of
non-rotating columns with adjustable height that are well known in
the art are the traditional type of automobile jack which moves up
a column as a lever is moved up and down and a screw to which a
seat is attached with a sleeve having an aperture that can be
aligned with apertures in the screw for a pin to be inserted to
preclude rotation.
[0012] Preferably wheels, preferably caster wheels, 4 are attached
to a second end 5 of the horizontal legs 2. The first end 6 of each
horizontal leg 2 is attached to the central column 3 preferably
near the bottom 7 of the central column 3. Any seat 8 which allows
the feet of a user to remain on the surface on which the base 1 or
wheels 4 of the Standing Support rests, with the legs of the user
being in a substantially upright position, is attached to the top
of the central column 3. Preferably, though, the seat 8 is a
bicycle seat.
[0013] A first end 9 of a releasable restraint 10 is attached to
the seat 8. These releasable restraints 10 are secured to the user
in any manner that is well known in the art. Non-exclusive examples
of such restrains 10 are rigid bars, flexible material with
opposing straps being connected with VELCRO or buckles, or straps
attached to the seat being attached with VELCRO to a belt worn by
the user.
[0014] The releasable restraint 10 assures that the Standing
Support will move with a user as the user goes from place to place,
and the non-rotating aspect of the central column assures that no
horizontal leg 2 will be so rotated as to interfere with the feet
of a user.
[0015] As used herein the term "preferable" or "preferably" means
that a specified element or technique is more acceptable than
another but not that such specified element or technique is a
necessity.
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