Leg-restraining device for geriatric chair

Claim 1

In a chair including a generally planar seat memeber having a front edge and opposite sides, and a frame member supporting the seat member above and substantially parallel to a floor surface, a leg-restraining device comprising: a. an elongated, generally planar, leg-restraining member having opposite end portions, b. two elongated support members, each support member being attached to one of the opposite end portions of said leg-restraining member, c. means mounting each of said support members to the frame member on opposite sides of said seat member to dispose the plane of said restraining member normal to the plane of said seat member, and spaced in front of, slightly below, and parallel to the front edge of said seat member, d. said leg-restraining member being normally spaced proximate to and in front of the shins of the person seated upon the seat member of the chair with his legs depending over the front edge of the seat member, said leg-restraining member being positioned to block the movement of the shins of a person sliding forwardly from his seat-supported position on said seat member, and e. means operatively connected to said support member for removing said leg-restraining member from said frame member and for adjusting the position of said restraining member toward and away from said frame member below said seat member.