EasyUp

摘要

The EasyUp! is a convenience, safety rehabilitation and medical supply tool for use in the home, elder care, rehabilitation center, hospital or wherever anyone may need assistance in arising from a lying-down to seated, or from seated to a standing position due to injury or illness that may impact either strength or balance. The EasyUp! also assists a person to seat themselves or lie down.;The tool clamps to most heavy “non-rocking” upholstered chairs, couches and beds to provide a stable hand grip that allows an individual to use upper body strength to assist the legs or back and to provide balance as they re-position their body.

主权项

1. “The EasyUp!”. The inventor claims the rights to a tool which may vary in component materials and sizes, but is essentially a handgrip mounted on a heavy pipe, rod or tube extending upward from a platform that wedges or clamps to or between the floor and a large piece or stationary furniture (chair, couch or bed). The tool may be made of various materials ranging from wood, composites to metals such as steel or aluminum. It may vary, in component parts or its entirety, in actual size depending upon exact application and need. Holes are provided through the platform in the rare event someone may wish to mount the tool permanently to the floor via screws or bolts.
As drawn for illustrative purposes only, the base platform sits on 10 rubber feet and may be solid, ribbed or reinforced aluminum or steel. A solid metal rod or pipe is threaded upright into this base. A sleeve slides up and down from the floor to perhaps 10 inches up the upright. Attached to this sleeve are the padded “L-shaped” supports that are driven upward against the front/underside of the furniture by two long, threaded rods with knobs or knurled handles. There are two locking nuts that set each of these threaded rods once the padded supports are tight in position. A set screw or locking screw is also in the front of this sleeve. Further up the upright post is a pipe clamp that serves as the point of attachment for two struts which angle down, one on each side, to the outer edge of the base platform. At the top of the upright rod is a 2.5 to 3 inch grip, shaped as a ball. The user grasps this grip from whichever direction needed as he or she pulls him/herself into position.