Patent ID: 8650676

Claim:
A patient lift and transfer device comprising: a base which is provided with a plurality of casters for moving on a ground surface; a mast which extends from said base along a lengthwise axis in an upright direction to terminate at an upper coupling end; a guiding post which extends from said base in the upright direction, and which is spaced apart from said mast in a longitudinal direction transverse to the upright direction; a carriage including a carriage body which is sleeved on and linearly displaceable relative to said mast between raised and lowered positions, a beam which extends cantileveredly and forwardly from said carriage body, and a guided member which extends from said carriage body in the longitudinal direction, and which is in slidable engagement with said guiding post, said carriage body being disposed in the longitudinal direction between said beam and said guided member; a mechanical linear drive assembly which is disposed to drive movement of said carriage body in the upright direction; a resting module including a major wall which extends in the longitudinal direction to terminate at proximate and distal sides, and which has an insert slot that extends through said proximate side in the longitudinal direction, and that is configured to permit said beam to be detachably engaged therein to thereby suspend said major wall from the ground surface; and a rotary shaft located in a space between said guiding post and said mast to drive said mechanical linear drive assembly.