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Retrofittable chair lifting and tilting device

US5294179A · kind A · utility

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19Claims
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Filing dateMay 11, 1992
Grant dateMar 15, 1994
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Expiry dateMay 11, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S297/10
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A power lifting and tilting device is more universally adaptable for economic retrofitting to most types of chairs as assists for the infirm. Little or no floor clearance requirements are achieved with power driven rollers traveling oppositely inclined surfaces of the device to produce lifting and tilting action for alighting from and occupying the chair.

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