Hoveround Corporation

Jeffrey R Moone

Thomas E Kruse

Anthony P DiGiovanni

A personal stair lift to transport an individual up and down a stairway on a chair assembly supported on a rail mounted rack comprising a carriage assembly configured to support a lift mechanism including a drive member coupled to a reversible drive motor to rotate the drive member wherein the carriage assembly includes at least one pair of upper rollers and at least one pair of lower rollers movably mounted on a stationary rail disposed on each side of the carriage assembly and a rack mounted to one of the stationary rails disposed to engage the drive member to selectively move the chair assembly and person up or down the stairway when the reversible motor rotates the drive member.

Personal stair lift

A self propelled personal mobility vehicle lift operable in a stored configuration and a deployed configuration operatively mounted to the rear portion of a vehicle to selectively lift and remove a self propelled personal mobility vehicle into and from the rear portion of the vehicle, the self propelled personal mobility vehicle lift includes a stanchion or tower assembly pivotally mounted to a lift mounting assembly secured to the vehicle, a boom assembly to support a hoist assembly and a lift support assembly to support the self propelled personal mobility vehicle lift when deployed telescopingly coupled to the upper and lower portions of the stanchion or tower assembly respectively, the hoist assembly includes a hoist mechanism having a flexible hoist element to couple the self propelled personal mobility vehicle lift to the self propelled personal mobility vehicle when the self propelled personal mobility vehicle lift is in the deployed configuration to selectively lift or lower the self propelled personal mobility vehicle into or from the rear portion of the vehicle.

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Sarasota, FL, United States of America

Jeffrey R Moone