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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2008
Applicants:
Nicholas Paul Linton, Hampshire, GB;
Martyn Harry Jenkins, Wiltshire, GB;
Inventors:
Nicholas Paul Linton, Hampshire, GB;
Martyn Harry Jenkins, Wiltshire, GB;
Assignee:
Stannah Stairlifts Limited, Hampshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides a manual two-way swivel mechanism for a stairlift. The mechanism allows the stairlift chair to be swivelled in an uphill direction only, at the carriage is at the top of the rail; and in a downhill direction only, when the carriage is at the bottom of the rail. An interlock is provided which regulates the direction in which the chair can be swivelled.