Lifting and Transporting Device Including Front Load Supporting Castors and Associated Linkage System

摘要

The present invention relates to a lifting and transporting device. The device of the invention is useful for lifting and moving any object which has a pair of spaced apart wheels but is particularly adapted for the lifting and transporting of hospital beds. The bed lifter includes an improved means of supporting the load of a bed and/or bed/patient combination during lifting and transportation.

主权项

1. A lifting and transporting device for an item or part thereof having spaced apart wheels, said lifting device characterised by:
a frame supported above wheels including at least one drive wheel for moving said frame, said wheels being load-supporting; at least one wheel engagement attachment supported by said frame, the attachment(s) configured to engage the spaced apart wheels of the item being lifted; a wheel assembly associated with the at least one wheel engagement attachment, each wheel assembly being forwardly disposed from the attachment such that one or more wheels of said wheel assembly are also load-supporting, the load of the item being distributed across the frame wheels and the wheel assemblies; and a means of lifting the at least one wheel engagement attachment to enable transportation of the item.