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(11) EP 0 347 212 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
31.10.1990 Bulletin 1990/44

(43) Date of publication A2:
20.12.1989 Bulletin 1989/51

(21) Application number: 89306038.4

(22) Date of filing: 14.06.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: A61G 5/10, A61G 5/12, F16B 7/10, A61G 5/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 14.06.1988 GB 8814087

(71) Applicant: DEMAND, REGISTERED UNDER THE CHARITIES ACT 1960
London E1. 8EY (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • Barnes, Eric John
    Ilford Essex IG1 1ET (GB)
  • McKee, William Herburt Brian
    Lee SE12 8UQ (GB)

(74) Representative: Jump, Timothy John Simon et al
Venner Shipley & Co. 20 Little Britain
London EC1A 7DH
London EC1A 7DH (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Improvements in adjustable seating


    (57) The present invention relates to improvements to adjustable seating, particularly wheel chairs.
    The invention encompasses a method of joining a collar member 52 to an elongate member 55, which acts to support a component of the seat. The invention further relates to means for providing adjustment for a side bolster 81 in which a cylindrical support member 86 is slidably and rotatably engaged in a tubular frame portion 26. Additionally a method of providing adjustment to the relative positions of the back rest 27, 28 and the seat cushion 19 is also described.







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