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EP2375939B1
EP2375939B1 EP09775367.7A EP09775367A EP2375939B1 EP 2375939 B1 EP2375939 B1 EP 2375939B1 EP 09775367 A EP09775367 A EP 09775367A EP 2375939 B1 EP2375939 B1 EP 2375939B1
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Johannes Cornelis Christoffel Luijkx
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C3/00—Chairs characterised by structural features; Chairs or stools with rotatable or vertically-adjustable seats
    • A47C3/02—Rocking chairs
    • A47C3/025—Rocking chairs with seat, or seat and back-rest unit elastically or pivotally mounted in a rigid base frame
    • A47C3/026—Rocking chairs with seat, or seat and back-rest unit elastically or pivotally mounted in a rigid base frame with central column, e.g. rocking office chairs; Tilting chairs
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C7/00—Parts, details, or accessories of chairs or stools
    • A47C7/36—Support for the head or the back
    • A47C7/38—Support for the head or the back for the head
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C3/00—Chairs characterised by structural features; Chairs or stools with rotatable or vertically-adjustable seats
    • A47C3/02—Rocking chairs
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C31/00—Details or accessories for chairs, beds, or the like, not provided for in other groups of this subclass, e.g. upholstery fasteners, mattress protectors, stretching devices for mattress nets
    • A47C31/12—Means, e.g. measuring means for adapting chairs, beds or mattresses to the shape or weight of persons
    • A47C31/126—Means, e.g. measuring means for adapting chairs, beds or mattresses to the shape or weight of persons for chairs

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  • the present invention relates to a supporting device.
  • a supporting device serves for instance to enable the head of a user to be placed thereon, wherein such a supporting device can serve as head support.
  • a supporting device according to the present invention can also serve as a seat-defining device or a carrier for allowing a body part (such as a leg or arm) of a patient to rest thereon, for instance as support in an operating room.
  • Supporting devices for the head or the seat of a user are per se known. These known devices are usually formed by a cushion-like element.
  • Such known supporting devices have a number of drawbacks, however, relating particularly to the application options thereof, for instance in saunas, in a garden or on the beach and so on.
  • a stack of planks of wood, plastic or metal as embodiment of a known supporting device is hard and uncomfortable, mainly as a result of the point load which is caused thereby, or at least felt by a user, particularly when he/she wishes to rest the head thereon.
  • the present invention has been developed with a view to obviating or at least reducing the above stated and other problems and drawbacks of known embodiments of human body part supporting devices, for which purpose a human body part supporting devices is provided according to the present invention as claimed in claim 1.
  • Fig. 1 shows an embodiment of a human body part supporting device with (in frontal view) circular, plate-like support bodies 9 which are each arranged on a tilting and rotation mechanism 30.
  • Each support body 9 is placed in the direction of arrow G on an upright 31 with a ball head 32 on the free outer end thereof.
  • a receiving cavity 33 for receiving the ball head therein.
  • Each support body 9 can thus rotate and pivot so as to adjust its position to a load of a weight pressing thereon for an optimum pressure distribution and increased comfort.
  • Figure 2 shows an embodiment with support bodies 9 having different peripheral forms.
  • the human body part supporting device can be designed such that at least one of the support bodies is bowl-shaped for the purpose of accommodating particularly a curvature along the back of a head of a user. This is shown with broken lines in figure 1 . All of the at least three support bodies are preferably bowl-shaped in order to thus realize the most optimal possible convenience of use.
  • Support bodies of a human body part supporting device according to the present invention can be covered with a cushion-like element, for instance a gel element or silicone-filled elements.
  • the choice of a material of the human body part supporting device or parts thereof can be based on an intended application.
  • An application under a sunbed or sun lamp or in a sauna will thus preclude the support bodies being manufactured from a strongly heat-conducting material (such as a metal), because these support bodies might then become too hot for a user to touch such support bodies or even lie on or against them.
  • a strongly heat-conducting material such as a metal
  • the support bodies can be covered with a compressible body such as a gel or silicone element.
  • Ball joints are commercially available and consist of a metal threaded end with a ball at the end. This ball is pressed into a plastic cavity. This plastic part has a flat side with which it can be fixed to a wooden support surface. The threaded end is screwed into the wood, whereby there is no danger of burning if it is applied for the sauna cushion. Tilting surfaces or planks of wood, plastic or metal forming or defining the support bodies can in front view additionally or alternatively also be round, triangular, square, rectangular and so on. Combinations of support bodies with different peripheral forms in a single device are likewise possible, as shown in figure 2 .
  • the peripheral forms can also be defined jointly by a number of such support bodies or plates, and the forms of the support bodies are preferably chosen and arranged such that minimal gaps generally remain therebetween and maximum support is thus provided without (great) risk of hair or fingers of a user becoming trapped or jammed in these gaps.
  • use can further be made of a frame which can be arranged on the base plate and round the support bodies. A package can thus be formed which is easily stored, particularly when such a frame fits so closely round the support bodies that they are held in a position parallel to the base plate.
  • a device according to the invention is shown and described with a base plate, and that it is possible to integrate a device according to the invention in a chair, bed, sauna bench or other similar configuration.

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Description

  • The present invention relates to a supporting device. Such a supporting device serves for instance to enable the head of a user to be placed thereon, wherein such a supporting device can serve as head support. A supporting device according to the present invention can also serve as a seat-defining device or a carrier for allowing a body part (such as a leg or arm) of a patient to rest thereon, for instance as support in an operating room.
  • Supporting devices for the head or the seat of a user are per se known. These known devices are usually formed by a cushion-like element.
  • Such known supporting devices have a number of drawbacks, however, relating particularly to the application options thereof, for instance in saunas, in a garden or on the beach and so on.
  • It is thus usual for use to be made in a sauna of a stack of planks, for instance for resting the head. Benches are also arranged in saunas, usually of wood or highly durable plastic, although wood is usually recommended because of its breathing properties. Metal is also an option, although it is used less frequently. On the beach users will usually roll up a towel and/or an item of clothing so as to enable placing thereof under their head by way of forming a supporting device. It is however also the case on the beach or in the garden that cushion-like elements are exposed, as in saunas, to a very high humidity and fungal growth can occur here in the material of a cushion-like element. On the other hand, a stack of planks of wood, plastic or metal as embodiment of a known supporting device is hard and uncomfortable, mainly as a result of the point load which is caused thereby, or at least felt by a user, particularly when he/she wishes to rest the head thereon.
  • Reference is made here as the closest prior art to the disclosure of US-5.332.287 , but also to DE-1.264.703 , DE-197.47.080 and WO-2007/139365 , relative to which the features of the appended independent claim 1 are novel.
  • The present invention has been developed with a view to obviating or at least reducing the above stated and other problems and drawbacks of known embodiments of human body part supporting devices, for which purpose a human body part supporting devices is provided according to the present invention as claimed in claim 1.
  • Preferred embodiments are set out in the appended dependent claims.
  • Below, a number of preferred embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which the same or similar parts, components and aspects are designated with the same reference numerals, and in which:
    • Fig. 1 shows an embodiment of a human body part supporting device according to the invention; and
    • Fig. 2 shows another further embodiment of a human body part supporting device according to the invention.
  • Fig. 1 shows an embodiment of a human body part supporting device with (in frontal view) circular, plate-like support bodies 9 which are each arranged on a tilting and rotation mechanism 30. Each support body 9 is placed in the direction of arrow G on an upright 31 with a ball head 32 on the free outer end thereof. Provided in the underside of support bodies 9 is a receiving cavity 33 for receiving the ball head therein. Each support body 9 can thus rotate and pivot so as to adjust its position to a load of a weight pressing thereon for an optimum pressure distribution and increased comfort.
  • Figure 2 shows an embodiment with support bodies 9 having different peripheral forms.
  • The human body part supporting device can be designed such that at least one of the support bodies is bowl-shaped for the purpose of accommodating particularly a curvature along the back of a head of a user. This is shown with broken lines in figure 1. All of the at least three support bodies are preferably bowl-shaped in order to thus realize the most optimal possible convenience of use.
  • Support bodies of a human body part supporting device according to the present invention (or at least one thereof) can be covered with a cushion-like element, for instance a gel element or silicone-filled elements.
  • The choice of a material of the human body part supporting device or parts thereof can be based on an intended application. An application under a sunbed or sun lamp or in a sauna will thus preclude the support bodies being manufactured from a strongly heat-conducting material (such as a metal), because these support bodies might then become too hot for a user to touch such support bodies or even lie on or against them. In an operating room use can be made of metal, in particular surgical steel. As a cushion element for massage applications the support bodies can be covered with a compressible body such as a gel or silicone element.
  • Ball joints are commercially available and consist of a metal threaded end with a ball at the end. This ball is pressed into a plastic cavity. This plastic part has a flat side with which it can be fixed to a wooden support surface. The threaded end is screwed into the wood, whereby there is no danger of burning if it is applied for the sauna cushion. Tilting surfaces or planks of wood, plastic or metal forming or defining the support bodies can in front view additionally or alternatively also be round, triangular, square, rectangular and so on. Combinations of support bodies with different peripheral forms in a single device are likewise possible, as shown in figure 2. The peripheral forms can also be defined jointly by a number of such support bodies or plates, and the forms of the support bodies are preferably chosen and arranged such that minimal gaps generally remain therebetween and maximum support is thus provided without (great) risk of hair or fingers of a user becoming trapped or jammed in these gaps. In addition, use can further be made of a frame which can be arranged on the base plate and round the support bodies. A package can thus be formed which is easily stored, particularly when such a frame fits so closely round the support bodies that they are held in a position parallel to the base plate.
  • It is noted that a device according to the invention is shown and described with a base plate, and that it is possible to integrate a device according to the invention in a chair, bed, sauna bench or other similar configuration.

Claims (7)

  1. Human body part supporting device, comprising at least three substantially plate-like support bodies (9), each carried by a tilting mechanism (30), wherein each tilting mechanism (30) bears the support body (9) for load by a user on a side of the support body (9) opposite the tilting mechanism (30), wherein the support body (9) is tiltable about a tilt axis defined by the tilting mechanism (30) and in a loaded state is oriented in accordance with the load, whereby each support body (9) is placed on an upright (31) with a ball head (32) on the free outer end thereof, wherein in the underside of support bodies (9) is a receiving cavity (33) for receiving the ball head (32) therein,
    characterized by
    a base plate (2) for placing the human body part supporting device flat on a ground surface, wherein the uprights (31) are arranged on said base plate (2).
  2. Human body part supporting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least three support bodies (9) each define a substantially flat bearing surface.
  3. Human body part supporting device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the bearing surfaces are opposite the tilting mechanism (30) and oriented towards the load by the user.
  4. Human body part supporting device as claimed in at least one of the foregoing claims, wherein the human body part supporting device is at least partially formed from a single moisture-resistant material from the group at least comprising wood and plastic.
  5. Human body part supporting device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the human body part supporting device is formed substantially wholly from the material.
  6. Human body part supporting device as claimed in at least one of the foregoing claims, further comprising spring elements which are connected to the tilting mechanisms (30) and which exert adjusting forces on the tilting mechanisms in order to bring the support bodies (9) into rest positions in the unloaded situation.
  7. Human body part supporting device as claimed in at least one of the foregoing claims, wherein at least one of the support bodies (9) is bowl-shaped for the purpose of accommodating particularly a curvature along a body part, such as the back of the head, of a user.
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