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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2010
Anurag Purwar, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Thomas Galeotafiore, Port Jefferson Station, NY (US);
Justin Miles, Queensbury, NY (US);
Jeffrey Renert, Cold Spring Harbor, NY (US);
Anurag Purwar, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Thomas Galeotafiore, Port Jefferson Station, NY (US);
Justin Miles, Queensbury, NY (US);
Jeffrey Renert, Cold Spring Harbor, NY (US);
The Research Foundation of State University of New York, Albany, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a portable lifting apparatus that includes an actuator and a lifting mechanism, which includes a parallel bar, a first coupler, a second coupler, a first rocker, a second rocker, and a frame that are each rotatably connected, so that operation of the actuator moves the parallel bar in a J-shaped path while maintaining a constant orientation of the parallel bar.