Patent · US Expired

Person lowering and raising winch assembly

US6085368A · kind A · utility

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16Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 16, 1997
Grant dateJul 11, 2000
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Expiry dateDec 16, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/19828
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device is provided for a system for displacing (e.g. lifting, transporting, lowering, etc.) persons between various positions or areas such as for example between a bed and a chair, a bed and a bathroom etc. The device comprises a winch assembly whereby a reel component and a motor may be decoupled so as to allow for the manual paying out of an elongated flexible support member to facilitate the attachment thereto of a harness holding a person.

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