Patent ID: 8584273

Claim:
A portable lift chair device comprising: a stabilizing frame having a top edge and inner boundaries, said stabilizing frame defining an empty space within said inner boundaries of said stabilizing frame; one or more parallel, spaced slide rails disposed within said empty space and fixedly connecting two opposing sides of said stabilizing frame; a base plate connected to each slide rail of said one or more slide rails, said base plate having dimensions that are smaller than the dimensions of said stabilizing frame, said base plate having a bottom edge that is set below said top edge of said stabilizing frame; a vertical member mounted on said base plate; a seat assembly attached to and disposed in overlying relation to said vertical member, whereby said one or more slide rails allows said seat assembly to move in a controlled, horizontal linear direction while said stabilizing frame and said one or more slide rails remain stationary; said seat assembly including a substantially planar seating platform that extends in substantially perpendicular relation to said vertical member; at least one handlebar attached to said seat assembly; a vertical control means allowing a user to cause raising and lowering of said seat assembly; and a rotation means allowing said user to rotate said seat assembly about a vertical axis, wherein said base plate does not rotate with said seat assembly.