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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
William H Simon, Villanova, PA (US);
Richard H Tuft, Wallingford, PA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
5 81 / ; 5 851 ; 5 861 ; 5 871 ; 212264 ; 24834607 ;
Abstract
A portable lifting apparatus for lifting and transferring of patients for use in combination with a sling or the like support. Separate motors are provided for control of up and down movement of the lifting arm, clockwise and counter-clockwise rotation of the column, extension and retraction of each of the legs individually and divergence and convergence of both legs simultaneously.