Chair base with scissor lift

• US 8,662,588 B1
• Filed: 06/21/2012
• Issued: 03/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Delmestri, Fabio G.
• Original Assignee: Delmestri, Fabio G.
• Inventors: Delmestri, Fabio G.
• Primary Examiner(s): MCPARTLIN, SARAH BURNHAM
• Application Number:
  US13/528,999
• Time in Patent Office: 621 Days
• Field of Search: 297/344.12, 297/344.15, 297/344.16
• US Class Current: 297/344.16
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/0018 Physician's examining tables
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2200/16 bariatric, e.g. heavy or obese
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 5/1059 adjusting the height of the seat
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 5/1081 with shock absorbers or other suspension arrangements between frame and seat
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/16 converting a lying surface into a chair

Abstract

A chair lift including scissors pivotally mounted to a carriage and a lifting device pivotally positioned within the carriage. The lifting device closes the scissors and lifts the chair as desired.

Claims

1. A chair lift for a chair comprising:

a frame, a carriage, said carriage defining a rectangle with long and short sides, a lockable caster, said lockable caster attached to said carriage, scissors, said scissors comprising a pair of blades, said pair of blades pivotally joined one to the other at the middle, one end of one of said pair of blades pivotally joined to said carriage and the other end rollingly attached to said frame, one end of the other of said pair of blades pivotally joined to said frame and the other end rollingly attached to said carriage, a pair of C-shaped tracks, one of said pair of C-shaped tracks attached to said carriage and the other of said C-shaped tracks attached to said frame, a pair of track wheels, each of said pair of track wheels attached to different ones of said pair of blades and positioned in different ones of said pair of C-shaped tracks, a lifting device, said lifting device comprising a piston, a cylinder, said piston contained by said cylinder, one end of said piston connected to said frame, said cylinder connected to said carriage, said lifting device pivotally carried by said carriage, a foot pedal, said foot pedal positioned along one long side of said carriage, a rod, said rod rotatably mounted to said carriage, said foot pedal mounted on said rod, a biasing device, said biasing device mounted on said rod proximate said piston, whereby pressing said foot pedal causes said piston rod to extend from said cylinder to close said scissors and raise said frame and allows said biasing device to return said pedal to a neutral position after said pedal is pressed.

2. The chair lift of claim 1 further comprising a pair of lateral scissor braces, each of said pair of scissor braces attached to different ones of said scissor blades.

3. The chair lift of claim 1 wherein said foot pedal is L-shaped, a pair of pads, said pair of pads each opposingly attached along said L-shaped foot pedal.

4. The chair lift of claim 3 wherein said pads are each a different color.

5. The chair lift of claim 1 wherein said carriage further comprises two planar members, two tubular members, said planar members connected to said tubular members to form said rectangular carriage.

6. The chair lift of claim 5 wherein said two planar members are each shorter in length than either of said tubular members.