Patent ID: 7207765
Filing Date: 2007-04-24
Classification: A61G,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A lifting apparatus for transferring a user to and from a seat of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a mounting and support assembly for attachment to a chassis of the vehicle; an extension arm assembly directly coupled to the mounting and support assembly in a non-pivoting manner such that the extension arm assembly is located substantially behind the vehicle seat; and a transfer seat assembly directly coupled to the extension arm assembly for directly supporting a user seated thereon; wherein the extension arm assembly is operative to raise and lower the transfer seat assembly, wherein the transfer seat assembly is operative to transition between a seating configuration and a stowed configuration, wherein the transfer seat assembly is substantially laterally adjacent to and level with a substantially horizontal sitting portion of the vehicle seat when the transfer seat assembly is raised by the extension arm assembly and the transfer seat assembly is in the seating configuration, and wherein the transfer seat assembly is unable to support a user when the transfer seat assembly is in the stowed configuration.