Patent ID: 6332232
Filing Date: 2001-12-25
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
In combination with an article of furniture having a lateral support member spaced from a supporting surface by a plurality of leg members, where said lateral support member includes front and lower faces, an improved personal lifting device to facilitate assisting oneself off of said article of furniture, said lifting device comprising:a.) a pair of essentially tubular support members, each comprising a first portion each said support member having a turned first end at an angle of about 90 degrees, relative to said first portion and a turned second end at an angle of at least 90 degrees, relative to said first portion wherein said first turned ends lie in a plane perpendicular to said second turned ends;b.) an adjustable extension member slidably engaging said second ends;c.) a pair of essentially tubular handle members slidably engaging and adjustable with said first ends; andd.) each said first end having mounted these to a slidably adjustable support bracket adapted to engage said lateral support member at said front and lower faces, in order to spatially fix said lifting device to said article of furniture.