Patent ID: 7735926
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: A61G,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A lift chair comprising: a) a frame having opposite sides and having a plurality of legs, said legs including a front leg and a rear leg on each opposite side, and said frame having a back rest portion; b) a seat having a front portion pivotally attached to said frame and having a rear portion, said seat movable from a first generally horizontal sitting position to a second angled lift position wherein said rear portion of said seat is lifted upwardly; c) arm rest members movably attached to opposite sides of said frame, each arm rest member having a generally horizontal arm rest portion and a vertical activating rod member attached to said arm rest portion, said arm rests movable from a first upper vertical position to a second lower vertical position; and d) rope and pulley means on each of said opposite sides including a rod pulley attached to said activating rod member and a plurality of pulleys attached to said frame each spaced apart from one another including, a front pulley, a rear pulley, a first back pulley and a second back pulley and a rope, said rope having a rod portion located between a first rope end and a second rope end, said rod portion extending around said rod pulley and said rope extending around said plurality of pulleys and said rope attached to said seat whereby pushing downwardly on said arm rests causes said arm rests to move from said first upper vertical position to said second lower vertical position which causes said seat to move from a first generally horizontal sitting position to said second angled lift position.