Patent · US Expired

Lifting sling

US6581222B1 · kind B1 · utility

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3Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 25, 2002
Grant dateJun 24, 2003
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Expiry dateJan 25, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61G2200/52
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A harness for lifting a disabled person from a sitting position to a standing position by a lifting device having two attaching points for the lifting action, there being a distance between these points. The harness including a belt at least partly surrounding the body of the person to be lifted, which belt has four bands, which can be hooked on the attaching points so that the belt surrounds the person overlapping on the breast under breast height and two of the bands crossing each other. In order to increase the lateral stability when lifting the person two other of the four bands are attached to a back piece forming a part of the harness, which back piece is extended at the rear of the back of the person and outside the shoulders.

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