PORTABLE SIX-BAR APPARATUS FOR LIFTING, LOWERING AND SELF-PROPELLED TRANSIT

摘要

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.