Patent ID: 8863899

Claim:
A portable lift comprising: a support base having a plurality of legs, wherein each of said plurality of legs respectively includes a distal portion and an inner portion; a plurality of adjustment members respectively extending downwardly from said distal portion of said plurality of legs and configured to move vertically between a first position which is disengaged from a support surface and a second position which engages the support surface; a plurality of first lock members respectively attached to said inner portion of said plurality of legs; a vertical mast extending upwardly from said support base; a support platform movably connected to said vertical mast, wherein said support platform is configured to move upwardly and downwardly along said vertical mast; and a plurality of second lock members attached to said support platform and configured to mechanically connect to said plurality of first lock members attached to said plurality of legs; wherein a respective one of said plurality of first lock members in combination with a respective one of said plurality of second lock members form at least one pair of locking members which are configured to move between a locked state and an unlocked state, wherein the locked state locks the at least one pair of locking members together which locks the support platform to the support base and prevents the support platform from moving along the mast, wherein the unlocked state has the at least one pair of locking members unlocked from one another to allow movement of the support platform vertically along the mast, wherein the at least one pair of locking members is configured to switch from the locked state to the unlocked state as a direct result of a corresponding one of the plurality of adjustment members moving from the first position to the second position which moves a corresponding engaging member along a major length of a corresponding one of the plurality of legs to unlock the at least one pair of locking members from one another.