LIFTING DEVICE

• US 3,596,298 A
• Filed: 05/14/1969
• Issued: 08/03/1971
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/1969
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: John A. Durst Jr
• Original Assignee: John A. Durst Jr
• Inventors: Durst, John A. Jr.
• Application Number:
  US04/824,630
• Time in Patent Office: 811 Days
• US Class Current: 5/87.1
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2200/34 sitting
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2200/36 standing
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2200/52 Underarm
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/1017 Pivoting arms, e.g. crane type mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/1046 Mobile bases, e.g. having wheels
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/1088 Back
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 297/10 Occupant-arising assist

Abstract

Lifting apparatus adaptable for aiding an ambulatory handicapped person. The apparatus may accommodate a person between a sitting position and a standing position. The apparatus aids in raising or lowering the individual between the two positions. The apparatus includes a pair of arm rests for engaging an individual beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder. The apparatus provides lateral and vertical movement of the rests. The vertical motion of the rests responds to a first piston means and the lateral motion to a second piston means with the start and stop operation controlled directly by the individual.

Claims

1. A lifting device for invalids comprising:

a. a base;

b. posts mounted on said base for pivotal movement relative to said base;

c. elevation control means on said posts spaced from said base for controlling the height of the distal end of said posts above said base;

d. arm rest carried by said elevation control means for movement therewith;

e. back rest c carried by said elevation control means for movement therewith;

f. pivot control means interconnecting said base and said posts and disposed below said elevation control means for controlling the pivotal movement of said posts relative to said base; and

g. means connected to said elevation control means and said pivot control means for controlling the operation thereof, whereby the height and the lateral positioning of said back rest and said arm rest relative to said base are adjustably controlled for the movement of an invalid between seating and upright positions.

2. A lifting device as claimed in claim 1 wherein each poSt has thereon elevation control means for controlling the height of the distal end thereof.

3. A lifting device as claimed in claim 2 wherein said back rest includes a U-shaped support carried by said elevation control means on each of said posts.

4. A lifting device as claimed in claim 3 wherein said arm rest is carried respectively by said elevation control means on each of said posts.

5. A lifting device as claimed in claim 4 wherein each post is connected respectively to said base by said pivotal control means for controlling the pivotal movement thereof relative to said base.

6. A lifting device as claimed in claim 5 wherein said means for controlling the operation of said elevation control means and said pivot control means are fluid operated.

7. A lifting device as claimed in claim 2 wherein said back rest includes vertically spaced U-shaped supports carried by said elevation control means on each of said posts interconnected by back-engaging means.