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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2018
Applicant:
Tk Home Solutions B.v., Krimpen aan den Ijssel, NL;
Inventor:
Wilco Van Eijgen, Rijnsburg, NL;
Assignee:
TK HOME SOLUTIONS S.V., Krimpen aan den Ijssel, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 9/0853 (2013.01); B66B 9/0807 (2013.01);
Abstract
A stairlift may include a rail and a drive unit having a chair and a carrier. The carrier may be adapted to drive along the rail, and the chair may be supported by the carrier. The chair may have a folding mechanism that comprises a base body fixed to the carrier, a seat body that is foldably fixed by way of a seat joint to the base body, a leg body that is foldably fixed to the seat body by way of a leg joint, and a footrest body that is foldably fixed to the leg body by way of a footrest joint.