Patent ID: 8402576

Claim:
A patient lifting frame comprising: two suspension side bars each connectable at an upper end to a spreader bar of an invalid hoist and at a lower end to a pivotal suspension mounting comprising a 2-axis connector supporting a cantilever side bar assembly of the lifting frame, said 2-axis connector having a first axis which is a pivotal axis and a second axis which is a rotary axis transverse to the said first axis, each cantilever side bar assembly being movable about the said rotary axis and having a first cantilever portion on one side of the pivotal axis of its 2-axis connector and a second cantilever portion on the other side thereof, the first cantilever portions mounting patient underarm support elements for engaging beneath the armpits of a patient, which underarm support elements carry side pads for engaging against opposite sides of a patient's ribcage so that the underarm support elements and side pads form a patient upper body support means, the second cantilever portions having distal ends which are connected together by a link bar assembly and which detachably mount a patient lower body support means for passing beneath the patient's posterior or upper legs, wherein each 2-axis connector is selectively lockable to cancel its pivotal movement relative to its associated suspension side bar, and to support the associated cantilever side bar assembly at a fixed angle generally perpendicular to the associated suspension side bar for use when the patient lower body support means is detached from the said second cantilever portions.