Patent ID: 7611203
Filing Date: 2009-11-03
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
1. A patient chair lift system comprising: a frame assembly formed of side rails with a cross rail and spaced vertical support rails; a drive screw positioned on the cross rail with a motor and with a follower received on the drive screw to move upwardly and downwardly on the drive screw; a chair with a seat portion and a back portion movable between a raised orientation and a lowered orientation adapted to be positioned on a floor; a separable securement area coupling the seat portion with the follower wherein the separable securement area includes laterally spaced vertical frame plates with horizontal upper pins and parallel lower pins, all of the pins being in a common vertical plane, intermediate members coupling the vertical frame plates with the follower, the separable securement area also including laterally spaced vertical chair plates secured to the back portion of the chair and extending rearwardly there from, the chair plates having lower slots for receiving the lower pins, the lower slots being essentially linear and essentially horizontal, the chair plates having upper slots for receiving the upper pins, the upper slots being in an essentially inverted L-shaped configuration; and a control assembly including an up button and a down button and a stop button.