Patent ID: 7237491
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
1. A person handling system carriage assembly, said carriage assembly comprising a) a carriage component, said carriage component comprising a wheel element configured for coupling said carriage component to a carriage track of an overhead support for displacement thereof along said carriage track and b) a displacement component for inducing displacement of said carriage component along said carriage track, said displacement component comprising an electric motor element and a clutch coupling element said clutch coupling element being configured for coupling and de-coupling said electric motor element and said wheel element such that when said electric motor element and said wheel element are coupled and said electric motor element is energised said carriage component may be urged along said carriage track by said electric motor element and when said electric motor element and said wheel element are de-coupled said carriage component may be manually displaced along said carriage track.