Patent ID: 7775228

Claim:
A personal lifting device for use with an article of furniture having a surface on which a person can sit and a firm edge along a side of the article below the surface spaced a distance from a floor surface on which the article of furniture is resting so as to define a gap between the firm edge and said floor surface, the personal lifting device comprising: a pair of spaced-apart generally vertically oriented handle members each having an upper aspect defining a generally horizontally extending handle and a lower aspect; a pair of generally horizontal supports each having a forward aspect connected to the lower aspect of a respective handle member so as to define a junction having a portion extending generally vertically and a portion extending generally horizontally, each support also having a rearward aspect, the supports sized to be received through said gap to extend under said surface of said article of furniture with the forward aspects adjacent said firm edge and the rearward aspects extending rearwardly therefrom and along said floor surface; a pair of mounting units each being secured to and extending forwardly of a respective junction; and a pair of adjustable legs each being associated with a respective mounting unit so as to extend to said floor surface forwardly of the handle members such that the forward aspects of the supports are held off said floor surface by a distance determined by adjustment of the legs whereby to facilitate positioning the forward aspects in close proximity to said firm edge.