Patent ID: 6058527
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
Pivoting and mobile circular platform for transferring handicapped individuals, of the type made up of a baseplate, a plate mounted so that it can pivot on the baseplate with the interposition of means for centering it, guiding its rotation, and supporting it, a handrail in the shape of an arc of a circle connected to the plate by two uprights, and two wheels mounted so that they are free to rotate at the ends of an axle parallel to a diameter of the plate, outside the latter and arranged on the opposite side to the region via which this plate is accessed, the wheels being arranged in such a way that they come into contact with the ground only when the platform is tipped toward them, characterized in that the baseplate comprises a circular metallic disk of approximately the same diameter as the plate while, on the one hand, the plate, which also consists of a metal sheet, is secured to a protective circular edging extending right down to the baseplate and, on the other hand, lower members (4a) of the two uprights are connected by a horizontal crossmember which, placed at adult knee height, is itself reinforced by an inclined bar extending between this crossmember and the front part of the plate.