Hoist and transporting apparatus
US4003479A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 4, 1975 |
| Grant date | Jan 18, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 4, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S414/134
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A hoist and transporting apparatus for lifting and moving disabled persons, such as paraplegics, polio victims, and the like, as from a bed to a chair. The apparatus has a frame structure with an overhead support deck. A boom carrier is rotatably mounted on the deck and ans a depending arm adjustable in length. One end of a boom is pivotally connected to the lower portion of said support arm. The other end of the boom has a harness member thereon adapted to support a load, such as a person. Power mechanism is connected to the frame and boom carrier and connected to the boom carrier and boom and said power mechanism is remotely controlled, as by the person being moved, to raise and lower the load and rotate the boom carrier.
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