Patent ID: 6991064

Claim:
Mobile lifting device comprising: a) a supporting carriage; b) a lifting platform for receiving a load; c) a hoisting apparatus connected to each of the supporting carriage and the lifting platform, including at least two traction members and, with the aid of which, the lifting platform can be moved with a vertical component of direction in relation to the supporting carriage; d) a stabilising apparatus which prevents an uncontrolled lateral movement of the lifting platform in relation to the supporting carriage, e) wherein the stabilising apparatus is formed by at least one, essentially rigid pivoting member which is swivellably connected, in one end region, to the supporting carriage and, in an opposed end region, to the lifting platform in such a way that, when the supporting carriage is stationary, a movement of the platform that possesses a vertical component of direction is always linked with a defined horizontal movement of the platform.