Patent ID: 9731940
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: B66B

Claim:
1. A stair lift comprising: a rail which is mounted along a staircase, at least partially at an angle to a horizontal plane; and a frame which is movable along the rail, on which a chair is mounted, which frame engages the rail, wherein the chair comprises a seat on which a person can be seated and wherein the chair comprises a footrest on which the person seated on the seat can rest his or her feet, wherein the seat and the footrest are each rotatable at mutually different angles about a vertical axis between two maximum rotated positions relative to the vertical axis, wherein the footrest is coupled to the seat via a coupling means, and wherein at least one of the two maximum rotated positions of the footrest relative to the vertical axis is less than at least one of the two maximum rotated positions of the seat relative to the vertical axis.