Pool access apparatus

摘要

A pool access apparatus for moving a disabled person between a pool deck and a pool includes an arm supported for pivotal motion about a base axle and a seat supported for pivotal motion about a seat axle carried by the arm. A driver pivots the arm between a deployed position suspending the seat at least partially within the pool, and a stowed position suspending the seat in a position displaced laterally from the pool. The apparatus may include a chain-driven seat attitude maintenance linkage, an anchoring system comprising a sub-plate embedded in or disposed below the deck to which a base plate of the apparatus is removably connectable, and/or a wheeled portability kit that is removably connectable to the base plate.

主权项

1. A pool access apparatus for moving a disabled person between a pool deck and a pool, the apparatus comprising:
a base axle supportable adjacent an edge of a basin and generally above a surface level of fluid retained in the basin; an arm having an arm inner end supported on the base axle for pivotal motion about a base axis disposed coaxially with the base axle; a seat axle carried by the arm adjacent an outer end of the arm and oriented generally parallel to the base axis; a seat supported on the seat axle for pivotal motion about a seat axis disposed coaxially with the seat axle, the seat being configured to carry a passenger; a driver connected between the arm and a fixed structure adjacent the basin and actuable to pivot the arm between a deployed position suspending the seat at least partially within the basin, and a stowed position suspending the seat in a position displaced laterally from the basin; and the arm includes a bend configured and positioned to increase the circumferential distance that the arm can be rotated around the base axis without its travel being arrested by the edge of a basin into which the seat is being lowered.