Patent ID: 8662588

Claim:
A chair lift for a chair comprising: a frame, a carriage, said carriage defining a rectangle with long and short sides, a lockable caster, said lockable caster attached to said carriage, scissors, said scissors comprising a pair of blades, said pair of blades pivotally joined one to the other at the middle, one end of one of said pair of blades pivotally joined to said carriage and the other end rollingly attached to said frame, one end of the other of said pair of blades pivotally joined to said frame and the other end rollingly attached to said carriage, a pair of C-shaped tracks, one of said pair of C-shaped tracks attached to said carriage and the other of said C-shaped tracks attached to said frame, a pair of track wheels, each of said pair of track wheels attached to different ones of said pair of blades and positioned in different ones of said pair of C-shaped tracks, a lifting device, said lifting device comprising a piston, a cylinder, said piston contained by said cylinder, one end of said piston connected to said frame, said cylinder connected to said carriage, said lifting device pivotally carried by said carriage, a foot pedal, said foot pedal positioned along one long side of said carriage, a rod, said rod rotatably mounted to said carriage, said foot pedal mounted on said rod, a biasing device, said biasing device mounted on said rod proximate said piston, whereby pressing said foot pedal causes said piston rod to extend from said cylinder to close said scissors and raise said frame and allows said biasing device to return said pedal to a neutral position after said pedal is pressed.