U.S. patent number 3,854,773 [Application Number 05/372,347] was granted by the patent office on 1974-12-17 for bedside commode device.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Temco Products, Inc.. Invention is credited to Morton I. Thomas.
United States Patent |
3,854,773 |
Thomas |
December 17, 1974 |
BEDSIDE COMMODE DEVICE
Abstract
A novel bedside commode device structured to enable the patient
to readily adjust the commode side arm, normally extended to a
position well above the commode seat, to be lowered to enable the
patient to slide across the commode device and onto the commode
seat, obviating the necessity for the patient to attempt to move
around to the front of commode and onto the seat. The side arm of
the device may be readily returned to normal position well above
the commode seat while the patient is using the commode, to rest
his arms and thereafter until the patient desires to again use the
commode. The device is well adapted for use in hospitals and homes
for persons physically handicapped or incapacitated through age or
otherwise and to be conveniently positioned adjacent the bed.
Inventors: |
Thomas; Morton I. (Monroe,
NY) |
Assignee: |
Temco Products, Inc. (Passaic,
NJ)
|
Family
ID: |
23467769 |
Appl.
No.: |
05/372,347 |
Filed: |
June 21, 1973 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
297/411.3; 4/254;
4/480; 248/188.5; 297/DIG.10 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47K
11/04 (20130101); Y10S 297/10 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A47K
11/04 (20060101); A47K 11/00 (20060101); B60n
001/06 (); A47k 011/04 () |
Field of
Search: |
;4/134,135,1,89,110,111,114,115,116,138,141,186
;297/134,130,217,419,440,445 ;211/148 ;248/188.5,408 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Foreign Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Huckert; John W.
Assistant Examiner: Levy; Stuart S.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Hilbert; Philip G.
Claims
I claim:
1. A bedside commode device for use adjacent either side of a bed,
said device comprising frame means, said frame means comprising a
front pair of laterally related and vertically disposed tubular
members, a rear pair of laterally related and vertically disposed
tubular members, a front inverted U shaped member having a
horizontal portion and short depending arm portions interconnecting
upper end portions of said front pair of tubular members, a second
inverted U shaped member having a horizontal portion and short
depending arm portions interconnecting upper end portions of said
rear pair of tubular members, seat means mounted on the horizontal
portions of said inverted U shaped members, and a pair of laterally
spaced side arm support means, each of said side arm means
comprising an inverted U shaped member having a horizontal support
portion and long depending arm portions, the lower ends of said
long arm portions being telescopically mounted in the upper ends of
said associated vertically disposed tubular members for raised and
lowered movement relative thereto, and latch means for holding said
side arm means in a given slidable position, and extension leg
members telescopically mounted relative to the lower ends of said
vertically disposed tubular members for slidable adjustment
relative thereto, and latch means for holding said leg members in a
given slidable position, whereby the side arm means immediately
adjacent a side of said bed may be independently lowered to a
position allowing the occupant of the bed to move laterally between
the bed and the seat means while the other side arm means may be
maintained in its raised position.
2. A commode as in claim 1 and further including a pair of
laterally spaced elongated seat support members, said seat support
members interconnecting the horizontal portions of said front and
rear inverted U shaped members.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to commode devices and more
particularly to a commode device designed for use in hospitals and
homes, adjacent the bed occupied by the patient, the commode device
being provided with means for simply and accurately lowering the
side arm of the commode to enable the patient to slide thereacross
for use of the commode and to enable the arm to be easily restored
to normal position well above the seat device for support of the
patient's arms for other uses thereof.
DECRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
In the drawings:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a bedside commode device embodying
the invention, showing an arm thereof lowered to a position in line
with or below the commode seat,
FIG. 2 is a similar view thereof, showing the opposite arm so
lowered, and
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the commode device, showing the
side arms disposed in normal position, well above the commode
seat.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
As shown in the drawings, the bedside commode device 11 of the
invention includes a seat 12, associated cover 13, which may be
hingedly connected thereto as at 36, and chamber 14, secured to or
registered therewith and positioned in the commode base frame,
which comprises forward and rear bars 15, 17 and complementary side
bars 18, 19, secured to the vertical supports 20-23. The side bars
may be flat, and united, at their ends, to the exterior of the
vertical supports, to facilitate cleaning the parts. A grid or
frame for further support of the seat 12 and associated parts may
be provided, such as the wire grid 24, which may be secured to the
bars 15, 17 of the frame, further supporting the seat 12 and
chamber 14.
The vertical supports 20-23 may have complementary adjustable
engagement with leg extensions 25-28, to vertically adjust the
position of the frame 15 and thus of the seat 12 relative to the
bed adjacent which the device 11 is to be used.
The device is further provided with side arm support members 30, 31
provided with downwardly directed leg portions 32-35 adapted to be
slidably received in the vertical supports 20-23 of the commode
base frame and adapted to be held in elevated (FIG. 3) or lowered
(FIGS. 1,2) position by interengaging latch means such as by
providing spring urged buttons 43 to be received in apertures 42 in
the vertical supports 20-23, or by other interengaging means for
the purpose. Thus a side arm member may be selectively lowered to a
position essentially in line with or below the seat 12 (FIGS. 1 and
2) or substantially thereabove, the latter being the normal portion
for the side arms (FIG. 3).
Complementary means may be provided to extend or lengthen the
vertical supports 20-23 for seat 12, to locate the seat at the
desired height. Such vertical adjustment seat means may comprise
support means which essentially extend the vertical supports 20-23
to the extent desired. An example of such means is shown in the
drawings as comprising leg extension sections 25-28 having
complementary latching engagement with the vertical supports 20-23
of frame 15, for example, by latch means such as spring urged
buttons 44 (FIG. 1) provided in the vertical supports 20-23, to
snap into one of a plurality of apertures 45 (FIG. 3) in the leg
extension sections 25-28, to thus selectively elevate or lower the
seat 12 and associated parts to the particular position desired.
Casters or rollers or other means (not shown) may be provided at
the lower ends of the leg portions of the device to facilitate
movement thereof; closure caps 40 may be provided if desired.
A handle member 41 may be secured to the device, as by securing it
to a part of the frame, such as bar 17 and vertical supports 21, 22
(FIG. 1).
The button-aperture interengaging latching arrangement above
described, may utilize a push or pull button for selective
engagement with the selected, desired aperture for latching
interengagement therewith.
While the present invention has been particularly described in
terms of specific embodiments thereof, it will be evident, in view
of the present disclosure, that numerous variations of the
invention may be made, within the inventive concept and disclosures
herein. Accordingly, the invention should be broadly construed
within the scope and spirit of the appended claims.
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