PERSONAL INDEPENDENT MOBILITY AND LIFT DEVICE

摘要

A mobility device with sit and stand assist for providing disabled individuals with the ability to rise from a sitting position and move about without the aid of an assistant. The mobility device with sit and stand assist generally includes a motorized and steerable Drive Carriage Assembly, a Trailing Cart Assembly attached to the Drive Carriage Assembly, an Outrigger Assembly attached to the Trailing Cart Assembly, a Lift Arm Assembly attached to the Outrigger Assembly, a Lift Arm Locking Bolt Assembly attached to the Lift Arm Assembly, a Knee Brace Assembly attached to the Trailing Cart Assembly, a Control Assembly attached to the Lift Arm Assembly, and a User Connection Group comprised of various components designed to enable the user to comfortably connect himself/herself to the Device such that the user might be able to utilize and benefit from the Device.

主权项

1. An independent personal lift device comprising:
a base; one or more lift arms rotatably attached to said base, wherein said lift arms are capable of lifting a user from a seated position to a standing position; and an outrigger assembly rotatably attached to said base, wherein said outrigger assembly stabilizes said lift device while said lift device is lifting the user from the seated position to the standing position or from the standing position to the seated position, wherein said outrigger assembly can be raised and lowered; and a main linear actuator attached at a first end to said one or more lift arms and at a second end to said outrigger assembly such that said main linear actuator can be extended or contracted to move an end of said lift arm closer to or further from an end of said outrigger to change the user's position between standing and sitting; a locking bolt mechanism for directing force to at least one of the following: said outrigger assembly and said one or more lift arms; wherein said personal lift device substantially lifts the user in at least one of the following: from the seated position to the standing position or from the standing position to the seated position.