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Suspension system for attaching a load-bearing member to a lifting mechanism of a hoisting apparatus for a person

US6174010A · kind A · utility

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6References

17Claims

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Assignee

Mannesmann AG · DE

Inventors

Alfred Fanger · Wetter, DE
Udo Gersemsky · Herdecke, DE
Heinz Hasselmann · Hagen, DE
Janus Nedza · Bochum, DE
Thilo Walloschek · Gevelsberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 21, 1999
Grant date	Jan 16, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 21, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S414/134
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A suspension system for attaching a load-bearing member to a lifting mechanism of a hoisting apparatus for a person, in particular a handicapped person in sitting or recumbent disposition, includes a framework having at least three tow lines secured to the lifting mechanism and extending downwardly for attachment to the load-bearing member at points of securement positioned in front and behind a viewing direction of a person carried by the load-bearing member, thereby defining front and rear tow lines, wherein the front and rear tow lines are movable in opposition to one another in vertical direction.

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